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A stout palm tree at the Desert Studies Center at the tiny settlement of Zzyzx, near Baker and adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve in southeast California

A stout palm tree at the Desert Studies Center at the tiny settlement ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Desert Studies Center is a field station of the California State University. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in ... More

Joshua Trees dot the desert in the Mojave National Preserve in California

Joshua Trees dot the desert in the Mojave National Preserve in Califor...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. According to the National Park Service, Mormon settlers named the Joshua tree after the biblical figure. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of Ca... More

Four unusual palm trees at the Desert Studies Center at the tiny settlement of Zzyzx, near Baker and adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve in southeast California

Four unusual palm trees at the Desert Studies Center at the tiny settl...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Desert Studies Center is a field station of the California State University. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in ... More

Abandoned cabin near the ghost town of Cima in the Mojave National Preserve in California

Abandoned cabin near the ghost town of Cima in the Mojave National Pre...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Wind Turbines in the Mojave Desert in Southern California

Wind Turbines in the Mojave Desert in Southern California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Joshua Trees dot the desert in the Mojave National Preserve in California

Joshua Trees dot the desert in the Mojave National Preserve in Califor...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. According to the National Park Service, Mormon settlers named the Joshua tree after the biblical figure. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of Ca... More

Abandoned cabin near the ghost town of Cima in the Mojave National Preserve in California

Abandoned cabin near the ghost town of Cima in the Mojave National Pre...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Joshua Trees dot the desert in the Mojave National Preserve in California

Joshua Trees dot the desert in the Mojave National Preserve in Califor...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. According to the National Park Service, Mormon settlers named the Joshua tree after the biblical figure. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of Ca... More

Abandoned cabin near the ghost town of Cima in the Mojave National Preserve in California

Abandoned cabin near the ghost town of Cima in the Mojave National Pre...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A view of Granite Peak in the Providence Mountains from the desert floor in the Mojave National Preserve in southwestern California

A view of Granite Peak in the Providence Mountains from the desert flo...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

The non-functioning fountain within an artificial pond called "Lake Tuendae" at the Desert Studies Center at the tiny settlement of Zzyzx, near Baker and adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve in southeast California

The non-functioning fountain within an artificial pond called "Lake Tu...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Desert Studies Center is a field station of the California State University. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in ... More

Highway leading to the Mojave Desert, California

Highway leading to the Mojave Desert, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Views of the Providence Mountains from the desert floor in the Mojave National Preserve in southwestern California

Views of the Providence Mountains from the desert floor in the Mojave ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Palm trees at the Desert Studies Center at the tiny settlement of Zzyzx, near Baker and adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve in southeast California

Palm trees at the Desert Studies Center at the tiny settlement of Zzyz...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Desert Studies Center is a field station of the California State University. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in ... More

Palm trees at the Desert Studies Center at the tiny settlement of Zzyzx, near Baker and adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve in southeast California

Palm trees at the Desert Studies Center at the tiny settlement of Zzyz...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Desert Studies Center is a field station of the California State University. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in ... More

Tall palms surrounding an artificial pond called "Lake Tuendae" at the Desert Studies Center at the tiny settlement of Zzyzx, near Baker and adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve in southeast California

Tall palms surrounding an artificial pond called "Lake Tuendae" at the...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Desert Studies Center is a field station of the California State University. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in ... More

Photographer Carol M. Highsmith and Welcome sign in Mojave Desert, California

Photographer Carol M. Highsmith and Welcome sign in Mojave Desert, Cal...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Joshua Trees dot the desert in the Mojave National Preserve in California

Joshua Trees dot the desert in the Mojave National Preserve in Califor...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. According to the National Park Service, Mormon settlers named the Joshua tree after the biblical figure. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of Ca... More

A very long and very brown road in the Mojave National Preserve in California

A very long and very brown road in the Mojave National Preserve in Cal...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Kelso Dunes, also known as the Kelso Dune Field, the largest field of eolian sand deposits in the Mojave Desert, California

Kelso Dunes, also known as the Kelso Dune Field, the largest field of ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The region is protected by the Mojave National Preserve and is located near the town of Baker in San Bernardino County. The tallest dunes rise up to 650 f... More

Tall palms surrounding an artificial pond called "Lake Tuendae" at the Desert Studies Center at the tiny settlement of Zzyzx, near Baker and adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve in southeast California

Tall palms surrounding an artificial pond called "Lake Tuendae" at the...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Desert Studies Center is a field station of the California State University. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in ... More

The Mojave Memorial Cross and War Memorial near the ghost town of Cima in the Mojave National Preserve in California

The Mojave Memorial Cross and War Memorial near the ghost town of Cima...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The memorial, officially the "White Cross World War I Memorial," has been the subject of vigorous church vs. state debate and litigation. Credit line: The... More

Needles, Mojave Desert, California

Needles, Mojave Desert, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Located in the Mohave Valley of the Mojave Desert on the western banks of the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California. Credit line: The Jon B.... More

Views of the Providence Mountains from the desert floor in the Mojave National Preserve in southwestern California

Views of the Providence Mountains from the desert floor in the Mojave ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Long train rides through Mojave Desert, California

Long train rides through Mojave Desert, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Occupying a significant portion of southeastern California, it is named after the Mohave tribe of Native Americans. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Colle... More

Abandoned house in the Mojave Desert, California

Abandoned house in the Mojave Desert, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Joshua Trees dot the desert in the Mojave National Preserve in California

Joshua Trees dot the desert in the Mojave National Preserve in Califor...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. According to the National Park Service, Mormon settlers named the Joshua tree after the biblical figure. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of Ca... More

Views of the Providence Mountains from the desert floor in the Mojave National Preserve in southwestern California

Views of the Providence Mountains from the desert floor in the Mojave ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More