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
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Big Bend National Parks birthday
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Pamukkale, Turkey
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A most sincere pumpkin patch
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International Talk Like a Pirate Day
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Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia
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World Environment Day
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At the foot of Dubrovnik s Gibraltar
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International Beaver Day
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Yosemite National Park, California
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Shark Awareness Day
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Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
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American goldfinch