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
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Kendwa village, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Amber Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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Three cheers for polar bears!
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Spring equinox
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African bush elephants in Namibia
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Square Tower House in Mesa Verde National Park
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World Elephant Day
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Reflections on the mighty Amazon
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Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California
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A winter wonderland in Northeast China
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Coral Reef Awareness Week
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Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
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Ancient art in the Amazon
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Male kori bustard, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
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Devetashka Cave, Devetaki, Bulgaria
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Leopard at Etosha National Park, Namibia
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Corona Arch near Moab, Utah
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