Today is a school holiday, César Chávez day. With the day off, I decided to go adventuring! So, last night, friends and I drove to Joshua Tree NP, a mere 2 hours from school. We spent most of today exploring the park.
We woke up to this! We were lucky to find a campsite at Indian Cove campgrounds.
Good Morning!
We climbed a little bit. Our theme was to wear ridiculous clothing.
We stopped by the cholla garden. They look furry and like they're glowing, but they are actually covered in yellow spikes of death. (They're like cactus)
The skeleten of a dead cholla plant
We took a 3 mile loop hike near Cottonwood campgrounds. This is Jasmine.
Jasmine again! These are such sweet rocks.
Annie, who is taking geology, says the red streaks are probably due to mineral deposits, and they might have had a lower heat capacity than the surrounding rock, causing the rock to split like so.
The back of Jasmine, Annie, and Claire.
At the top of Mastadon Peak (~3400 feet) From left to right: Brenna, Emily, Annie, Claire, Jasmine
There used to be mines here (stopped around 1970)
These rocks look like they're trying to spell something
The rocks are so cool! They were formed by blobs of magma that used to be in the earth's mantle, and then pushed up at what used to be the bottom of the ocean floor, where groundwater met the magma and introduced chemical reactions and weathering, rounding the surfaces and dramatizing the cracks. Also pictured here are the yucca plants that are spiky
We woke up to this! We were lucky to find a campsite at Indian Cove campgrounds.
Good Morning!
We climbed a little bit. Our theme was to wear ridiculous clothing.
We stopped by the cholla garden. They look furry and like they're glowing, but they are actually covered in yellow spikes of death. (They're like cactus)
The skeleten of a dead cholla plant
We took a 3 mile loop hike near Cottonwood campgrounds. This is Jasmine.
Jasmine again! These are such sweet rocks.
Annie, who is taking geology, says the red streaks are probably due to mineral deposits, and they might have had a lower heat capacity than the surrounding rock, causing the rock to split like so.
The back of Jasmine, Annie, and Claire.
At the top of Mastadon Peak (~3400 feet) From left to right: Brenna, Emily, Annie, Claire, Jasmine
There used to be mines here (stopped around 1970)
These rocks look like they're trying to spell something
The rocks are so cool! They were formed by blobs of magma that used to be in the earth's mantle, and then pushed up at what used to be the bottom of the ocean floor, where groundwater met the magma and introduced chemical reactions and weathering, rounding the surfaces and dramatizing the cracks. Also pictured here are the yucca plants that are spiky
I LALALOVE the picture of the dead cholla's skeleton!! i also like the picture with the YUCCAS! haha. this looked so fun(:
ReplyDeletewhat was the time of day? wondering about some shadow play or a sunset or sunrise shot. this cholta affords quite a canvas- good intro to an extensive potential canvas. ...and the 0/chem formula for cellulose is...
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