Joshua Tree changed my life forever when I went there many years ago...
It was the very first time I was stepping into a desert and not the least of them! Also called "The Monument" by the first nations around the area, it sure deserves the title. Not only is it a piece of magically beauty, as you say so well yourself, but a lunar treasure out of this world!
Thanks for the good memories you brought back my way with this post.
Namaste :)