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Amazing Canadian Rockies Photo

July 08, 2013

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Scenic drive through the Canadian Rockies. Alberta, British Columbia, Canada.

Mount Robson is the highest point at 3954 m

Mountains and Valleys

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Katmai Crater at Katmai National Park and Preserve

via Wikimedia Katmai Crater at Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA Variety marks this land: lakes, marshland, forests all abound in wildlife- including the Alaska brown bear, the world's largest carnivore. Here, in one of the largest areas in the National Park System, Novarupta Volcano erupted violently in 1912, forming the ash-filled "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes". Today only a few active vents remain. Katmai National Monument was greatly enlarged in 1978 and became 4,093,214 acre Katmai National Park and Preserve by Congressional Action on December 2, 1980.

Green Cocora Valley Photo

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Gates of Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska

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