The national park west of mainland Florida includes a smattering of islands, but the vast majority of the park’s acreage lies underwater.
Published Apr 26, 2025
The volcanic features and otherworldly landscape of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve are apt training grounds for planetary exploration.
Published Apr 24, 2025
A national recreation area and state park protect an archipelago made of glacial debris in eastern Massachusetts.
Published Apr 23, 2025
The peaks in Guadalupe Mountains National Park—some of the highest in Texas—are made of a well-preserved fossil reef formed more than 250 million years ago.
Published Apr 22, 2025
The Channel Islands off the coast of southern California support diverse ecosystems, with some plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet.
Published Apr 21, 2025
Folds of rusted rock neighbor the Bighorn Canyon’s deep scar in the western United States.
Published Apr 17, 2025
Gateway towns in Wyoming and Montana flank the Rocky Mountains and provide an access point to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.
Published Mar 30, 2025
This U.S. national monument, rich in geological and cultural heritage, displays Northern California’s fiery past.
Published Jan 20, 2025
Visitors to this national park in southern Utah can witness geologic landforms by day and a celestial light show by night.
Published Jul 27, 2024
Braided rivers, landslide debris, and alluvial fans are spread across this dynamic landscape in Glacier Bay National Park.
Published May 28, 2024
Harriet Tubman preferred to navigate the woods and waterways of Maryland’s Eastern Shore on winter nights when guiding enslaved people north on the Underground Railroad.
Published Feb 17, 2024
Refreshed by precipitation from an atmospheric river, a temporary lake in Death Valley is extending its stay.
Published Feb 16, 2024
After a hunting trip in 1883, young Theodore Roosevelt was drawn to the desolate beauty of Dakota Territory badlands.
Published Dec 16, 2023
Record rainfall associated with Hurricane Hilary in August 2023 created a large temporary lake in Death Valley.
Published Nov 9, 2023
Forests of maples and oaks show their brilliant autumn hues in northeast Ohio’s national park.
Published Nov 6, 2023
Volcanoes, rainforests, and reefs abound in this tropical U.S. territory.
Published Jun 19, 2023
A national park and a dune field occupy part of this bright-white desert landscape, which also has ties to the aerospace industry.
Published May 21, 2023
The Blue Ridge Parkway is often the most visited national park site in the United States.
Published Apr 29, 2023
The lake is especially scenic in early spring when its deep-blue waters contrast with a blanket of snow on land.
Published Apr 5, 2023
Beneath a layer of snow and ice, exceptionally hot fluids rise from the floor of Yellowstone Lake.
Published Dec 27, 2022
The park and surrounding areas of the Central Sierra Nevada turned white after the season’s first significant winter storm.
Published Nov 15, 2022
From 18th-century fur traders to modern-day vacationers, plenty of travelers have passed through this watery landscape in northern Minnesota.
Published Oct 10, 2022
In one of the driest places on Earth, a thousand-year rain event delivered 75 percent of the yearly average precipitation in just three hours.
Published Aug 9, 2022
Zion National Park is home to scenic cliffs, slot canyons, protected wilderness areas, endangered species, and archaeological sites.
Published Aug 7, 2022
For the second time in a month, drought-parched forests near the park are burning.
Published Jul 25, 2022Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Drought Fires Remote Sensing
Snowmelt and heavy rain caused historically high water that destroyed homes, roads, and bridges, and isolated some of the national park’s gateway communities.
Published Jun 22, 2022Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Water Floods Human Presence Remote Sensing
A 20-kilometer-long tunnel under Rocky Mountain National Park diverts water from the Western Slope of the Rockies to Colorado’s Front Range and eastern plains.
Published Jun 9, 2022
Growing corals and falling sea levels brought these small islands above the water line.
Published May 31, 2022
In the Utah desert, the red rocks, cliffs, and canyons of this nautically named national park—and many of its famous fossils—owe their existence to water.
Published May 20, 2022
Scientists have been observing Peyto Glacier in Alberta since the 1960s.
Published May 3, 2022
