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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Sgwd yr Eira waterfall, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, Wales
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Leaves of Grass
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Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain
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Patriot Day
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Opt outside today
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Black History Month
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Shi Shi Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
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It s Teacher Appreciation Week
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Hello, harbinger of spring
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Henningsvær Stadion, Norway
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Endangered Species Act
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Venture into a prehistoric gallery of art
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A leafy seadragon in the waters off Wool Bay, Australia
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Hispanic Heritage Month
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International Geodiversity Day
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Manatee Awareness Month
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National Bison Month
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First day of autumn
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The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
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Valentines Day
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Jazzed for Mardi Gras
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It s National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Aura River in Turku, Finland
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Keep shining
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A traboule in Lyon, France
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Time to count some birds
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Take the Stairs Day
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European Day of Parks
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Reindeer, Lapland, Finland
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