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Mountain Moment: Hairy Woodpecker
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Sometimes easier to hear than see, hairy woodpeckers (Picoides villosus) live year-round in Mount Rainier's forests. This male hairy woodpecker (note the red patch on the back of the head) was observed hunting for insects on a dead tree in the Carbon River area of the park.
NPS Video. Description: A black and white woodpecker with a red patch on the back of its head, pecks its beak against the trunk of a dead tree, flicking off pieces of bark and lichen. ~kl
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.
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Children’s smile Photo and caption by Aleksandr Romanov Life behind polar circle Location: Tazovsky peninsula, Jamalonenetsky district, Russia
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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.
