The Cholla Cactus Garden at Joshua Tree National Park. They are pretty but hazardous to touch. Keep your distance.

Dense cholla cacti covered in pale yellow spines fill a sandy desert floor with mountains visible in the background.Close-up of cholla cactus segments covered in dense white spines with small yellow-green flower buds, blue sky in background.Dense field of spiny cholla cacti stretching across sandy desert floor with rocky mountains under overcast sky at Joshua TreeTeddy bear cholla cacti with dense silver spines fill the foreground of a desert landscape under a partly cloudy sky.