To kick off National Park Week, which begins today, we"re visiting America"s newest national park, the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, in West Virginia. This incredible view is of the New River Gorge Bridge, which, when completed in 1977, was the world"s highest bridge carrying a regular roadway. It held that distinction for 24 years and is now a popular attraction for BASE jumpers and rappelers.
A river runs through it
Today in History
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Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
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Too awesome to be a planet
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Kangaroo family for National Hugging Day
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Christmas market at Belvedere Palace in Vienna
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Satla marshland in Bangladesh
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A look at Uranus, seventh planet from the sun
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A rest stop for the birds
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Dancing waters of Dubai
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The Badlands celebrates a milestone
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Freeze frame
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Working for that cliffside view
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A tree amid the Tetons
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Castle Square, Old Town, Warsaw, Poland
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It’s World Migratory Bird Day
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Zion National Park Turns 100
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Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe
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Legacy mural in Philadelphia
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Nothing plain about it
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Happy 300th, NOLA!
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An island for the birds
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The Canary Islands, Spain
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It s Mountain Day in Japan
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Classical music takes center stage
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Relationship status: It s complicated
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A ‘circus of chaos’ for Stravinsky
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Bridge over the River Tara
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Venture into a prehistoric gallery of art
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Evidence of human habitation
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Bluespotted ribbontail ray
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Struck by Southwestern beauty