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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Common clownfish in a sea anemone, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
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At ease, it’s Armed Forces Day
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A lofty lighthouse and a little ocean spray
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World Whale Day
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Super sandy Sweet 16
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Celebrating 54 years of Capitol Reef National Park
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The circular castle of Cornwall
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Groundhog Day
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Blue linckia sea stars in Papua New Guinea
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Castle Day in Japan
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Breckenridge, Colorado
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Sweet! It’s maple syrup season
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International Day of the Tropics
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Sundance Film Festival
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Taking the scenic route to Sturgis
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Mercury in retrograde
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National Moon Day
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Visiting Ahch-To on Star Wars Day
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Exploring the wilder side of New York
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Ancient theater of Epidaurus, Greece
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Przewalskis horses
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Remembering the Velvet Revolution
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World Oceans Day
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Martinique
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We did not invent this, honest
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Gentoo penguins in Antarctica
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Masai giraffes in Amboseli National Park, Kenya
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Kiteboarding and windsurfing in Croatia
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Wild lupines
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