America's Great Outdoors
The Milky Way rises over Long’s Peak (14,259 feet) as seen from 9,600 feet up Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo: Pat Gaines

The Milky Way rises over Long’s Peak (14,259 feet) as seen from 9,600 feet up Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Photo: Pat Gaines

There are some sights that are just too beautiful for words. Like the view from Glacier Point overlooking Half Dome in Yosemite National Park.Photo: Kevin Perez (submitted to the www.sharetheexperience.org photo contest)

There are some sights that are just too beautiful for words. Like the view from Glacier Point overlooking Half Dome in Yosemite National Park.

Photo: Kevin Perez (submitted to the www.sharetheexperience.org photo contest)

File this under things you won’t see every day. Rick Kimble, a photographer and frequent visitor to San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, caught a red fox and a gray fox vying for dominance. “I heard these two before I saw them. They were so distracted I got right up on them. When they heard the shutter they were off in a flash. I doubt I’ll ever get another chance like that.”

File this under things you won’t see every day. Rick Kimble, a photographer and frequent visitor to San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, caught a red fox and a gray fox vying for dominance. “I heard these two before I saw them. They were so distracted I got right up on them. When they heard the shutter they were off in a flash. I doubt I’ll ever get another chance like that.”

Another amazing sight in America’s great outdoors. A #rainbow in the distance over Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo: VIP Schonlau

Another amazing sight in America’s great outdoors. A #rainbow in the distance over Rocky Mountain National Park.

Photo: VIP Schonlau

A foggy and misty spring morning begins in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.  Photo: Sharon Canter

A foggy and misty spring morning begins in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.  

Photo: Sharon Canter

Happy Mother’s Day everyone! We can’t think of a better photo to share today than this grizzly and her cub spending time together in Katmai National Park in Alaska.Photo: Andrew Sentipal

Happy Mother’s Day everyone! We can’t think of a better photo to share today than this grizzly and her cub spending time together in Katmai National Park in Alaska.

Photo: Andrew Sentipal

Summer nights in Joshua Tree look a lot like this. In other words, beautiful.Photo: Sarah Chah

Summer nights in Joshua Tree look a lot like this. In other words, beautiful.

Photo: Sarah Chah

It’s not every day you get a close up look at a black bear and it’s meal. This excellent photo was taken by Bert Van Mackelenberg in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

It’s not every day you get a close up look at a black bear and it’s meal. This excellent photo was taken by Bert Van Mackelenberg in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

Good morning from Canyonlands National Park.Photo: Manish Mamtani

Good morning from Canyonlands National Park.

Photo: Manish Mamtani

One of the most spectacular #lightning strikes we have ever seen. This photo was taken near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Photo: Travis Roe 

One of the most spectacular #lightning strikes we have ever seen. This photo was taken near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Photo: Travis Roe