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Welcome to Paradise. Located on the south side of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, the area features stunning scenery, waterfalls and subalpine meadows. The second you reach the parking lot, you're overwhelmed with epic mountain views. The rolling, verdant mountainside along the Myrtle Falls trail provides plenty of opportunities for photographs and places to pause and process the beauty. At these higher elevations, it's always good to prepare for winter conditions, be flexible with your plans and follow the safety measures that the park recommends. Photo by Kristopher Schoenleber (www.sharetheexperience.org).

#ICYMI We're looking back on the favorite posts of 2020 and we simply had to include a summer shot from Paradise #Top10of2020

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See “Spiders” on Razorcake Magazine Deb Frazin’s Top 10 of 2020 list

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Here are my Best & Worst movies of 2020:   Me, have opinions on movies? What?https://matthewjconstantine.com/2021/01/01/best-worst-movies-of-2020/#Movies #Film #Top10of2020

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Paiute Indians occupied the area around what is now Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah starting around 800 years ago. This dramatic plateau was used for seasonal hunting and gathering activities, but there is no evidence of permanent settlements among the curious red rock formations. The tribal legend of Bryce Canyon was explained to a park naturalist in 1936 by a Paiute elder who then lived on the Kaibab Reservation: "Before there were humans, the Legend People, To-when-an-ung-wa, lived in that place. They were of many kinds - birds, animals, lizards and such things, but they looked like people. They were not people. They had power to make themselves look that way. For some reason the Legend People in that place were bad... the tale is not clear at this point. Because they were bad, Coyote turned them all into rocks. You can see them in that place now all turned into rocks; some standing in rows, some sitting down, some holding onto others. You can see their faces, with paint on them just as they were before they became rocks. The name of that place is Angka-ku-wass-a-wits (red painted faces). This is the story the people tell." Photo by National Park Service. Reposted as we look back on the favorite posts of 2020

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Canyonlands National Park in Utah is a showcase of geology. In each of the park's districts, visitors can see the remarkable effects of time and erosion on a landscape of sedimentary rock. For millions of years, rock was broken down and carried here by wind and water, creating deposits that eventually became distinct rock layers. Many of the rock's layers were deposited near sea level, but after a long period of uplift, the average elevation is now over 5,000 feet above sea level. As this area gradually rose, rivers that once deposited sediment on the lowlands began to remove it from the emerging plateau. The Green and Colorado rivers carved into the geologic layer cake, exposing buried sediments and creating the canyons and rock spires of Canyonlands that amaze us now. Photo by Randy Smythe (www.sharetheexperience.org). #ICYMI We're looking back on your favorite posts of 2020. This display of incredible geologic formations really rocked our feeds this year.  #Top10of2020

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Like a mirage, dazzling white sand dunes shimmer in the tucked-away Tularosa Basin in southern New Mexico. They shift and settle over the Chihuahuan Desert, covering 275 square miles - the largest gypsum dunefield in the world. So much more than monochrome dunes, White Sands National Park can be hard to describe. Photographer Mitch Warnick says, "Disorienting and beautiful come to mind - the air can be hot, but the contrasting cold sand balances it out. The sand becomes a cool blue as the sky's warm colors fade during the sunset. The nearest visible landmark could be a few hundred feet away or a few thousand. This is a place that must be experienced to be understood." Photo by Mitch Warnick (www.sharetheexperience.org). #ICYMI We're looking back on your favorite posts of 2020. These shimmering dunes made our year a bit brighter. #Top10of2020

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Words from Photographer David Rule sum up his photo, "Montana Rocks! Lake McDonald is just one giant bowl of fruity pebbles, part of a complete Glacier National Park breakfast. If only I were a rock-eating cave troll, I would've chomped down on these delicious looking stones. One of the most epic lake shores I've ever seen." A visit to any spot in Glacier National Park is visual candy. Even when we're distant from the places we love, it's photos like this that make us feel so close. Photo courtesy of David Rule.

#ICYMI We're looking back on the favorite posts from last year and marveling at the beauty of public lands #Top10of2020

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No, the bison at Yellowstone #NationalPark in #Wyoming haven’t learned to fly. Yet. Despite weighing as much as 2,000 pounds, #bison are strong swimmers and can run up to 35 miles per hour. They can jump over objects 5 feet high and have excellent hearing, vision and sense of smell. Photographer Alex Walczak witnessed their power when he took this wonderful picture, “There was a whole group of them rolling around and I noticed a young bison running all over the place on the hill. I got this photo while it was in the middle of jumping and kicking like a bronco. After about 5 minutes of racing around, this young bison calmed down.” We guess it just needed to burn off some energy. Photo courtesy of Alex Walczak.

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