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Yosemite Valley in winter, Yosemite National Park
Photo by: QT Luong, terragalleria.com
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Grizzly bear fishing for salmon, Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park
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Rainbow from South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
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Sunset on the Pacific, Olympic National Park
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Mount Rainier National Park
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Tourists at an erupting Old Faithful. Yellowstone National Park, 1884
Source: Haynes Foundation Collection, Montana Historical Society
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John Muir in Yosemite National Park, c. 1902
Source: John Muir Papers, University of the Pacific Library
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Herd of buffalo, Wind Cave National Park
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George Masa photograph of Great Smoky Mountains
Source: Chandler Gordon, The Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., Asheville, NC
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Klapatche Park, Mount Rainier National Park
Source: National Archives and Records Administration; photo by Bob & Ira Spring
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Tourist at Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, c. 1902
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
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The Snake River at Deadman's Bar, Grand Teton National Park, June 13, 1941
Source: Harpers Ferry Center, NPS Historic Photo Collection; photo by George Grant
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