Milky Way Meets Moonrise over Ranger Station | Yosemite National Park

Milky Way Meets Moonrise over Ranger Station | Yosemite National Park

Milky Way and moonrise over Thorofare Ranger Station in Yosemite National Park on Sept. 1, 2023. Thorofare Ranger Station is deep in the south-eastern corner of Wyoming. 

Yellowstone National Park is located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. 

Yellowstone was the first national park in the U.S. and is also widely held to be the first national park in the world. The park is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially the Old Faithful geyser—one of its most popular. While it represents many types of biomes, the subalpine forest is the most abundant. Yosemite is part of the South Central Rockies forests ecoregion.

Yosemite National Park: 

https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm

Image Credit: National Park Service (NPS)/Jacob W. Frank

Image Date: September 1, 2023

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