Joshua Tree

There’s a lot of talk in the news nowadays about the universe around us: life on Venus, Mars rovers, reusable launch systems, black holes…

The closest thing I’ve seen to outerspace is Joshua Tree National Park. I spent the day there expecting to see the funky trees after which the park is named. I was surprised to also find crazy rock formations that could serve as the set for a Martian action-adventure film.

But there were also, of course, plenty of the famed Joshua Trees…