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View of Oasis of Mara with Joshua Mountain (3,720 ft) in the distance.
View of Oasis of Mara with Joshua Mountain (3,720 ft) in the distance.
View of Oasis of Mara.
Entrance to the Oasis of Mara Visitor Center and Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park.
Picnic area and interpretive trailhead at the Oasis Visitor Center.
California fan palms (Washingtonia filifera) at the Oasis of Mara.
Interpretive trail at the Oasis of Mara.
California fan palms (Washingtonia filifera) at the Oasis of Mara.
Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) at the Oasis of Mara.
Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) at the Oasis of Mara.
View south toward Joshua Mountain (3,720 ft).
Goodding's black willow (Salix Gooddingii) in the Oasis of Mara.
Male phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens) at the Oasis of Mara.
Male phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens) at the Oasis of Mara.
Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) at the Oasis of Mara.
View west of San Gorgonio Mountain (11,503 ft) in the distance.
Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) at the Oasis of Mara.