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Rock-scrambling at Mojave National Preserve's Eagle Rocks can include scrambling under boulders, not just over them

5506-eagle-rocks.jpg Reaching the turrets of Eagle Rocks from Mid Hills campground requires climbing down into an intervening wide canyonThumbnailsSomehow, a Claret cup cactus is managing to eke out an existence in that crack in the boulderReaching the turrets of Eagle Rocks from Mid Hills campground requires climbing down into an intervening wide canyonThumbnailsSomehow, a Claret cup cactus is managing to eke out an existence in that crack in the boulderReaching the turrets of Eagle Rocks from Mid Hills campground requires climbing down into an intervening wide canyonThumbnailsSomehow, a Claret cup cactus is managing to eke out an existence in that crack in the boulderReaching the turrets of Eagle Rocks from Mid Hills campground requires climbing down into an intervening wide canyonThumbnailsSomehow, a Claret cup cactus is managing to eke out an existence in that crack in the boulderReaching the turrets of Eagle Rocks from Mid Hills campground requires climbing down into an intervening wide canyonThumbnailsSomehow, a Claret cup cactus is managing to eke out an existence in that crack in the boulder

Some of these dark nooks and crannies feel almost cave-like.