20150519 NightSky 1 bradsutton (22166887683)
NPS/Brad Sutton
Campground at Night (38124794195)
NPS / Alison Taggart-Barone
Stars over Joshua Tree National Park (21309138101)
NPS/Brad Sutton
Clouds and lightning near the North Entrance (50331343402)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: Silhouettes of clouds are lit up by lightning over a distant mountain range.
Skull rock night sky (49623125453)
Photo: NPS / Kelsey Graczyk Alt text: Skull rock and the night sky
Comet NEOWISE over Cholla Cactus Garden (50131456001)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: The white tail of comet NEOWISE is visible in a starry sky over a field of cholla cacti.
2017 Night Sky Festival (26774577939)
NPS / Hannah Schwalbe
Stars over Joshua Tree National Park (20679900933)
NPS/Brad Sutton
Skull Rock Trail at night (30230498613)
NPS/Hannah Schwalbe The lights you see at the end of the video are from the headlamps of hikers who went on a night hike along the Skull Rock Trail. Night hiking in Joshua Tree can be an amazing experience. Al... More
Comet NEOWISE over Cholla Cactus Garden (50130889883)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: The white tail of comet NEOWISE is visible in a starry sky over a field of cholla cacti.
2017 Night Sky Festival (26774533729)
NPS / Hannah Schwalbe
Night Sky InstaMeet 5.23.15 (17581753974)
NPS/Lian Law
Cottonwood Springs at night, new moon (30998677272)
NPS/Hannah Schwalbe
Comet NEOWISE over Queen Valley (50120466697)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: Comet NEOWISE leaves a bright trail over distant dark mountains and a field of dimly lit Joshua trees.
Clouds and lightning near the North Entrance (50331175266)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: Silhouettes of clouds are lit up by lightning over a distant mountain range.
Comet NEOWISE over Queen Valley (50127340927)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: A Joshua tree stands out against silhouetted mountains in the distance with orange hues of a setting sun fading against a deep blue night sky containing the white trails of a comet.
2017 Night Sky Festival (38518721692)
NPS / Hannah Schwalbe
Cooking over a campfire in Jumbo Rocks Campground (50409379772)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: A camper leans over a low fire in the dark to adjust a cast iron pan.
Clouds and lightning near North Entrance (50331398567)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: Clouds are lit up white by lightning against a dark blue sky.
Skull Rock Trail at night (25372187819)
NPS/Hannah Schwalbe
Night Sky InstaMeet 5.23.15 (18204201575)
NPS/Lian Law
Campers (49949822053)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: Silhouetted vehicles frame campers illuminated by the warm light of a campfire.
Comet NEOWISE over Queen Valley (50127114871)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: Comet NEOWISE leaves a bright trail over distant dark mountains and a field of dimly lit Joshua trees.
Perseid Meteor Shower; 8-11-15 (20703806542)
NPS/Brad Sutton
Joshua tree and stars (21300907375)
NPS/Brad Sutton
Supermoon rising over Queen Valley (21113107570)
NPS/Brad Sutton
2017 Night Sky Festival (38518670892)
NPS / Hannah Schwalbe
Supermoon rising over Queen Valley (20680082663)
NPS/Brad Sutton
Andromeda Galaxy (20703855582)
NPS/Brad Sutton
Comet NEOWISE over Queen Valley (50120608132)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: A Joshua tree stands out against silhouetted mountains in the distance with orange hues of a setting sun fading against a deep blue night sky containing the white trails of a comet.
2017 Night Sky Festival (37662548245)
NPS / Hannah Schwalbe
Perseid Meteor Shower; 8-11-15 (20526368099)
NPS/Brad Sutton
Comet NEOWISE over Queen Valley (50127339527)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: Comet NEOWISE leaves a bright trail over distant dark mountains.
Campers and tent underneath a night sky (49950611437)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: Campers gather around a campfire surrounded by boulder piles with a tent in the foreground.
Comet NEOWISE over Queen Valley (50120243821)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: Comet NEOWISE leaves a bright trail over distant dark mountains and a field of dimly lit Joshua trees.
Cooking over a campfire in Jumbo Rocks Campground (50409381372)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: Campers sit around a campfire ring with food cooking on the rack above it.
Backcountry campsite between Juniper Flats and Covington Flat (3275711...
NPS / Renata Harrison
Clouds and lightning near the North Entrance (50331173881)
NPS / Emily Hassell Alt text: Silhouettes of clouds are lit up by lightning over a distant mountain range.
Campfire Alternatives (50511005201)
Photo: NPS / Kelsey Graczyk Alt text: two people sit around a campfire ring at night. The campfire ring has a water bottle filled with a headlamp for light. Boulders and the night sky surround them.
Near-full Moon over Joshua Tree National Park (21114157249)
NPS/Brad Sutton
Perseid Meteor Shower; 8-11-15 (20703850302)
NPS/Brad Sutton