We"re celebrating the 77th birthday of Big Bend National Park, the place the National Park Service calls "one of the last remaining wild corners of the United States." To get here, you have to be committed. This rugged terrain, which covers almost a million acres, is one of the most remote spots in the country—it"s hours from the nearest towns or the closest airport, making it one of the least-visited national parks in the country. Those who do make the effort to get to Big Bend are rewarded with an undeveloped natural beauty, and silence, two things that seem to be in short supply these days.
In Texas, even the riverbend is big
Today in History
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A day to take a moment
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Evidence of human habitation
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Let s ride! It s Roller Coaster Day
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Goðafoss waterfall, Iceland
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200th anniversary of Brazilian independence
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Composite of photographs from the Apollo 15 mission
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A memorial in Germany
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Inhale and exhale, it’s Yoga Day
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Kendwa village, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
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2022 Winter Paralympics
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Modica, Sicily, Italy
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Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
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Winter in Old Nuuk
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San Blas Islands, Panama
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Is that a smile?
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Going head-to-head with winter
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World Environment Day
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It s Census Day—make it count
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Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Of moose and Maine
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Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta
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Earth Day and National Park Week
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Exploring the Pearl of the Atlantic
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East River crossing
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St. James Tidal Pool, Cape Town, South Africa
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Noctilucent clouds
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National Find a Rainbow Day
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Toledo, Spain
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Light show at the skatepark