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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Flag Day
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White Desert National Park, Egypt
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World Nature Conservation Day
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Twosday
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The Tour de France begins
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The Canary Islands, Spain
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Yosemite National Park anniversary
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Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
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Cheers! It’s National Wine Day
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International Day of Friendship
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Happy Birthday, Eiffel Tower
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World Meteorological Day
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‘Ciao’ from Varenna
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Big Bend National Park anniversary
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Twas a night just like tonight
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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
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The Aomori Nebuta Festival parade, Japan
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A tree amid the Tetons
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A bohemian feline
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Blue walls of Chefchaouen, Morocco
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Gazing upon Portraits of Change
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Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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A stunning sight in Mexico s wilderness
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