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Sunrise at the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 7/27/15.
Sunrise over Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park. Photo by Sharon Eisenzopf. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 8/26/15.
Sunrise over the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. Picture by Phil Seu. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 8/24/15.
Bad mornings never start like this. Sunrise at Yosemite National Park. Photo by Jonathan Basiago. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 8/1/15.
Olympic National Park in Washington. About 100 miles from Seattle, Olympic is a place of beauty and variety. Untamed rivers flow from glacier-capped peaks through valleys of old-growth forests, waves crash against a shoreline rich with life, and only trails traverse the vast interior of this internationally recognized wilderness. Pictured here is sunrise from the park’s Second Beach. Photo by Glenn Nelson. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/1/15.
Hazel Mountain Overlook in the Shenandoah National Park. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 6/29/15.
Rainbows are a fan favorite in Yosemite National Park, commonly seen along the park’s flowing waterfalls on sunny days. Halos and coronas around the sun or moon are also a typical sight. Recently, a lucky visitor was able to spot and capture this rare occurrence –cloud iridescence – over Glacier Point. This optical phenomenon is caused when sunlight diffracts off tiny ice crystals or water droplets and creates a rainbow effect. Iridescent clouds typically occur in late afternoons in hot and humid weather. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/28/15.
Clouds fill the sky just after sunset in this beautiful picture by Glenn Nelson. Rocky Mountain National Park. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 6/28/15.
The Colorado National Monument rises more than 2,000 feet above the Grand Valley of the Colorado River. Towering monoliths exist within a vast plateau and canyon panorama. You can experience sheer-walled, red rock canyons along the twists and turns of Rim Rock Drive or hike some of the park’s more than 40 miles of maintained trails. Sunrise photo over the monument by William Woodward. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 4/20/15.
A lovely spring morning begins at Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Kathy Suttles. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 4/6/15.
A fiery sunrise over the Mesquite Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park in California. Many first time visitors to Death Valley are surprised it is not covered with a sea of sand. Less than one percent of the desert is covered with dunes, yet the shadowed ripples and stark, graceful curves define “desert” in our imaginations. The Mesquite Flat Dunes are the best known and easiest to visit in the national park. Photo by Mike Mezeul II. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 4/24/15.
Hazel Mountain Overlook in the Shenandoah National Park is an amazing place to watch a sunrise in Virginia . Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 4/8/15.
A stunning Alpenglow sunrise over Dream Lake. It’s just one of the amazing vistas in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo by Malcolm Boshier. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 5/7/15.
Shenandoah National Park in Virginia has some spectacular sunrises, like this one from Hazel Mountain Overlook. Just 75 miles from Washington, DC, Shenandoah offers an escape from the city with cascading waterfalls, spectacular vistas and quiet wooded hollows. National Park Service photo. Posted on Tumblr 2/28/15 by the US Department of the Interior.
Stretching for hundreds of miles from Arizona to Utah, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area encompasses scenic vistas, geologic wonders and a vast panorama of human history. With 1.2 million acres of golden cliffs, lush hanging gardens, impossibly narrow slot canyons and the brilliant blue waters of Lake Powell, it’s definitely worth the visit. Katherine Hawkins captured this beautiful pic of Lake Powell from Alstom Point at sunrise. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 3/10/15.
A view that will stop you in your tracks. Sunrise from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park. Located in the park’s Furnace Creek Area, Zabriskie Point provides spectacular views of the park’s wildly eroded and vibrantly colored badlands with the flat salt plains and the Grapevine Mountains visible in the distance. Photo by Steve Perry. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 3/11/15.
Sunrise at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. This photo was captured by Ryan Engstrom on the Mesa Arch Trail — a popular place to capture the sunrise over the park’s countless canyons and fantastically formed buttes carved by the Colorado River and its tributaries. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 10/13/14.
Sunrise at Shenandoah National Park. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 8/27/14.
Sunrise comes to Ohio’s Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior 9/20/14.
Sunrise over Yosemite’s Half Dome. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior on the Park’s 124th birthday, 10/1/14.
Black bear in Yellowstone National Park. From the Park’s Facebook page.
Share the road … with caribou in Denali National Park. Photo by Daniel A. Leifheit. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 8/16/14.
A normally elusive bobcat. Photographed in Shenandoah National Park, and tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 8/8/14.
The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also known as the Rocky Mountain goat. Glacier National Park. Photo: Kim Hang Dessoliers. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 8/12/14.
Have you arisen to face the rising sun lately?
I recommend you rouse from your slumber and get yourself to a pretty place to face the rising sun.
It’s worth it.
The rising sun over Cape Romain National Wildlife Reserve. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 7/30/14.
Neal Lewis took this stunning sunrise photo from Thornton Hollow Overlook in Shenandoah National Park. Here’s what he had to say about this photo. “For me, catching a sunrise in Shenandoah is pure therapy. No two daybreaks are ever the same. If you’re able, I highly recommend the experience.” Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 8/7/14.
Sunrise photo shot at Partition Arch in the Arches National Park by Ranger Kyle Ackerman on 8/7/14, and then posted by the Park on their Facebook page.
The sunrise at Maine’s Acadia National Park. Photo: Brett Dalton. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 8/13/14.
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