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Joshua Tree National Park

The lands that comprise Joshua Tree National Park are deeply beautiful, mysterious, misunderstood, and threatened.The park’s namesake isn’t actually a tree, it is actually a yucca plant. They are incredibly fragile. Humans are a threat to their existence, making Instagram influencers taking photos crawling all over them to be especially dangerous. A 20 foot Joshua … Read more

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Cloudscapes and Social Distance

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I am staying inside but I am aware of the beautiful clouds outside!  So on that note, I have decided to work on the archive and share some of my favorite cloud photographs. Let’s call them Cloudscapes.

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February 2020 Photo of the Month: JT150

JT150

My February 2020 Photo of the Month is JT150, taken as a storm was clearing over Pinto Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park.

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How The Boy Scout Trail Got It’s Name

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As somebody who has been visiting Joshua Tree National Park (or at one time, Monument…) my entire life, I ponder things.  One of them was the name of the Boy Scout Trail, which doesn’t match the naming convention of other places in the Park1

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December 2019 Photo of the Month: JT145

JT145

My December 2019 Photo of the Month is JT145, a black and white looking East as the Christmas storm that brought snow to Joshua Tree was coming in.

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Perhaps My Last Christmas Trip To Joshua Tree National Park

Yep, People Get Their Cars Stuck Parking Like This (Taken Christmas Eve)
Yep, People Get Their Cars Stuck Parking Like This.  Do Not Do This. (Taken Christmas Eve)

As many of my friends know, I have been visiting Joshua Tree National Park every Christmas for a long time.  2018 was my 13th consecutive year celebrating the Holiday in the park.  Things sure have changed.

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February 2018 Photo of the Month: Mastodon Ridge

Mastodon Ridge

My February 2018 Photo of the Month is Mastodon Ridge, a black and white image made in the Southern section of Joshua Tree National Park.

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Reflecting on the Dangers in Joshua Tree

Desert Monsoon
Note:  This post also appears on the Joshua Tree Photo Guide website.
Desert Monsoon by T.M. Schultze
Desert Monsoon by T.M. Schultze

Autumn is only a few weeks away and I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the Summers in Joshua Tree.

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