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How can they call it Badlands when the views are just so good? Badlands National Park in South Dakota draws visitors from around the world with its rugged beauty and rich fossil beds. It’s a place to explore the unique landscape while imagining the ancient mammals that once roamed here. Sunrise is a particularly good time for contemplation and reflection. Photo by Harlan Humphrey. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 10/8/15.
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Badlands National Park
Shouldn’t this be on your bucket list? Wild Goose Island in Montana’s Glacier National Park. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 10/7/15.
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Glacier National Park
Grinnell Formation
Grinnell Lake
Ninaistako
St Mary Falls
Two Medicine Lake
Which Is Prettier?
Grand Canyon National Park. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 10/5/15.
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Grand Canyon National Park
A Grand Sunset
Bright Angel Trail
Inversion
Just before it flows past Washington, DC, the Potomac River builds up speed and force as it falls over a series of steep, jagged rocks and rushes through a narrow gorge. Great Falls Park offers tremendous views of this powerful, natural spectacle. Hikers enjoy several trails along the river and sometimes gasp at expert kayakers who brave the falls. This sunrise picture was taken on the Virginia side of the river. Photo by Yin Lau. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 9/14/15.
Mount St. Elias looms over Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, our nation’s biggest national park. With towering mountains, county sized glaciers, diverse wildlife and scenery like this, it’s no surprise that this Alaska park is also a World Heritage site. It doesn’t reveal its wonders easily, but for the adventurous spirit, the rewards are limitless. This image is from a recent flyover of the park by the National Park Service. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 9/23/15.
Tanalian Falls at Alaska’s Lake Clark National Park. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 9/22/15.
Montana’s Glacier National Park. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 9/25/15.
Zion National Park is known for great hiking and incredible views. Gazing up at massive sandstone cliffs of cream, pink and red that soar into a brilliant blue sky, sometimes it’s hard for visitors to stay on the trails. Everywhere you look, there’s something beautiful to see and as the light and weather changes, so does the scenery. On a day after a desert rain storm left puddles in the park’s lower areas, Ian Barin used the opportunity and some ingenuity to capture this amazing shot. Photo courtesy of Ian Barin. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 9/21/15.
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Zion National Park
Sunset At Zion
The Narrows
Fireweed blooms in the late Alaskan summer and darkens as autumn approaches. It gets its name from growing on burnt ground left open after wildfires. One of the great joys of discovering the botany of Denali National Park is the unique and intact nature of the plant communities that exist here. Here we see fireweed thriving with Denali in the background. Photo by Gavin Danapong. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 9/19/15.
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Denali National Park
Cold
Northern Lights
Add this National Park to your bucket list now! Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. Photo by Venkatreddy Kancharla. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 9/18/15.
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Grand Teton National Park
Cottonwood Creek
Sunrise On The Tetons
The Oxbow Bend
Bears just don’t follow the rules at Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 9/17/15.
The 97,880-acre Eagletail Mountains Wilderness is about 65 miles west of Phoenix, Arizona, in Maricopa, Yuma and LaPaz counties. The wilderness includes 15 miles of the Eagletail Mountains ridgeline and Courthouse Rock to the north, Cemetary Ridge to the south, and a large desert plain area between the two ridgelines. Several different rock strata are visible in most places with natural arches, high spires, monoliths, jagged sawtooth ridges and numerous washes six to eight miles long. Recreation such as extended horseback riding and backpacking trips, sightseeing, photography, rock climbing and day hiking are enhanced by the topographic diversity, scenic character, size – as well as the botanical, wildlife, and cultural values of the area. Photo by Bob Wick. Tweeted by the U Department of the Interior, 9/8/15.
Here’s a dramatic shot of sage steppe desert at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming. Nicknamed the sagebrush sea, the sagebrush landscape spans 11 western states. While this landscape might look like a barren desert, the sagebrush steppe is home to more than 350 wildlife species, including elk, pronghorn, golden eagles and the sage grouse.
http://on.doi.gov/1Kt9AlY Called an indicator species, the sage grouse provides biologists with an early warning about the state of other species that call the sagebrush home. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 9/23/15.
Sage Grouse, from the US Department of the Interior blog post about the Sage Grouse.
Love this video shot from a Bearcam at Katmai National Park. To join the horde of us addicted to LIVE bearcam coverage, go here.
Mom is bear # 273 (some are named, some are numbered). The cub is known as Velcro.
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Katmai National Park
Survival Of The Fattest
The Bears Of Katmai
