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| Keywords: Mojave Trails National Monument dunes.jpg en Sand to Snow shares a common boundary with Joshua Tree National Park which in turn connects to Mojave Trails National Monument ”the largest new addition at 1 6 million acres Lava flows and mountains spread across this tract of the Mojave Desert The focal point is the sand dunes; in particular the remote and nearly pristine Cadiz Dunes that formed from the sand of dry lake beds The second photograph above shows the ground-based view of dunes within the monument Despite the remoteness of this monument the area is well traveled The corridor connects the deserts of the southwest to the Pacific Coast and has been travelled by people for thousands of years The Southern Pacific railroad and Route 66 are the most famous byways through this desert landscape http //earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php id 87668 src eoa-iotd BLM acquired February 14 2014 PD-USGov Satellite pictures of California Files uploaded by PDTillman Cadiz California Mojave Trails National Monument | ||||
