While most of us play in our vast system of 63 national parks, others work there. Today, on National Park Service Founders Day, we recognize their efforts and the priceless gift of our country"s national parks. The NPS protects and maintains these parks as well as hundreds of national monuments and other natural, historical, and recreational properties. They include some of our most stunning natural landscapes, like North Cascades National Park in Washington state, featured here. This image, of the Triplets and Cascade Peak, is taken from atop Forbidden Peak.
National Park Service Founders Day
Today in History
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East River crossing
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Whoopin it up!
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Tide pools in La Jolla, California
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Honoring the fallen
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Provence blooms with lavender at Sénanque Abbey
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Dog days of summer
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Autumn in the Prosecco Hills
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Falling for Tennessee
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Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
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Celebrating the International Day of Forests
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Solar Impulse 2 in Honolulu
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Manarola, Cinque Terre National Park, Liguria, Italy
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Star Wars Day
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Lake Peipus, Estonia
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A narrow passage
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Endangered Species Day
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Black History Month
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The fantastic winter fox
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International Womens Day
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Seventeen arches at sunset
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And they’re off!
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Avatar Mountains, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China
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I m here! Take a look at me!
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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A dramatic view of Sicily
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Adorable activism
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Lake Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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