Joshua Tree

A pair of climbers boulder around the rocks in Joshua Tree National Park.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

The Integratron, a white dome in Landers, was built as a tool for contacting space aliens but has become popular lately with musicians and others who like the acoustics within the dome.  (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)

Yoga and meditation at 2014’s Bhakti Fest, held each year in Joshua Tree.   (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

A Joshua tree is silhouetted against the clouds.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Over the last 20 years, the city of Twentynine Palms has built a collection of historic murals on its walls.  (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)

Driving through Joshua Tree National Park.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

A boy leaps from rock to rock in Joshua Tree National Park.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

The Station, a shop and gallery in Joshua Tree, was a Richfield Oil garage. It dates from 1946.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Hanging in the Station, a stained glass eye by co-founder Steve Hatlerman.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A moonlit night in Joshua Tree National Park.   (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)