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Stephen Fuller revels in winter���s relative peace, and the balance it brings to Yellowstone’s hectic summer season. “I think solitude – or quietude – is an increasingly rare commodity.”
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The culture that once thrived at Mesa Verde National Park was rich, complex and far-reaching – and it didn’t mysteriously disappear.
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“The giant sequoias are beautiful, massive, ancient beings, and being at the base of one and seeing this big orange trunk… is an incredibly humbling experience.”
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Photographer Trevor Lee has spent the last three years living and working in Yosemite National Park, broadcasting his adventures to his 113,000 Instagram followers.
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Star gazing in one of the most light-polluted areas on Earth sounds impossible – but one filmmaker has found the perfect spot to watch the Milky Way unfold above him.
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If there were such a thing as a First Family of American mountaineering, it would be the Whittakers, who between them have reached the top of Mount Rainier 679 times.
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Haleakalā is considered the richest place on Earth for tiny, nearly indestructible tardigrades. Biologist Sam Gon III found 31 distinct species in just 50 sq miles.
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Photographer Chris Gug had a moment of reckoning while submerged in Glacier National Parks’ icy waters. “If one of these chunks breaks off and moves right towards me... I’m dead.”
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This former regional power is now an eerie, abandoned city of ghosts
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From rocket ships to flying cars, these kids inspire us to love the world
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