Desert Boulders and Winter Tree

by Venetia Featherstone-Witty

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Desert Boulders and Winter Tree

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Venetia Featherstone-Witty

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Photograph - Photographs

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Joshua Tree National Park is located in southeastern California. Declared a U.S. National Park in 1994 when the U.S. Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act, it had previously been a U.S. National Monument since 1936. It is named for the U.S. National Monument (Yucca brevifolia) native to the park. It covers a land area of 790,636 acres. The rock formations of Joshua Tree National Park were formed more than 100 million years ago from the cooling of magma beneath the surface into monzogranite, with roughly rectangular joints. Groundwater then filtered through the joints to erode away the corners and edges to create rounded stones, and flash floods washed away covering ground to create piles of boulders.These prominent outcrops are known as inselbergs.
FEATURED 10/19/14 in "Pleasing The eye"
FEATURED 4/11/15 in "One Tree, Not Trees"
FEATURED 11/14/16 in "The ABC Group - X is for Xeric - Desert and Dry"
FEATURED 11/15/16 in "500-1000 Views"
FEATURED 11/16/16 in "All Natural Beauty of This World"

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