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Today is the final day of National Park Week, so I thought I'd revisit our trip out west in 2021. CL is truly an amazing & unforgettable national park!
The mountain to share this week as it is National Park week.
Sat, Apr 22, 2023 - Sun, Apr 30, 2023
National Park Week is a time to reflect on what parks mean to us, enjoy what they provide to their visitors and communities, and commit to protecting these places we cherish.
Was a nice surprise to see this peak receive the honor of this great name. Millions drive by yearly probably without recognizing it's importance and significance. On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act into law. The world's first national park was born.
"National Park Mountain (7,553 ft or 2,302 m) rises above the confluence of the Firehole River and the Madison River and is just west of Madison Junction." Wikipedia
Our Park's are vital, precious and priceless. And look now how many grand parks have been preserved worldwide since. Thank you!
This stream runs by Cable Mill, below, at the Cades Cove VC
Happy Earth Day, National Park Week, HFF & HTMT!
We stopped at Antietam Battlefield on our way home from WV today. This past week has been National Park Week, with all parks having free admission. We have a lifetime NP pass, so it didn't apply to us, but it was nice getting to visit one during the special week. Burnside Bridge is the most iconic feature of this park and has just recently finished undergoing a major restoration project. The last time we were here the bridge was covered in scaffolding.
Toward the end of the loop drive we were suddenly in a traffic jam, which usually means one thing - wildlife! My sister got the zoomed view of the Momma and two cubs from the car. Fortunately, there was a ranger there keeping people at a safe distance.
HFF & Happy National Park Week!
Just one month today exactly, we visited today's national park. That's right, in the winter, albeit a milder winter than usual. From the iconic view, I don't think that it needs much of an introduction, but just in case you're stumped ... this is Grand Teton National Park ... and grand it is!
Established as a national park on February 26, 1929, it originally consisted of 96,000 acres. Over the years, its size has grown to 310,000 acres (480 square miles). Named after Mount Teton, the dominant mountain peak in the Teton Range, which is the youngest mountain range in the Rocky Mountains. While 2.5 million visitors arrive annually, just a fraction of those venture over in the winter ... except those enjoying the winter activities of Jackson Hole and Teton Village.
We stayed in Jackson Hole, which provided lodging, dining, and other services, while a quick drive to fabulous sights like this. A dear friend of mine, Jen Hall, met us out there and we spent a full day shooting together the landscapes and wildlife that GTNP has to offer. Might as well had been a few weeks ... for the area is bursting with photographic opportunities.
This sunrise image was taken along the river's edge with the amazing Teton Range providing the backdrop of the view, kissed by the early morning light. It was a magical moment indeed. It was especially fun to shoot with a photographer whose work I have followed and admired for years here on Flickr! Thanks again Jen!
Being that GTNP is only a mere 10 miles south of Yellowstone NP, it's pretty much a "no-brainer" to visit there if you're in the YNP vicinity. When people ask me what national park I think is the prettiest, I always respond Grand Teton NP! Whenever I leave, it's quite difficult and pulls at my heart strings and soul. But fear not, for I know that I already have my plans to return. :-)
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NASA and the National Park Service worked together to create a web-based tool that helps park managers better understand the impact of outdoor lighting and noise on animal species in national parks.
The website allows park managers to choose a time period, such as the spring or winter seasons, and then zoom into a particular park to see sound and nighttime lights data and determine which animal species might be at risk from those sensory stimuli.
Observations from space, such as nighttime light data from the NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite used to produce this United States map, help to better gauge the impact of outdoor lighting on animal species in national parks.
April 16-24, 2022, 2022, is National Park Week. Parks across the country are hosting events virtually and in-person.
Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
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Happy #EarthDay. Happy #NationalParkWeek.
We should be conscious of our beautiful, our fragile, our threatened, our exquisite, our life-giving planet every day, not just Earth Day.
We finally had a beautiful day to do the Cades Cove loop drive.
We also had time for a short hike to the Elijah Oliver place, which has been very well preserved. Happy National Park Week!
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Upper Yosemite Falls Moonbow
Moonbow season has begun and to kick it off right I decided to get my first photos of the season from Upper Yosemite Falls trail, arguably the hardest hiking trail in Yosemite National Park. Misery loves company as they say so I teamed up with Brian Hawkins on this adventure. I hiked up with enough gear for a multi-camera shoot resulted in a very heavy pack likely on the order of 40+lbs. If you're unfamiliar with this trail it is nothing but very steep switchbacks. It is incredibly beautiful by day and equally beautiful if not more beautiful at night under a full moon. That said it is very harrowing being on the edge of a cliff repeatedly looking down thousands of feet. Such harrowing trails results in very dramatic views though hence the attraction.
The weather was surprisingly cooperative considering it was to be partly cloudy so shooting lasted through most of the night. We got a good amount of wind whipping the mist up for the moonbow to form. All around the shoot including the hike lasted 11 hours with our final return to the valley floor at 4AM. For more information on the technical details of this photo visit my blog:
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It’s National Park Week! All US National Parks are free this week. Are you getting out to visit any? I’m gonna share my favorite photos from my visits to National Parks all week to celebrate.
Here’s one of the best (and coldest) sunrises of my life - from the 10,000′ summit of Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii.
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While visiting yesterday's national park destination, Arches NP, one is hard pressed to not visit another gem in Utah - Canyonlands National Park.
Again, situated nearby to Moab, Canyonlands was designated a national park on September 12, 1964. It's 527 square miles is composed of canyons, buttes, mesas, and rivers which carve through the Colorado Plateau. It's quite the fascinating place ... so desolate ... so endless ... so intriguing. I find it impossible to soak it all in ... kind of how it's hard to soak in a view at the Grand Canyon.
Now there's one more day left to my National Park Week series. The parks that have been highlighted so far have been chosen from our visits in the last 2 years. So other parks that we would highly recommend include Yosemite, Mt. Ranier, North Cascades, Smoky Mountains, Capitol Reef, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, and Great Basin ... to name a few. :-) There's so much to see in the US ... and unfortunately often, too little time. :-( But make it a point to get out there and explore these beautiful parks - you'll be glad that you did.
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One year ago today. I had just spent 5 days in Page, AZ, visiting Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Zion, Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Waterholes Canyon, Grand-Staircase Escalante, Lake Powell, and so much more. On my way back to Phoenix to fly home I made just enough time to stop by Grand Canyon and finally see it for the first time in my life. I only had a couple hours to spare, which I spent at various overlooks, walking the edge of the rim. It was National Park Week that week, as well. Free entry to all the National Parks. And Grand Canyon is one of the most popular and most expensive, so it was a total madhouse. I set up the shot, set my focal point, and asked another tourist to put the dot on my back and fire a few shots off. The storm in the distance made for the perfect back drop.
I need to go back in the winter sometime. See it with snow on it. Watch the sunrise and set on it. Actually hike down into it. Have you been? Which hike should I do?
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Well, it's the final day of my US National Park Week series. People often ask Tom & I which park is our all time favorite of all. Though I love all of the parks for various reasons, there is one special park that always is my response ... Katmai National Park.
Designated a National Monument in 1918, to protect the area around the 1912 volcanic eruption of Novarupta, which formed the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Eighteen active volcanoes call Katmai home. On December 2, 1980, Katmai earned its national park status. Katmai National Park & Preserve consists today of over 4 million acres; ~6,400 square miles. It's a park full of volcanos, waterfalls, mountains, glaciers, rivers, and wildlife. Of course, the most famous of the wildlife are the Alaskan brown bears.
On our first trip to Alaska, we went to Katmai NP for some bear viewing. From the first moment I laid eyes on these incredible creatures, I was intrigued at their size, speed, beauty, and strength. Over the years, our annual returns to Katmai, continue to fascinate me. I have learned over the years much about their behavior, signs, and spatial needs. I can honestly say that when I'm in their presence, I feel 100% at ease, exhilarated beyond comprehension, and honored to share "their home" with them.
For that reason, when people ask me to claim my favorite US park, it's always Katmai! It's my wish that everyone could experience Katmai ... even just once ... and realize that these bears aren't villains and peacefully co-exist with each other (when the salmon are running at least) and with the humans that come to see them (when proper respect is executed). We humans could learn a thing or two from them. I can't wait to see them again. :-)
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Landsat 7 acquired this image of Denali National Park, Alaska on August 16, 2000. Vegetation is green, snow and ice are white, water is black and bare ground is tan and grey. This is a true color image using bands 3, 2, and 1.
Credit: ASA/GSFC/Landsat
Image Number: 7118859115_ca04aae441_o
Date: August 16, 2000
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, July 14, 2007 — All US photographers, remember from April 21st to April 29th, all National Parks offer free admission!
The National Park Service website lists 22 national parks in Arizona. In 2011 they had over 10 million visitors! It also lists, of 1000 National Register of Historic Places listed, 1 National Heritage Area, 9 National Natural Landmarks, and 41 National Historic Landmarks.http://www.nationalparks.org/national-park-week-2012
Wikipedia lists the following:
Canyon De Chelly National Monument in Chinle
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument near Coolidge
Chiricahua National Monument at Willcox
Coronado National Memorial in Hereford
Fort Bowie National Historic Site in Willcox
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park
Hohokam Pima National Monument at Coolidge
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site at Ganado
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Montezuma Castle National Monument near Camp Verde
Navajo National Monument in Black Mesa
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Ajo
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in northern Arizona
Petrified Forest National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument near Fredonia
Saguaro National Park near Tucson
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Flagstaff
Tonto National Monument at Roosevelt
Tumacácori National Historical Park at Tumacácori
Tuzigoot National Monument in Clarkdale
Walnut Canyon National Monument in Flagstaff
Wupatki National Monument in Flagstaff
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Happy Earth Day to all of you out there! But more importantly, Happy Birthday to my daughter, Kelli! So tonights post, in honor of my daughter, I present one of my favorite national parks ... Denali National Park in Alaska.
Not sure what I could say about this amazing place that I haven't, over the last eight years, shared already. But I guess I can start with some facts.
Denali National Park was established on February 26, 1917. The name Denali means "the high one" in Athabaskan. The tallest peak in the Alaska Range, Mt. McKinley, is actually also known as Denali. The naming of the mountain is still a bit controversial. The park is a big one as well ... 4,740,911 acres within the park boundaries; another 1,304,242 acres in the accompanying Preserve. There's only one road that accesses the interior of the park, after of course the first 15 miles. Visitors, for the most part, must tour the park on a variety of buses. I have to admit that when I first visited DNP, I was a bit taken back by that fact, but once you visit, you can clearly understand why it's that way. :-)
When I think of Denali NP, I reflect automatically back to twice when we hosted my daughter and her husband there during their visit to Alaska. There was always something so special about being in the vast wilderness with her, as we had always done with her as she grew up. Yes, she's truly my "earth day" baby, as I think that she appreciates the outdoors as much as I do. :-) Then again ... how could she have not ... she was born with it. LOL
We just recently made our flights for our 9th trip to Alaska and you can bet that Denali NP will be "our home" for a week or so. (Oh Rebecca, I think Tom is salivating already for his bean cloud expresso shake at the Black Bear Coffee House ... Yum!)
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Crater Lake – Oregon
Landsat 5 acquired this image on September 9, 2011. Vegetation is green, bare ground is brown, smoke is white and water is blue. This is a true color image using bands 3, 2, and 1.
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Returning to landscape again to feature a national park where there is actually very little wildlife. Sure you've got an occasional rabbit, lizard, or bird to photograph, but this place is mostly about landscape.
Located nearby the town of Moab, Utah, Arches National Park is today's feature US National Park. Designated first as a National Monument in 1929, it gained National Park status on November 12, 1971, Its home to many arch formations, such as Double Arch in this image. As fascinating as the park is during the daylight hours, I personally found it be so incredibly beautiful at night ... when the crowds are gone, the cooler temperatures greet you, and most importantly the stars make their appearance.
On this particular night, we met up with Rodney Lange, who came prepared for some night light painting equipment and props. It was such a blast to photograph the night away ... then catch up the next day on some much needed sleep in mid-day (when all of the crowds were making their way through the park). :-)
The hardest part of being in Moab for a photography trip, with Tom, is to clean up his drool as he, like many cyclists out there, know that the Moab area and parks is mountain bike heaven. Yes Tom, I promise the next time we come back to Moab, you can once again bring your bike(s). :-)
Give Arches and its companion park Canyonlands are try the next time you're in the area. You'll be glad you did ... especially if you plan for some night shooting as well ... oh, and of course, some cycling. :-)
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Switching gears just a bit in my parks series, in honor of National Parks Week, a reminder that it's not always beauty and "roses" out there. Nonetheless, it is part of nature.
One of the reasons I love to visit the national parks is the accessibility to wildlife. One of the best, often almost guaranteed, parks to witness the wonders of wildlife is Yellowstone National Park, our nations first designated national park on March 1, 1872. It has so much to offer ... sort of something for everyone ... from wildlife, geysers, thermal features, canyons, waterfalls, rivers, mountains, and even a volcano (though not currently erupting). Situated primarily in Wyoming (3% in Montana; 1% in Idaho), it's quite the beast of an area ... about 3,468 square miles!
Earlier this year, we ventured into Yellowstone NP in one of its mildest winter season of record. My goal was primarily wildlife on this trip. It didn't take long before we stumbled upon a "picked clean" carcass of an elk along the river.
This image is a harsh reminder of the struggle for survival that the wildlife endure daily and the harsh reality of the circle of life. We watched helplessly a bison, who had fallen into the icy pond, trying desperately to free itself by hauling itself out and back onto land. It was fairly close ... close enough to hear it as it gasped with each attempt. I kept shooting ... fairly sure that it would be successful and wanting to get that shot when it did (I know, the eternal optimist that I am). Others around me doubted that it would, but I kept hope alive. Eventually, we had to leave. I told Tom that I needed to return in the morning and quietly prayed that it would be gone. But it wasn't. It had died in its attempt during the cold night. I stood there, not knowing what to do. Sadness ran through my body. Onlookers before us said that a boar had been there earlier briefly, as well as a pack of coyotes - all trying to get what they could from its carcass. I then realized that this was nature as it was intended. Wildlife depended on the demise of another to fed them as the snow continued its melt. This was the circle of life. With that realization, I felt a sense of peace within.
Wasn't sure if I would have the strength to post this encounter. Still haunted a bit by the images of the bison's struggle. But it does add a bit of closure. Yes, nature can sometimes be cruel and tough to watch and document... but so is life. Yellowstone NP remains high on my list for a "must see" recommendation. It's a place life no other. :-)
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North Cascades – Washington
Landsat 5 acquired this image on July 20, 2011. Vegetation is green, bare ground is brown, water is blue, roads and buildings are light grey and snow is white. This is a true color image using bands 3, 2, and 1.
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A close connection between John Muir and Yosemite are ingrained in all of us outdoors loving folks so come out and Celebrate locally at the John Muir National Historic Site.
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The Grand Canyon is one truly spectacular place. The sun, no matter what time of day, lights up layers upon layers of geological history. One cannot help but enter into a state of awe standing amidst the ancients. Each stop along the way offers a different vantage point with intimate perspectives of these incredible layers. This was taken during sunset at Lipan Point. I'm grateful to those who work hard to protect and preserve our national parks and help keep us safe so that we can enjoy all the beauty there is to experience. Park rangers are my heroes.
Great Sand Dunes – Colorado
Landsat 7 acquired this image on September 20, 2002. Vegetation is green, bare ground is brown, water is black and snow is white. This is a pseudo true color panchromatic image using bands 3, 2, 1, and the panchromatic band.
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Acadia - Maine
Landsat 5 acquired this image on September 9, 2009. Vegetation is green, bare ground is tan, roads and buildings are white and water is blue. This is a true color image using TM bands 3, 2, and 1.
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Denali - Alaska
Landsat 7 acquired this image on August 16, 2000. Vegetation is green, snow and ice are white, water is black and bare ground is tan and grey. This is a true color image using bands 3, 2, and 1.
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Petrified Forest – Arizona
Landsat 5 acquired this image on June 19, 2010. Vegetation is green, bare ground is brown and tan and clouds are white. This is a true color image using bands 3, 2, and 1.
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Short-horned lizards typically emerge from hibernation each year in late April as we celebrate #NationalParkWeek. However, with their excellent camouflage in sandy soils, most visitors don't notice them! At Great Sand Dunes NPP, these miniature dinosaur-like lizards are adapted to extreme heat and cold, in habitats ranging from grasslands to alpine tundra. Learn more about the uniqueness of short-horned lizards at Great Sand Dunes on our Reptiles page:
Badlands - South Dakota
Landsat 7 acquired this mosaic of images in the year 2000. Vegetation is green and bare ground is magenta and pink. The white and light blue areas are rock surfaces of buttes and spires, which form the spine of the parkland. This is a false color panchromatic image using ETM+ bands 7, 4, 2 and the panchromatic band.
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Glacier National Park
Lake McDonald
A companion piece to the shot I uploaded yesterday, this was later the same evening after I dropped off the family at Lake McDonald Lodge for my son to get dry and bandaged up from his Baring Falls “adventure.” I headed down to the lake for sunset to try and find a location I scouted earlier in the day (without success). Determined to shoot something that evening, I went ahead and set up this composition to emphasize the rocky lake shore and to catch some of the golden sunset color reflecting off of the rocks. I balanced out the frame by placing the rapidly vaporizing clouds at the top left.
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