We"re celebrating the 77th birthday of Big Bend National Park, the place the National Park Service calls "one of the last remaining wild corners of the United States." To get here, you have to be committed. This rugged terrain, which covers almost a million acres, is one of the most remote spots in the country—it"s hours from the nearest towns or the closest airport, making it one of the least-visited national parks in the country. Those who do make the effort to get to Big Bend are rewarded with an undeveloped natural beauty, and silence, two things that seem to be in short supply these days.
In Texas, even the riverbend is big
Today in History
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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Antarctica Day
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Giant kelp in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
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Ponta Delgada
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Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
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Día de los Muertos celebrations in Mexico
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Wild turkeys in repose
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International Nurses Day
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National Mushroom Month
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Signs of life in the Empty Quarter
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Happy 800th, Salisbury Cathedral
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Polar bears
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Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach, Australia
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Red-necked grebes during breeding season
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International Mountain Day
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Everglades National Park, Florida
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Gentoo penguins in Antarctica
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Frankenstein Friday
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Lake Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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A water loch-ed castle
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Caribbean flamingos, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
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A whale of a hug
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Channel Country, Australia
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Inside the Oculus
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Río Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil
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Canada s $20 view
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Sea fireflies at the seashore
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Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, Spain
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Gamboa Crater, Mars
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