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Voyageurs National Park
Published October 1, 2006
Established in 1975, the park saw fur traders nearly two centuries earlier, and it supported human inhabitants thousands of years before that. Today, almost a third of the park is water, and travel through the park is usually by boat.
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Crater Lake, Oregon
Published September 18, 2006
Crater Lake is formed from the caldera of Mount Mazama. Part of the Cascades volcanic chain, Mount Mazama sits between the Three Sisters volcanoes to the north and Mount Shasta to the south. The catastrophic eruption of Mount Mazama that occurred approximately 7,700 years ago destroyed the volcano while simultaneously forming the basin for Crater Lake. Eruptive activity continued in the region for perhaps a few hundred years after the major eruption. Evidence of this activity lingers in volcanic rocks, lava flows, and domes beneath the lake surface; the small cone of Wizard Island is the only visible portion of these younger rocks. Although considered a dormant volcano, Crater Lake is part of the United States Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory seismic monitoring network.
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Land Between The Lakes
Published July 16, 2006
President Kennedy designated this area a National Recreation Area in 1963 as a demonstration site to explore how an area with limited value for agricultural or timber harvesting and no major industrial activity could be transformed into an economically productive recreation area.
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Bryce Canyon National Park
Published June 25, 2006
The park sits at the eastern edge of the Paunsaugant Plateau, and the ridgeline offers stunning views across southern Utah.
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San Francisco Peaks Volcano Field
Published May 23, 2006
Northern Arizona is best known for the Grand Canyon. Less widely known are the hundreds of geologically young volcanoes scattered across the southern portion of the Colorado Plateau at the eastern foothills of the San Francisco Peaks.
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Pinnacles National Monument
Published May 14, 2006
The landscape was formed as wind, water, and earthquakes carved away a 23-million-year-old volcano.
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North Cascades National Park
Published May 7, 2006
Over 300 glaciers, about one-third of the glaciers in the Lower 48 states, lie within the park boundaries.
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Death Valley National Park
Published April 16, 2006
At 86 meters (282 feet) below sea level, Death Valley, California, is one of the hottest, driest places on the planet.
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Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Published April 2, 2006
Canyon de Chelly National Monument was created in 1931 to protect the cultural heritage of the canyon lands of Arizona.
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Lassen Volcanic National Park
Published January 29, 2006
Although nearly a century has passed since its last eruption, signs of volcanic activity are still visible in this false-color image.
Black Canyon
Published October 2, 2005
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a small park that encompasses the steep-walled canyons of the Gunnison River, which drains snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains in western Colorado.
Mt. Rainier, Washington
Published September 26, 2005
A clear summer day over Washington state provided the International Space Station crew the chance to observe Mt. Rainier—a volcano that overlooks the Seattle metropolitan area and the 2.5 million people who live there. In addition to its presence on the Seattle skyline, Mt. Rainier also looms large among volcanoes in the United States.
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