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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Celebrating Helsinki’s birthday at the Kiasma Museum
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A big birthday for Big Bend
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Big sky at Big Bend
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Big Bend National Park turns 78
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Big Bend National Parks birthday
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Big Bend National Park anniversary
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Big Bend National Park in Texas turns 81
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European bee-eater, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Cádiz, Spain
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Bow Bridge in Central Park, New York City
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Collared aracari in Costa Rica
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Kendwa village, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Heron lies the Salton Sea
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National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC
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Yungang Grottoes, Shanxi, China
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Limpets at low tide on the coast of Praia da Ursa, Portugal
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Buddha in the roots of a tree, Ayutthaya, Thailand
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC
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Darwin s Arch
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Happy Mothers Day!
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Icelandic horses, Iceland
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Happy Halloween!
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It s time for spring
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Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
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New Zealand s loneliest mountain
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Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
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How do ladybugs winter?
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How Quảng Ngãi got its grove back
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A ‘circus of chaos’ for Stravinsky
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Once in a pink moon
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European hedgehog in Sussex, England
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A monster view in Scotland
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Super sandy Sweet 16
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The Matterhorn reflected in Lake Stellisee at sunrise, Zermatt, Switzerland
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