Up Joshua Tree National Park - 29 Palms, California

Joshua Tree National Park; March 7th, 2008

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Keys Summit View - 5185ft (1581m)
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Yucca brevifolia - Joshua Tree
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Looking out over the Saltan Sea. The mountain peak in the...
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Trippy van dude
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far out man
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Yucca schidigera - Mojave Yucca
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Unknown bush in bloom
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Skull Rock
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Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
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Skull Rock
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Echinocereus engelmannii growing straight out of the DG.
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This form has some mind blowing spination
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A large shrub of Cylindropuntia ramosissima
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Yucca schidigera growing right out of the rocks
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Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
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Yucca schidigera bloom stalks
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Nothing but you and the desert out here
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Cholla Gardens. Thousands, upon thousands of...
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Teddy Bears as far as the eye can see!!
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This place litterally blew my mind. C. bigelovii is one...
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Lots of E. engelamnnii clumps can be found among all the...
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This was an incredile clump, very large.
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My cell phone here should give you a better idea of it's...
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Some of the locals came out to see what we were up to....
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WE ARE CHOLLA!!
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This is new...growth by spine?? They aren't even touching...
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Grandpa still stands as a testement to his tenacity
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He leaves behind a finely crafted stem, described only as...
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How'd that fruit get in there?
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Keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times!!!
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His calender is messed up, he thought it was halloween....
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I live among the chollas, i do as the cholla....i am...
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From the remains, a single pup lives on to breed again.
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C. bigelovii wrestling C. ramosissima. It's round 10 and...
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ramosissima has bigelovii pinned...he's going for the...
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the victor!! *crowd cheers*
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but wait, the ramosissima did not count on the...
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The ramosissima was never heard from again. It's been...
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E. engelamnnii has made freinds with this C. bigelovii
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Some very large specimens of Fouquieria splendens -...
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Cottonwood Spring 3079ft (939m) - Washingtonia filifera -...
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The Washingtonia filifera is the only palm native to...
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Opuntia basilaris - Beaver Tail
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Ferocactus cylindraceaus growing on the rocky mountian...
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Wildflowers
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Escobaria vivipara var. alversonii
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Escobaria vivipara var. alversonii
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More forms of E. engelmannii
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O. basilaris wrestling with a log that has fallen on his...
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but keeps on trucking with the blooms
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some really cool terrain, i love the desert.
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C. ramosissima
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the next shift is getting ready to take over
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Fouquieria splendens - Ocotillo
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Escobaria vivipara var. alversonii
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Fouquieria splendens - Ocotillo
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Fouquieria splendens - Ocotillo bloom
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Unknown bush fruit
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an uprooted Ocotillo
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Wildflowers
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More of that unknown bush fruit
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F. cylindraceus
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little seedlings, the larger is about the size of a...
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Wildflowers, this was a crazy electric blue color.
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Mojave Yucca bloom stalk
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C. ramosissima
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O. basilaris
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C. echinocarpa
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a hitchiker on O. basilaris
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some very cool rock formations
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Weird wildflower
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F. cylindraceus growing in the rock ledge
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Mojave Yucca standing tall
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E. engelmannii finding it's way through the cracks in the...
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C. echinocarpa
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F. cylindraceus
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The sunset at Joshua Tree National Park
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More cool rock formations
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C. echinocarpa
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group huddle
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Another nice seedling of F. cylindraceus
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Wildflowers
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F. cylindraceus

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