Tuesday, 13 May 2025
Joshua Tree National Park is in the southern California desert. It actually straddles two distinct desert regions: the Colorado Desert (a subregion of the Sonoran Desert) and the Mohave Desert.
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| Joshua Trees, a species of yucca (Yucca brevifolia, to be specific), are the signature flora of the Mohave Desert. |
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| Joshua Trees lining Queen Valley Road. |
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| The park has some interesting geological features. We think this is "Arch Rock", but I think it looks more like a humpback whale. |
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| From a different angle it looks even more like a whale (although I could see an incomplete arch here). |
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| The cholla cactus is a signature plant of the Colorado Desert. |
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| The view from Keys View, overlooking the San Andreas fault, the Coachella Valley, and Palm Springs. |
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