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Joshua Tree National Park

While in Palm Springs for the NANPA Convention, I took a day to visit Joshua Tree National Park and do some digiscoping there with the DC4.

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A bizarre landscape with bizarre vegetation.	The Joshua Tree forest.
Abrupt rock outcrops set off the desert	Where moisture gathers, other drought tolerant plants take hold: on the way into Hidden Valley
Classic Joshua Tree scenery within Hidden Valley	Shady pockets and more verdant growth
Rocks and Joshua Trees (more rocks and Joshua Trees)	Not alone in Hidden Valley
On the way in to Baker Dam	Baker Dam vegetation
Baker Dam	The water at Baker's Dam draws White Crowned Sparrows
Northern Junco near Baker's Dam	Spotted Towhee near Baker's Dam
Scrub Jay near Baker's Dam	Choia
A classic Joshua Tree	Close up.
In context, with rocks.	Key's View
Key's View	Key's View
29 Palms: remnant native Palm grove	Why they are called "fan" Palms
The NP Service keeps these alive with water piped in...the oasis dried up in the 1940s.