The Iliamna Volcano photographed from the northeast above Tuxedni Bay in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

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

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Two years ago this week, Yosemite Valley looked a bit different! The snowy photo is from 2011 (which was an extremely snowy winter); the other photo is from yesterday afternoon.

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A sure sign of spring. The snow is melting on the sand dunes at the Great Sand Dunes National Park.

Photo: Patrick Myers, NPS

Bison frequent the area around Dragon’s Mouth Spring in Yellowstone to feed where it is too warm for the snow to accumulate.

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Following a very dry January and February, the March snow survey results for Yosemite show snowpack at about 70% of average (with some new snow falling right now!) To get an idea of what 70% of average means, here’s a view from Mount Hoffmann taken last week by the Tuolumne Meadows winter rangers along with a great photo of Half Dome.

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A Sun Dog is a ring of light that is sometimes visible around the sun . This happens because light is refracted through ice crystals in the atmosphere. We look for them throughout the winter months in Denali National Park.

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At 13.2 million acres which is bigger than the country of Switzerland, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve stretches from one of the tallest peaks in North America, Mount St. Elias (18,008) to the ocean. Yet within this wild landscape, people have been living off the land for centuries and still do today. The park is a rugged yet inviting place to experience your own adventure.

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There aren’t too many days left in the winter where you can take a picture like this at the Grand Canyon. Granted, on the South Rim, snow can happen into June. When it does snow it almost looks as if someone has dusted the canyon with powdered sugar. Your next chance for winter photography is Wednesday with more snow predicted.

Photo: M. Quinn, NPS

A cool-blue snowstorm approaches the distant shadow of Balanced Rock, as viewed from the top of the Fiery Furnace fins yesterday evening in Arches National Park. We woke up to two (more!) inches of powder this morning.

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