America's Great Outdoors
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

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

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

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

The moment we have all been waiting for has finally arrived.  Peak bloom of the cherry blossoms on the National Mall and Memorial Parks!Photo: National Park Service

The moment we have all been waiting for has finally arrived.  Peak bloom of the cherry blossoms on the National Mall and Memorial Parks!

Photo: National Park Service

Rush hour traffic takes on a whole new meaning at Yellowstone National Park.Photo: National Park Service

Rush hour traffic takes on a whole new meaning at Yellowstone National Park.

Photo: National Park Service