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[Assignment: 48-DPA-10-24-08_SOI_K_Yosem] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Yosemite National Park, California, [for touring, participation in ceremonies marking the completion of renovations to the historic Tunnel View Overlook.] [48-DPA-10-24-08_SOI_K_Yosem_DOI_2918.JPG]

Steens Mountain - Little Blitzen Gorge, 2016 (28738845046)

National parks: Interpretation - public domain image

[Assignment: 48-DPA-10-17-08_SOI_K_GCan] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey staff, Park volunteers, and visitors] [48-DPA-10-17-08_SOI_K_GCan_DOI_1948.JPG]

Mt. Mitchell, the highest peak in the Eastern U.S.

Sunrise Meadow Roving - National Parks Gallery

National parks: Eielson - public domain image

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Mountain cabin, Corbin Hollow. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Mountain cabin, Corbin Hollow. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Mountain cabin, Corbin Hollow. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Sunset from Stony Mountain, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia - Public domain map

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia - Public domain map

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia - Public domain map

Sunset from Stony Mountain, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia - Public domain map

Collisional Mountains—Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.

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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. The rugged Appalachian Mountains are the eroded remnants of much higher mountains that formed as continents collided 300 million years ago.

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2019
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National Parks Gallery
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https://npgallery.nps.gov/
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label_outline Explore Million Years, Appalachian Mountains, Plate Tectonics

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Inyo National Forest near Mammoth Lakes, California

A black and white photo of icicles on a rock face. Office of War Information Photograph

Vivid fall colors on the hillsides between Ouray and Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado. These sorts of scenes help give the road between those cities its "Million-Dollar Highway" nickname

map from "[Journal of a Third Voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1824, 25, in His Majesty's ships Hecla and Fury, under the orders of ... W. E. P. ... Illustrated by plates and charts. (Appendix. Zoology ... By Lieut. J. C. Ross. Botanical Appendix by Professor Hooker. Notes on ... Geology ... By Professor Jameson.)]"

Information on a Full Moon Hike

Scenic view from the Seward Highway in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska

Fibrous gypsum, Wind Cave National Park, 2015.

Journal of researches - Darwin - Public domain natural history illustration

Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle BHL11733153

Pacific Coast Scenic Byway - Oregon - Coastal Shores of the Pacific

Owl Rock Member, Chinle Formation, Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area

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