To celebrate the final weekend of National Park Week, we"re at Joshua Tree National Park in southeastern California, about a three-hour drive from Los Angeles. This 1,235-square-mile stretch of land where the Mojave and Colorado Deserts converge was declared a national monument in 1936, then was redesignated a national park in 1994. That status protects a wide variety of plant and animal life, including the eponymous Joshua tree, which can be found growing mostly in the hills on the Mojave side of the park.
A garden of prickly delights
Today in History
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World Water Day
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Manatee Awareness Month
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National Bison Day
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Christmas Tree Point Road and Twin Peaks, San Francisco
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World Childrens Day
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It’s NASA’s 60th birthday
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Celtic Colours International Festival, Canada
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Don’t get lost in there
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Eastern grey kangaroos in Australia’s Kosciuszko National Park
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Barcelona bids farewell to summer
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Menton, France
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A viewer with a view
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Ancient storage in the Grand Canyon
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Talampaya National Park, Argentina
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Oud-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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National Moon Day
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Grand Canyon National Park anniversary
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Papa was a flightless bird
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Shi Shi Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
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Tufa formations in Mono Lake, California
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Working for that cliffside view
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Winter solstice
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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Happy Star Wars Day!
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Join us in celebrating World Water Day
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Jamaica celebrates its independence
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Happy Father s Day
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Celebrating women in science
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Winter solstice
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