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Saguaro National Park

This Arizona national park was founded to protect the saguaro cactus, a keystone species of the Sonoran Desert and an iconic symbol of the Southwest, where the climate is becoming warmer and drier.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Sara Pratt.

Published December 28, 2021
Data acquired September 21, 2021

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Collection:
U.S. National Parks