Whiteoaks Photo Albums » Joshua Tree Spring Wildflowers 2008

 
 
   

Joshua trees among the famous JTNP rockpiles. The monzogranite forming the rock piles was once a molten mass which was forced upward over the older Pinto gneiss. Erosion over the ages has stripped away the overlying Pinto gneiss, exposing the monzogranite outcrops.
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