This group of fan palms are first to greet hikers at the end of the trail. A level area beneath them provides enough shade to relax and study them closely. The blackened trunks, above, and right, resulted from past fires through the area. The unscorched fronds indicate that this fire was not intense or was far enough in the past that the fronds renewed their growth cycle.			Joshua Tree National Park
			Fortynine Palms Oasis
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