A distinctive yucca plant (Yucca brevifolia) native to the Mojave Desert in the southwestern United States, characterized by its slow growth, spiky leaves, and bizarre, twisted branches that resemble a person stretching toward the sky—named by 19th-century Mormon settlers after the biblical prophet Joshua.

A national park in southern California, renowned for its surreal desert landscapes, rock climbing, stargazing, and those iconic, otherworldly trees that make you question if you're on Earth or an alien planet.