Shadows, stone & sunset at Canyonlands National Park. Photo by Michael Hardridge. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 6/8/17.
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Sunrise is out-of-this-world amazing at Utah’s Canyonlands National Park. Photo by Sam Koerbel. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 5/16/17.
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Canyonlands National Park sits under the desert sun nearly every day, but in the early morning hours when the air is cool and the sun is rising, a majestic glow of indigo filled this Utah valley with mist. The iconic Airport Tower can be seen in the distance, standing just behind the Washer Woman Arch. Photo courtesy of Sam Koerbel. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 3/26/17.
The view from Yosemite National Park’s Tuolumne Meadows. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 3/26/17.
The spring bloom at Desert Lily National Monument. Photo by the National Park Service. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 3/28/17.
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Sunrise, snow and clouds mingle in this spellbinding photo of Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Photo by Simon Dumont. Posted on Instagram by the US Department of the Interior.
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A gorgeous sunrise at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Photo by Greg Sager. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 1/1/17.
Bryce Canyon National Park has the world’s largest collection of hoodoos. Here is a fabulous view at sunrise. Photo by Jennifer Fast. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 1/26/17.
Sunrise over Arizona’s Tonto National Monument. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 1/11/17.
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Mother Nature shows her power with this dramatic lightning storm over the Needles District at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Photo by Claudia Castillo. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 12/31/16.
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Nevada’s Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Photo by Bob Wicks. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 10/21/16.
Orange sandstone towers stand brightly against a stormy sky at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. The Needles – named for the sandstone spires – form the southeast corner of the park and offer long day hikes and overnight trips. Photo by Bryan Moore. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 11/15/16.
Capitol Reef National Park in Utah got its name from the white domes of Navajo Sandstone that resemble capitol building domes and the rocky cliffs – which act as a reef, creating a barrier to travel. The park is one of the best geological classrooms in the world. Rock layers in Capitol Reef reveal ancient environments as varied as rivers and swamps, Sahara-like deserts and shallow oceans, each marking an era through almost 200 million years of Earth’s history. Photo by David Long. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 11/10/16.
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A spiderweb of lightning fills the sky at Utah’s Canyonlands National Park. Photo by Chelsey Dever. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 10/5/16.
Summer makes for some epic thunderstorms. Case in point: this dramatic pic of a lighting strike at Badlands National Park in South Dakota from earlier in August. Photo by Badlands’ Seasonal Park Paleontologist Phil Varela, National Park Service. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 9/2/16.
In this rare sight, a rainbow (some call it a “blob-bow”) brightens the dunes following an afternoon storm at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Summer thunderstorms at the park are common and bring cool winds, heavy rain and lightning. When storms approach, be sure to come down off the dunes, as lightning often strikes the dunefield. The electrical current fuses or melts sand particles together, resulting in a “fulgurite” (Latin for lightning rock). Photo by Patrick Myers, National Park Service. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 9/14/16.
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Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in Utah protects a unique transition zone – the meeting of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin Desert and Mojave Desert. Where these distinct landscapes overlap, unusual plants and animals have evolved, including flowers like the dwarf bearclaw poppy and Shivwits milk-vetch that grow nowhere else on earth. Explore the area’s flora, wildlife and spectacular desert scenery with more than 130 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails. Photo by Bob Wick. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 5/18/16.
Water and wind have carved unique shapes into the soft stone of Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Over millions of years, incredible natural sculptures have emerged and eroded away. What you see in the park now is only temporary. As the work of erosion continues, today’s geologic displays will eventually disappear, making way for future wonders. Photo by Kait Thomas, National Park Service. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/25/16.
Moonrise over Balanced Rock in Utah’s Arches National Park. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 4/12/16.
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Thor’s Hammer in Bryce Canyon National Park. Photo by Ed Cooper. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 3/14/16.
The massive sandstone monoliths along Park Avenue Trail at Arches National Park in Utah have imaginative and descriptive names. You won’t regret this easy one-mile hike. Where else can you walk in the shadows of the Tower of Babel, the Organ, the Three Gossips and Sheep Rock? Photo by Bud Walley. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 4/5/16.
Sunrise, seen through Mesa Arch in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 5/3/16.
