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You find yourself at Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. Are you in a dream? Are you awake? It’s almost midnight but the sky is still filled with an eerie dreamlike light.
The land of the midnight sun allows for endless dreamy hours of glacier watching moments.
The formation of a glacier requires three conditions: abundant snowfall, cool summers, and the gravitational flow of ice. All of these conditions are met in Kenai Fjords. Moist air moving off the Gulf of Alaska in the winter drops, on average, 60 feet of snowfall on the Harding Icefield every year. These perfect conditions are why nearly 51 percent of the park is covered by ice.
Photo courtesy of Angela Feldhaus (www.sharetheexperience.org). Photo description: A pink hazy sky with a low sun hangs above a blue colored glacial ice on a black rocky cliff.
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Bighorn sheep have bighorn dreams. To be…the GOAT.
@glaciernps in Montana is home to 71 species of mammals, including the majestic bighorn sheep, one of the few species that can survive winters at high elevations.
The park is unique because not only is it large—over a million acres—but the surrounding national forests, Wilderness Areas, and Canadian protected lands ensure that wide-ranging animals have plenty of places to roam.
Photo by NPS. Photo description: A bighorn sheep walks up a steep rocky hill. Hazy mountains can be seen in the distance.
Public lands are amazing all year, but they’re even more perfect when decorated in fall colors.
Acadia National Park in Maine offers some early access to the autumn foliage, especially the views from the Jesup Trail. Check out some other fall hot spots: https://www.doi.gov/blog/fall-love-amazing-public-lands-autumn
Photo by David Keljo (sharetheexperience.org). Photo description: A long boardwalk curves through a forest that is colored in fall leaves of red and yellow.
