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Can you believe this picture from Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park? As water runs into the Halemaʻumaʻu Crater, intense heat from the lava pool quickly turns it into steam, offering a canvas for flames and moonlight to color. It’s an extraordinary sight in a place of natural wonder and cultural importance. The crater’s name translates into “house of eternal flame” and it is known as the home of the goddess Pele, the creator of new land. Photo by Eric Leifer. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 10/3/15.
White Sands National Monument in New Mexico is one of the world’s great natural wonders. Here, great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world’s largest gypsum dune field of brilliant snow-white sand. This photo of a double rainbow over the park was taken just at sunset as a rain storm let up. Photo by Raymond Lee. Posted on the US Department of the Interior blog, 10/19/15.
A full moon over the Denali National Park. Photo by Katie Thoresen. Tweeted 10/18/15 by the US Department of the Interior.
A gorgeous night scene at Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park. Photo by Carl TerHaar. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 10/27/15.
A trip to Yellowstone National Park isn’t complete without seeing Midway Geyser Basin. A boardwalk leads you to the colorful Grand Prismatic Spring. At 370 feet in diameter and over 121 feet deep, Grand Prismatic is Yellowstone’s largest hot spring. This jaw-dropping multi-image panorama shows Grand Prismatic Spring at night with the Milky Way sparkling above it and the stars reflected in the water below. Image courtesy of David Lane. Posted on the US Department of the Interior blog, 10/19/15.
Happy 99th birthday to National Park Service – America’s best idea! On this day in 1916, the National Park Service was created to care for the country’s special places. Pictured here is Lower Falls at Yellowstone National Park, our first national park. Photo by Kallem Phillips. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 8/25/15.
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The Milky Way glitters above Yellowstone National Park. David Lane created this stunning multi-image panorama of the night sky over the park’s Pelican Creek – a place that offers great views of Yellowstone Lake. Photo courtesy of David Lane. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 5/8/15.
Happy 143rd birthday, Yellowstone National Park! On this day in 1872, Yellowstone became the first national park — starting a worldwide movement to protect special places. Today, millions visit Yellowstone to discover the park’s geysers and mud pots, forests and lakes, and historic cabins and prehistoric sites — not to mention it’s stunning waterfalls. Pictured here is a rainbow at Lower Falls on the park’s Uncle Tom trail. Photo by Kallem Phillips. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 3/1/15.
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This is 2014’s most re-tweeted photo from the US Department of the Interior. Photo by Cameron Patrick. Bison in Yellowstone National Park had just waded a stream, and the water steamed off of their coats as they trotted down the highway. Retweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 12/31/14.
A winter trip to Yellowstone might be described in one word: steamy. For 21 miles, the Firehole River collects runoff from erupting geysers and boiling hot springs, creating a ribbon of mist and hoar frost as the water begins its journey to the Missouri and beyond. Photos by Neal Herbert. Posted on Instragram by the US Department of the Interior, 12/15/14.
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A silhouetted joshua tree … in Joshua Tree National Park. Photo by Jaganath Achari. Posted on Tumblr on 11/27/14 by the US Department of the Interior.
A stunning sunset over Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Christina Adele Warburg took this photo of Mount Moran and Jackson Lake from the park’s Colter Bay District a few weeks ago after a recent snow. “I had to snowshoe to the edge of the lake for the sunset. The effort was definitely worth the reward,” says Christina. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 12/1/14.
A flash of sun on Electric Peak marks the end of another day in Yellowstone National Park. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 11/25/14.
Sunset from Island in the Sky at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. One of four distinct districts in the park, the Island in the Sky mesa rests on sheer sandstone cliffs over 1,000 feet above the surrounding terrain. Every overlook offers a different perspective on Canyonlands’ spectacular landscape. Photo by Jeremy Stevens. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 11/30/14.
North Twin Lake at Yellowstone National Park flashes pink during sunrise. While this photo was taken a couple weeks ago, the weather at Yellowstone is quickly changing. North Twin Lake is already covered in snow for the season.
Photo by Neal Hebert, National Park Service. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 11/16/14.
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Sunrise in Yellowstone National Park. North Twin Lake flashes pink during a sunrise late last week. From the Park’s Facebook page.
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A gorgeous sunrise over Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs. Photo by Neal Herbert, National Park Service. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 10/26/14.
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