America's Great Outdoors
Jeffrey Hannas took this spectacular shot of the night sky over the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. Here’s what he had to say about it. “The weather didn’t cooperate the entire time we were at GSDNP except for a little bit last night. We were there and I was able to get a few shots of the Milky Way. This was taken with a fisheye lens and just at the right time a car came by, which helped with lighting up the foreground and gave a nice light trail.”

Jeffrey Hannas took this spectacular shot of the night sky over the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. Here’s what he had to say about it. “The weather didn’t cooperate the entire time we were at GSDNP except for a little bit last night. We were there and I was able to get a few shots of the Milky Way. This was taken with a fisheye lens and just at the right time a car came by, which helped with lighting up the foreground and gave a nice light trail.”

Swans taking flight at sunset over Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. Photo: Ginny Gillam

Swans taking flight at sunset over Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina.

Photo: Ginny Gillam

A beautiful sunrise Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park last October. Complete with a #rainbow over the canyon.

A beautiful sunrise Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park last October. Complete with a #rainbow over the canyon.

The Moon rising over the valley in Yosemite National Park. Photo: Manish Mamtani 

The Moon rising over the valley in Yosemite National Park.

Photo: Manish Mamtani 

A gorgeous view down river from above the Grotto in Zion National Park. Photo: Tom Morris

A gorgeous view down river from above the Grotto in Zion National Park.

Photo: Tom Morris

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