Trillium in white, pink, and purple (Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, April 15, 2025). “What we identify as leaves are morphologically bracts….” Swihart 2023. Learn more at https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=415 and https://www.nps.gov/redw/learn/nature/whenbloom.htm and https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/beauty/trilliums/about.shtml and https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2023-04-07-trillium-good-things-come-threes and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #forest #trees #flowers #phenology Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #color #leaves #bracts

You Can Now Get Nikon’s Professional NX Field App for Free on the Z9 https://petapixel.com/2025/04/16/you-can-now-get-nikons-professional-nx-field-app-for-free-on-the-z9/ #firmwareupdate #nikonnxfield #professional #Equipment #firmware #NikonZ9 #nikond6 #nikon #News #nps #pro

A couple teens did a water analysis of mountain lakes in Grand Teton NP, and found microplastics in a couple.
"The detection of microplastics in remote areas indicates that they are an issue beyond waste management - “We lost control completely decades ago.”
Airborne tire rubber is showing up everywhere.
https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/environmental/microplastics-found-in-2-grand-teton-national-park-lakes/article_4c16d773-89c8-4901-832a-1d6f44417491.html
#Environment #NPS

The Desert Is Not Dead

I don't know if White Sands National Park is in a desert, per se. As it is, the sands are gypsum, not typical sand you think of in the Gobi or Sahara.

But even here there is plenty growing.

These grasses originally grew at 'ground level' but then the winds move

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/the-desert-is-not-dead/

4Mori Point, Pacifica CA
https://www.trailspotting.com/2021/07/mori-point-pacifica.html
The wildflowers are blooming at Mori Point. Come explore these picturesque coastal bluffs of Pacifica, just south of San Francisco.

Mount Rainier National Park today (Paradise). Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm and #mountrainier #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #spring Image credit National Park Service #snow #wawx #trees #mountain

Yellowstone National Park with bicyclists today. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/parkroads.htm and #nps #nationalparks #photography #landscapephotography #publiclands #interpretation #yellowstone #geyser Image credit National Park Service #wyoming #spring #bicycle

U.S. National Park Service Search and Rescue staff walking through a river inside of a cave. (1979)
#cave #caving #nps #photography #uploads

River Styx, a partly subterranean waterway, emerges onto the surface in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky by Huw Williams (2007)
#kentucky #mammothcavenationalpark #nps #photography #cave #uploads

Land Of Waves And Small Animal Tracks

Back to White Sands National Park.

It's full of what seem like perfectly untracked dunes, riffled by the wind.

Until you get closer and notice the tiny, itty bitty tracks left

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/land-of-waves-and-small-animal-tracks/

Trillium by the thousands today in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. The weather was warm enough for snakes to be out along the trails. Learn more at https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=415 and https://www.nps.gov/redw/learn/nature/whenbloom.htm and https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/beauty/trilliums/about.shtml and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #forest #trees #flowers #phenology Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #snake #cawx

Imperfect Imbalance

Not sure why I like this one.

It's obviously off kilter, partially out of focus. No rules followed.

It might be crap, or maybe you like it too.

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/imperfect-imbalance/

Down On A Ridge, Closer Than You Think

More from White Sands National Park.

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/down-on-a-ridge-closer-than-you-think/

Recreational Equipment Incorporated - REI - the Board members wrote a letter supporting the appointment of Doug Burgum to Dept. of Interior Secretary. How do you like them cookies? (Also: staff stacking firewood & so much more) #REI #USDI #NPS #AbuseOfPower

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/burgum-cookies/682319/

Isle Royale National Park today (Rock Harbor Channel SW or Mott Island Southwest). For more information https://www.nps.gov/isro/index.htm and #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography Image credit National Park Service #IsleRoyale #miwx #snow #lake #spring #trees #michigan