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  • "END SCENIC ROUTE" sign marks the end of the park road but beginning of the spectacular White Domes trail in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA. Starting more than 150 million years ago, great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs were compressed, uplifting, faulted, and eroded to form the park's fiery red sandstone formations. The park also boasts fascinating patterns in limestone, shale, and conglomerate rock. The park adjoins Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence, at an elevation of 2000 to 2600 feet (610-790 m), 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas, USA. Park entry from Interstate 15 passes through the Moapa Indian Reservation.
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  • A blue and white women's ADA restroom sign shows colonial garb and wheelchair at Colonial Williamsburg, the historic district of Williamsburg, Virginia.
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  • "Helmets Recommended" for bicyclists sign in Cades Cove, an isolated valley located in the East Tennessee section of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Cades Cove was once home to numerous settlers. Today Cades Cove is the most popular destination for visitors to the park, attracting over two million visitors a year, due to its well preserved homesteads, scenic mountain views, and abundant display of wildlife. Cades Cove is a type of valley known as a "limestone window," created by erosion that removed the older Precambrian sandstone, exposing the younger Paleozoic limestone beneath. The weathering of the limestone produced deep, fertile soil, making Cades Cove attractive to early farmers. More weather-resistant formations, such as the Cades sandstone which comprises Rich Mountain to the north and the Elkmont and Thunderhead sandstones which comprise the Smokies crest to the south have surrounded the cove, leaving it relatively isolated within the Great Smokies.
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  • This funny sheet sold at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, shows men twisting their bodies to form the letters of the alphabet: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.  "The Comical HOTCH-POTCH, or the ALPHABET turned POSTURE-MASTER - Fellows form the Alphabet," artwork printed for Carington Bowles, at No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London.
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  • Funny sign: Concealed drive sign with black arrow on yellow-orange background, on a highway in New Zealand.
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  • Funny sign: "YOU ARE WITHIN A NO "S" AREA ANYTIME" shown on an ambiguous highway sign in Australia
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  • On July 4, 2014, a campesino woman and child stands by a wall plastered with a sign for political candidate "KIKE" of the neo-Nazi MANPE party, in the Santa Valley (or Callejon de Huaylas) in the Ancash Region in the north-central highlands of Peru, South America. Historically, high poverty rates (as found in Peru) can foster extremist political factions such as Peru's neo-Nazi MANPE (Movimiento de Accion Nacionalista Peruano): Peruvian Nationalist Action Movement).
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  • A yellow sign warns of glacier ice falling, creating a wave, and submerging a person in dangerous water, at Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand. As of 2012, both the Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers are more than 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) shorter than a century ago. Fox Glacier retreated throughout most of the last 100 years, advanced from 1985-2009, then began retreating again. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping images.
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  • "Beware of attack chicken" sign on garden fence. Langley, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA.
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  • "WE LIVE HERE TOO [kangaroo, koala, and echidna animals]. PLEASE DRIVE SLOWLY 10 Km/h" is warned on a highway sign in Tasmania, Australia.
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  • "Do not feed" the kangaroos is shown symbolically on a red-orange sign in Australia.
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  • A yellow highway sign warns drivers to watch out for kangaroos, koalas, cows, and birds "NEXT 12 KM" on Cape Otway in Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia.
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  • Kangaroo crossing, orange yellow highway sign, Western Australia
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  • "Pull out canoes here - Danger ... Waterfall ahead" sign at Bowron Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. On the 73-mile Bowron canoeing trip, paddle a rectangular circuit of wilderness lakes and portage your canoe rolled on wheels. The Cariboo Mountains are the northernmost subrange of the Columbia Mountains.
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  • Funny orange-yellow sign with exclamation point ! "CATTLE STOP", on South Island, New Zealand.
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  • A bold sign "LEAVING TSUNAMI EVACUATION AREA" shows a person running from waves. Did you notice the bright green gecko clinging to the sign? Introduced to Hawaii, the gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) is native to northern Madagascar and the Comoros. It is commonly known as the mascot of GEICO. Laupahoehoe Point County Park, on the Hamakua Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA.
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  • Camping Los West Winds sign. Patagonia National Park preserves the Chacabuco Valley, Patagonian steppe, lenga forest, and wetlands, located 180 miles south of Coyhaique, the regional capital of Aysen, in Chile, South America. It’s home to ten percent of the global population of huemul, the endangered south Andean deer. Intensive ranching on this former estancia caused overgrazing, but through restoration and rewilding, native grasslands have recovered and wildlife has returned. Top notch infrastructure includes a lodge, restaurant, visitor center and museums, as well as campgrounds and trails. Patagonia National Park consists of the Tompkins Conservation donation in addition to the former national reserves of Jeinimeni and Tamango, plus fiscal land. Parque Patagonia was created by Conservacion Patagonica, a nonprofit incorporated in California and founded in 2000 by Kris Tompkins. On January 29, 2018, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Kris Tompkins signed a decree creating 5 national parks, including Patagonia National Park.
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  • Tsunami Evacuation Route sign on Miner's Ridge Trail, walked from Gold Bluffs Beach Campground, in Murrelet State Wilderness, California, USA.
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  • A wood sign marks the entrance to John Muir Wilderness in Inyo National Forest, on the Brainard Lake Trail, along Big Pine Creek South Fork, in California, USA. From the day hikers parking lot, we walked 9.2 miles round trip with 2800 feet gain to Brainerd (or Brainard) Lake (which would be 1.5 miles further round trip from the overnight hikers lot).
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  • A sign lists "No water, no shade, and no cell service" as "hazardous conditions beyond this point." Visit the world's largest California Fan Palm oasis on the beautiful Palm Canyon Trail, a great "tour de fronds." We hiked the Palm Canyon Trail to Indian Potrero Trail to Stone Pools, and looping back via Victor Trail, in the Indian Canyons, Palm Springs, California, USA. The Indian Canyons are the ancestral home of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. California fan palms (Washingtonia filifera in the palm family Arecaceae) are native to the far southwestern United States and Baja California. Today's oasis environment was protected from a drying climate, restricting this cold-tolerant palm to widely separated relict groves.
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  • Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint welcome sign with symbolic animal cut-outs, Oceanside, Oregon coast, USA.
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  • A sign implores drivers to slow for huemules and prevent forest fires on RP23, near Lago del Desierto, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. The south Andean deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus), also known as the southern guemal, Chilean huemul or güemul, is an endangered deer species native to the mountains of Argentina and Chile. The huemul is part of Chile's national coat of arms and is a National Natural Monument.
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  • Sign for El Chalten mountain resort, with carved wood mountaineer, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. A wheelchair ramp ascends a small hill in the background. The village is settled on the riverside of Rio de las Vueltas, within Los Glaciares National Park near the base of Cerro Fitz Roy (3405 m or 11,171 ft elevation), at the edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. The town is 220 km north of El Calafate. Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche word meaning "smoking mountain", due to clouds that usually form over Monte Fitz Roy.
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  • Falling tree limb warning sign. Los Alerces National Park, in Chubut Province, Patagonian region, Argentina, South America. (Spanish: Parque Nacional Los Alerces)
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  • Nahuel Huapi National Park, Tronador Section sign, Pampa Linda, Argentina, South America. Cerro Tronador is an extinct stratovolcano in the southern Andes, near Bariloche, in the Lake District of Argentina. The sound of falling seracs gave it the name Tronador, Spanish for "Thunderer." With an altitude of 3470 m, Tronador stands more than 1000 meters above nearby mountains in the Andean massif, making it a popular climb. Tronador hosts eight glaciers, which are retreating due to warming of the upper troposphere.
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  • "CAUTION GOPHER HOLES" sign, seen from Southern Yellowhead Highway BC-5, south of Valemount,  in the Monashee Mountains, part of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • "Tourists Crossing" sign shows a bear delightfully chasing a person with camera. Cottonwood RV Park, Kluane Lake, Yukon, Canada.
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  • Regarding the "NO FREEDOM CAMPING ZONE" sign: Freedom camping in New Zealand is when you camp on public land that isn't a recognized camping ground. You can only camp in designated Freedom Camping Zones if you are certified self-contained. From Makarora, Wilkin River Jets carried us 3km via jetboat up the Makarora River to Young River confluence to begin tramping the Gillespie Pass Circuit, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. After 4 days, they picked us up at Kerin Forks on Wilkin River.
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  • Peeling paint of hiker sign. Juniper Trail, Kootenay National Park, Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Badwater Road H178 entrance sign for Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Curly Coo Bar sign in Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
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  • Cleveland Way sign, North York Moors NP. Hike from Osmotherly to Great Broughton on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, in North York Moors National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. Overnight at Wainstones Hotel, Great Broughton, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Cleveland Way sign, North York Moors NP. Hike from Osmotherly to Great Broughton on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, in North York Moors National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. Overnight at Wainstones Hotel, Great Broughton, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Permissive Path and Public Bridleway sign. We hiked the valley of Smardale Gill to cross its historic Viaduct and visit Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 7 of 14; overnight 2 of 2 in Brownber Hall Country House, Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • The sun makes a starburst through tree, posted with sign "Entering Henry M. Jackson Wilderness" on Goat Lake trail #647, east of Barlow Pass in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, in the Central Cascades, accessed from the Mountain Loop Highway, Washington, USA.
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  • Startiling crocodile sculpture on Shoreview Drive, Freeland, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA: "CROCODILES - NO SWIMMING" sign.
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  • Hiking sign in Zmutt Valley. Zermatt, Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. From Zermatt, hike the scenic Höhbalmen Höhenweg loop via Bergrestaurant Edelweiss, Trift Hut and Zmutt. With delightful views of the Matterhorn plus other peaks and glaciers, this strenuous walk went up and down 1200 meters over 21.6 km (13.4 miles).
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  • Rockfall warning sign along Sentier des Chamois trail, Verbier, Switzerland, Alps, Europe. Hike the dramatic Sentier des Chamois from Verbier, in Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The Chamois Path starts at La Chaux ski lift and ends at Fionnay PostBus. Cross Col Termin (2648m/8688 ft) in Haut Val de Bagnes nature reserve and descend to Lake Louvie via 1800s stone barns to the north, then to Fionnay (640 m up, 1415 m down in 8.5 hours). Optionally stay overnight in dorms Cabane de Louvie.
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  • Funny women's restroom sign with arms crossed in front. Le Chable, Switzerland.
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  • A restroom sign says no feet on the toilet, as sitting is required on Western toilets, contrary to Asian style. Pfingstegg gondoloa lift station to Berghaus Bäregg, above Grindelwald, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe.
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  • Passo Rolle sign plastered with stickers, Dolomites, Trentino province, Italy, Europe
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  • A trekking sign directs hikers to Rifugio Vajolet Hutte beneath Dirupi di Larsec (2890m) in the Rosengarten/Catinaccio group in the Dolomites, Italy, Europe. From Pera di Fassa village (in Pozza di Fassa comune in Val di Fassa), in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, Italy, take a bus or lift to visit Rifugio Gardeccia Hutte and hike in the Rosengarten mountain massif (Catinaccio Group) of the Dolomites. 200 million years ago, Triassic coral reefs fossilized into Dolomite. Collision of tectonic plates lifted the Dolomites within the Southern Limestone Alps. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009.
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  • A "DANGER GASSY AREA" sign marked propane storage at the former John Fluke vacation property on Vendovi Island, Skagit County, Washington, USA. Vendovi Island was named after a Fijian High Chief Ro Veidovi who was brought to North America by the 1841 Wilkes Expedition. The San Juan Preservation Trust, a land trust for conservation in the San Juan Islands, purchased the island in December 2010 from the family of John Fluke Sr. Vendovi Island lies across Samish Bay from mainland Skagit County, between Guemes Island and Lummi Island, in the Salish Sea.
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  • We reach the wood sign "Bienvenue / Welcome to Banff" after completing 187 miles bicycling from Jasper to Banff. Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • A "Tourist Information" sign in Switzerland, Europe, points towards a BMW C1 enclosed scooter, made by Bertone for BMW and sold for a limited time 2000-2001. Roll bars, safety belts, and other design features were meant to eliminate need for a helmet, which conflicted with unamended helmet laws in UK and Sweden. Other countries considered wearing a helmet with a safety belt to risk neck injuries. High center of gravity made travel at slow speeds harder to learn than for motorcycles.
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  • A yellow sign warns of glacier ice falling, creating a wave, and submerging a person in dangerous water, at Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand. As of 2012, both the Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers are more than 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) shorter than a century ago. Fox Glacier retreated throughout most of the last 100 years, advanced from 1985-2009, then began retreating again. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • "Geysers and Galsers" joke sign marks the toilets (bathroom/WC) at Orakei Korako Cave and Thermal Park, New Zealand, North Island
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  • TMB sign. Dolonne, an historic neighborhood of Courmayeur, in Aosta Valley, Italy, Europe
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  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, this funny sign in the Mammoth Site says "Remember! Keep a tusk-length apart!" The Mammoth Site is a fascinating museum and active paleontological site in the town of Hot Springs, in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA. It is the largest collection of in-situ mammoth remains in the world. Sheltered within the building is an ongoing excavation of a prehistoric sinkhole filled with the remains of animals and plants preserved by entrapment and burial around 140,000 years ago, in the Late Pleistocene. Since mammoth bones were found here accidentally in 1974, the remains of 61 mammoths have been recovered (including 58 North American Columbian and 3 woolly mammoths as of 2021). Due to geological conditions after the animals were trapped, the excavated "fossil" bones are not petrified or turned to stone, so are very brittle, requiring professional handling. The Pleistocene, often referred to as the Ice Age, is the geological epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. The most recent glaciation period reached peak conditions some 18,000 years ago before yielding to the interglacial Holocene epoch 11,700 years ago.
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  • Ouray County sign at Dallas Divide, 8983 ft elevation, yellow fall colors, west of Ridgway, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA.
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  • Trap line marker symbol explanation sign. The Milford Track in Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. Nonnative predators such as stoats & rats have devastated New Zealand’s unique bird life. Recent rodent trapping & poisoning efforts have helped keep some bird species from decimation. Norway rats were on the ships of the first explorers, who arrived in New Zealand in the late 1700s. Stoats, weasels, and ferrets were introduced to New Zealand as early as 1879 to control nonnative rabbits that were destroying sheep pasture. Almost without exception, introduced species have been detrimental to the native flora and fauna. However, trekking into remote NZ parks still makes a wonderful escape into what's left of the uniquely beautiful Gondwanan wilderness. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • "Don't touch the geishas, no loitering, no smoking, no eating while walking, no littering, no selfies" sign in Gion district, Kyoto, Japan.
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  • Tsunami Evacuation Shelter sign in Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. In Nachikatsuura, don't miss the impressive tuna market auction at 7:00am, easily viewed from above in the open public gallery. (In contrast, Tokyo's restrictive early morning fish auction at Toyosu Market limits viewers via registration and a wall of glass). Japan is the world's biggest consumer of tuna.
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  • "Ring the bell hard against bears" sign on preserved feudal Nakasendo route from Tsumago to Magome, Japan. Tsumago preserves an Edo Period post town on the feudal Nakasendo route between Kyoto and Edo (present-day Tokyo). To enforce historic ambiance, phone lines and power cables are concealed, and cars are prohibited during daytime. Visitors are encouraged to stay in minshuku and ryokan lodging, and to hike a portion of the trail preserved between Tsumago and Magome villages, via pleasant rural and forest scenery. The Nakasendo, or "Central Mountain Route", was one of Five Routes (Gokaido, begun in 1601) which helped the Tokugawa shogunate to stabilize and rule Japan (1600-1868). Tsumago is in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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  • YES/NO! sign illustrating proper use of a western-style toilet (no squatting). Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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  • "Quarrelling is taboo" says a sign on the Boys' Club, a 1929 conversion of the old butter market in Stirling, United Kingdom, Europe.
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  • THE END sign for England Coast to Coast Walk, at Robin Hood's Bay, on the North Sea, North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, UK, Europe. On our England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14, we went from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van.  We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • “Red Squirrels SLOW!” sign. Brownber Hall Country House near Kirkby Stephen, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 6 of 14: Ullswater to Kirkby Stephen. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Sunburst on trail sign seen descending into Wasdale valley, down to Wastwater lake and the hamlet of Wasdale Head, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, and descended to Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for night 2 of 2. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • A bold sign "ENTERING TSUNAMI EVACUATION AREA" shows a person running towards threatening waves. Laupahoehoe Point County Park, on the Hamakua Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA.
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  • Hiking sign in Zmutt Valley. Zermatt, Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. From Zermatt, hike the scenic Höhbalmen Höhenweg loop via Bergrestaurant Edelweiss, Trift Hut and Zmutt. With delightful views of the Matterhorn plus other peaks and glaciers, this strenuous walk went up and down 1200 meters over 21.6 km (13.4 miles).
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  • A Zimmer Frei (Room Free) sign is posted next to dials for temperature, pressure and humidity, in Appenzell village, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • A park sign prohibits climbing on our taking chunks of tufa rock towers, at South Tufa Area, Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, Lee Vining, California, USA. The Reserve protects wetlands that support millions of birds, and preserves Mono Lake's distinctive tufa towers -- calcium-carbonate spires and knobs formed by interaction of freshwater springs and alkaline lake water. Mono Lake has no outlet and is one of the oldest lakes in North America. Over the past million years, salts and minerals have washed into the lake from Eastern Sierra streams and evaporation has made the water 2.5 times saltier than the ocean. This desert lake has an unusually productive ecosystem based on brine shrimp, and provides critical nesting habitat for two million annual migratory birds that feed on the shrimp and blackflies. Since 1941, diversion of lake water tributary streams by the city of Los Angeles lowered the lake level, which imperiled the migratory birds. In response, the Mono Lake Committee won a legal battle that forced Los Angeles to partially restore the lake level.
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  • Directional sign at Vernadsky Research Base (Akademik Vernadsky), a Ukrainian Antarctic Station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica. The United Kingdom first established research here as Base F or "Argentine Islands" on Winter Island in 1947, then built a larger hut on Galindez Island in 1954, renamed it Faraday Station in 1977, and shocked the scientific community by discovering the Antarctic "ozone hole" in 1985. The base was transferred to Ukraine in 1996.
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  • A sign warns "DEVILS BITE, PLEASE DO NOT FEED, TEASE OR TOUCH" at Bonorong Wildlife Park, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia. The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, now found in the wild only on the island state of Tasmania. The devil is an iconic symbol of Tasmania and attractor of tourists, many of whom know the Looney Tunes cartoon character, the "Tasmanian Devil." Ancient marsupials probably migrated from what is now South America to Australia tens of millions of years ago during the time of Gondwana. Tasmanian devils probably disappeared from the Australian mainland around 3000 years ago due to predation by dingoes (wild dogs probably introduced by aborigines much earlier), which are absent on Tasmania. Formerly hunted by humans, the devils became officially protected in 1941. Since the late 1990s, devil facial tumor disease has drastically reduced devil numbers, and in 2008 the species was declared endangered. Illegally introduced red foxes kill devils, and motor vehicles dispatch devils that are on the road eating other road kill. Due to export restrictions and the failure of overseas devils to breed, almost no devils live legally outside of Australia. The size of a small dog, the Tasmanian devil became the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world following the extinction of the thylacine in 1936. It has a stocky and muscular build, black fur, pungent odor, extremely loud and disturbing screech, keen sense of smell, and ferocity when feeding. It has an exceptionally strong bite, hunts prey, scavenges carrion, climbs trees, and swims across rivers.
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  • Tasty Tongue Restaurant sign in the Annapurna Conservation Area of Nepal.
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  • "Farts demparar" speed bump sign in Norway.
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  • A trail sign indicates Big Quilcene Trail #833.1, Tubal Cain Trail #840, and Boulder Shelter Trail #833.2 near Marmot Pass, in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Swiss Via Alpina 1 sign in Switzerland, Europe. On our Swiss Via Alpina (National Route 1) Day 1, we hiked from Hotel Schweizerhof in Mels (next to Sargans) to Hotel Gemse Wiesstannen (6.5 miles, 2200 feet up, 600 ft down), in Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Funny men's restroom sign with arms crossed in front. Le Chable, Switzerland.
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  • Black Sheep Inn (Posada Oveja Negra) sign, Chugchilan, Ecuador, on the Lago Quilotoa driving loop, South America.
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  • Pike Street Public Market Center neon sign in downtown Seattle, Washington, USA.
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  • Old SAM'S sign. Bill Speidel's Underground Tour beneath Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District, in the southwest corner of Downtown Seattle, Washington, USA.
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  • Kangaroo crossing and wombat crossing, orange highway signs, on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.
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  • While we stop our rental camper to view wild emus (sign), a "road train" (a tractor with double trailer, sometimes triple) roars by in Western Australia. Published 2010 in print and internet by Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia, Perth.
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  • Triglavski narodni park (TNP) sign, Slovenia. Tolmin gorges (Tolminska korita) are among the longest and deepest gorges in Slovenia and are the lowest point (180 meters elevation) in Triglav National Park (TNP). Walk a trail to the confluence of two gorges (Tolminka and Zadlascica rivers), then along Zadlascica river canyon (locally called Skakalce, "the jumps") up to a chock stone called the "Bear's Head" (Medvedova glava). Walk onwards to the scenic Devil's Bridge (Hudicev most, built 1907), which carries Tolmin-Cadrg road sixty meters above Tolminka River, then walk the loop back to the parking lot at the Triglavski narodni park (TNP) sign, near Zatolmin, Slovenia, Europe. (The Slovene letters sc in Zadla??ica may not display in some media.)
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  • Watson Lake signpost forest, began 1942 in Yukon, Canada. The Sign Post Forest is one of the most famous landmarks along the Alaska Highway. Started by a homesick GI in 1942, the number of signs has snowballed. Private Carl Lindley, serving with the 341st Engineers during World War II, was assigned light duty while recovering from an injury and erected the signpost for his hometown: "Danville, Ill. 2835 miles". Visitors may add their own signs to the over 80,000 already present. The Alaska Highway was built as a military road during World War II in just 9 months in 1942, to link existing airfields via Canada to the territory of Alaska. The ALCAN Highway (a military acronym for Alaska-Canada) opened to the public in 1948. It begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs via Whitehorse, Yukon to Delta Junction, Alaska. The "Alaskan Highway" is comprised of British Columbia Highway 97, Yukon Highway 1 and Alaska Route 2. While the ALCAN measured 2700 kilometers (1700 mi) upon completion in 1942, by 2012 it was rerouted and shortened to 2232 km (1387 mi). Once legendary for being a rough, challenging drive, the highway is now paved over its entire length. Delta Junction, at the end of the highway, claims "Historic Milepost 1422" where the Alaska Highway meets the Richardson Highway, which continues 96 mi (155 km) to the city of Fairbanks at Historic Milepost 1520, often (but unofficially) regarded as the northern portion of the Alaska Highway (although its Mileposts are measured from Valdez). This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Watson Lake signpost forest, began 1942 in Yukon, Canada. The Sign Post Forest is one of the most famous landmarks along the Alaska Highway. Started by a homesick GI in 1942, the number of signs has snowballed. Private Carl Lindley, serving with the 341st Engineers during World War II, was assigned light duty while recovering from an injury and erected the signpost for his hometown: "Danville, Ill. 2835 miles". Visitors may add their own signs to the over 80,000 already present. The Alaska Highway was built as a military road during World War II in just 9 months in 1942, to link existing airfields via Canada to the territory of Alaska. The ALCAN Highway (a military acronym for Alaska-Canada) opened to the public in 1948. It begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs via Whitehorse, Yukon to Delta Junction, Alaska. The "Alaskan Highway" is comprised of British Columbia Highway 97, Yukon Highway 1 and Alaska Route 2. While the ALCAN measured 2700 kilometers (1700 mi) upon completion in 1942, by 2012 it was rerouted and shortened to 2232 km (1387 mi). Once legendary for being a rough, challenging drive, the highway is now paved over its entire length. Delta Junction, at the end of the highway, claims "Historic Milepost 1422" where the Alaska Highway meets the Richardson Highway, which continues 96 mi (155 km) to the city of Fairbanks at Historic Milepost 1520, often (but unofficially) regarded as the northern portion of the Alaska Highway (although its Mileposts are measured from Valdez).
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  • Watson Lake signpost forest, began 1942 in Yukon, Canada. The Sign Post Forest is one of the most famous landmarks along the Alaska Highway. Started by a homesick GI in 1942, the number of signs has snowballed. Private Carl Lindley, serving with the 341st Engineers during World War II, was assigned light duty while recovering from an injury and erected the signpost for his hometown: "Danville, Ill. 2835 miles". Visitors may add their own signs to the over 80,000 already present. The Alaska Highway was built as a military road during World War II in just 9 months in 1942, to link existing airfields via Canada to the territory of Alaska. The ALCAN Highway (a military acronym for Alaska-Canada) opened to the public in 1948. It begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs via Whitehorse, Yukon to Delta Junction, Alaska. The "Alaskan Highway" is comprised of British Columbia Highway 97, Yukon Highway 1 and Alaska Route 2. While the ALCAN measured 2700 kilometers (1700 mi) upon completion in 1942, by 2012 it was rerouted and shortened to 2232 km (1387 mi). Once legendary for being a rough, challenging drive, the highway is now paved over its entire length. Delta Junction, at the end of the highway, claims "Historic Milepost 1422" where the Alaska Highway meets the Richardson Highway, which continues 96 mi (155 km) to the city of Fairbanks at Historic Milepost 1520, often (but unofficially) regarded as the northern portion of the Alaska Highway (although its Mileposts are measured from Valdez).
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  • Watson Lake signpost forest, began 1942 in Yukon, Canada. The Sign Post Forest is one of the most famous landmarks along the Alaska Highway. Started by a homesick GI in 1942, the number of signs has snowballed. Private Carl Lindley, serving with the 341st Engineers during World War II, was assigned light duty while recovering from an injury and erected the signpost for his hometown: "Danville, Ill. 2835 miles". Visitors may add their own signs to the over 80,000 already present. The Alaska Highway was built as a military road during World War II in just 9 months in 1942, to link existing airfields via Canada to the territory of Alaska. The ALCAN Highway (a military acronym for Alaska-Canada) opened to the public in 1948. It begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs via Whitehorse, Yukon to Delta Junction, Alaska. The "Alaskan Highway" is comprised of British Columbia Highway 97, Yukon Highway 1 and Alaska Route 2. While the ALCAN measured 2700 kilometers (1700 mi) upon completion in 1942, by 2012 it was rerouted and shortened to 2232 km (1387 mi). Once legendary for being a rough, challenging drive, the highway is now paved over its entire length. Delta Junction, at the end of the highway, claims "Historic Milepost 1422" where the Alaska Highway meets the Richardson Highway, which continues 96 mi (155 km) to the city of Fairbanks at Historic Milepost 1520, often (but unofficially) regarded as the northern portion of the Alaska Highway (although its Mileposts are measured from Valdez). This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Watson Lake signpost forest, began 1942 in Yukon, Canada. The Sign Post Forest is one of the most famous landmarks along the Alaska Highway. Started by a homesick GI in 1942, the number of signs has snowballed. Private Carl Lindley, serving with the 341st Engineers during World War II, was assigned light duty while recovering from an injury and erected the signpost for his hometown: "Danville, Ill. 2835 miles". Visitors may add their own signs to the over 80,000 already present. The Alaska Highway was built as a military road during World War II in just 9 months in 1942, to link existing airfields via Canada to the territory of Alaska. The ALCAN Highway (a military acronym for Alaska-Canada) opened to the public in 1948. It begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs via Whitehorse, Yukon to Delta Junction, Alaska. The "Alaskan Highway" is comprised of British Columbia Highway 97, Yukon Highway 1 and Alaska Route 2. While the ALCAN measured 2700 kilometers (1700 mi) upon completion in 1942, by 2012 it was rerouted and shortened to 2232 km (1387 mi). Once legendary for being a rough, challenging drive, the highway is now paved over its entire length. Delta Junction, at the end of the highway, claims "Historic Milepost 1422" where the Alaska Highway meets the Richardson Highway, which continues 96 mi (155 km) to the city of Fairbanks at Historic Milepost 1520, often (but unofficially) regarded as the northern portion of the Alaska Highway (although its Mileposts are measured from Valdez).
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  • Horses graze in Krma Valley, Triglavski narodni park, near Mojstrana, Slovenia, Europe. Glacially-carved Krma Valley, extends from Mojstrana village to Mount Triglav, in Triglavski narodni park, Slovenia’s only national park. In Krma Valley, hike 5-6 hours/6.3miles one way on a non-technical former packhorse hut-supply route (now supplied by helicopter) from trailhead at 950m to scenic Dom Valentina Stanica / Stanicev Dom hut (2332 meters elevation), 20 km round trip, gaining 4658 feet/1420 meters, or a bit further to spectacular Kredarica Hut (aka Triglav hut / Triglavski dom na Kredarici, Slovenia’s highest hut, 2515 meters). Reservations are highly recommended. Hike to Kredarica Hut via Konjsko Sedlo pass from Krma valley 6 hrs one way, non-technical, 1650m gain, well marked with red signs. Ascent of Mount Triglav is non-technical, but is not recommended for those who fear heights: 1.5 hours up from Kredarica (contrary to 1-hour sign, due to waiting for descenders) and 1 hour back. Or stay in scenic Planika hut, 2401m. In 1991, Slovenia declared full sovereignty from Yugoslavia. 80% of its 2 million people speak Slovene. In 2004, Slovenia joined NATO and the EU (European Union), and later adopted the Euro € currency. Slovenia is the richest Slavic nation per capita.
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  • McAllister Covered Bridge (126 feet long), built in 1914 by J.A. Britton over Little Raccoon Creek, on County Road 400S, Parke County, Indiana, USA. Red and white paint protects the wood. The "Cross this bridge at a walk" sign requires slow vehicle speed.
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  • Mountain bikers explore Krma Valley, Triglavski narodni park, near Mojstrana, Slovenia, Europe. Glacially-carved Krma Valley, extends from Mojstrana village to Mount Triglav, in Triglavski narodni park, Slovenia’s only national park. In Krma Valley, hike 5-6 hours/6.3miles one way on a non-technical former packhorse hut-supply route (now supplied by helicopter) from trailhead at 950m to scenic Dom Valentina Stanica / Stanicev Dom hut (2332 meters elevation), 20 km round trip, gaining 4658 feet/1420 meters, or a bit further to spectacular Kredarica Hut (aka Triglav hut / Triglavski dom na Kredarici, Slovenia’s highest hut, 2515 meters). Reservations are highly recommended. Hike to Kredarica Hut via Konjsko Sedlo pass from Krma valley 6 hrs one way, non-technical, 1650m gain, well marked with red signs. Ascent of Mount Triglav is non-technical, but is not recommended for those who fear heights: 1.5 hours up from Kredarica (contrary to 1-hour sign, due to waiting for descenders) and 1 hour back. Or stay in scenic Planika hut, 2401m. In 1991, Slovenia declared full sovereignty from Yugoslavia. 80% of its 2 million people speak Slovene. In 2004, Slovenia joined NATO and the EU (European Union), and later adopted the Euro € currency. Slovenia is the richest Slavic nation per capita.
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  • Horses graze in Krma Valley, Triglavski narodni park, near Mojstrana, Slovenia, Europe. Glacially-carved Krma Valley, extends from Mojstrana village to Mount Triglav, in Triglavski narodni park, Slovenia’s only national park. In Krma Valley, hike 5-6 hours/6.3miles one way on a non-technical former packhorse hut-supply route (now supplied by helicopter) from trailhead at 950m to scenic Dom Valentina Stanica / Stanicev Dom hut (2332 meters elevation), 20 km round trip, gaining 4658 feet/1420 meters, or a bit further to spectacular Kredarica Hut (aka Triglav hut / Triglavski dom na Kredarici, Slovenia’s highest hut, 2515 meters). Reservations are highly recommended. Hike to Kredarica Hut via Konjsko Sedlo pass from Krma valley 6 hrs one way, non-technical, 1650m gain, well marked with red signs. Ascent of Mount Triglav is non-technical, but is not recommended for those who fear heights: 1.5 hours up from Kredarica (contrary to 1-hour sign, due to waiting for descenders) and 1 hour back. Or stay in scenic Planika hut, 2401m. In 1991, Slovenia declared full sovereignty from Yugoslavia. 80% of its 2 million people speak Slovene. In 2004, Slovenia joined NATO and the EU (European Union), and later adopted the Euro € currency. Slovenia is the richest Slavic nation per capita.
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  • Mammoth Cave National Park was established in 1941 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 and international Biosphere Reserve 1990. With over 390 miles (630 km) of passageways, the Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System is the longest known in the world. Mammoth Cave developed in thick Mississippian-aged limestone strata capped by a layer of Big Clifty Sandstone. Descending limestone layers include the Girkin Formation, Saint Genevieve Limestone, and Saint Louis Limestone.
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  • Hike along the River Swale from Reeth to Marske, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Thorpe Ford Covered Bridge (163 feet long) was built in Burr Arch style over Big Raccoon Creek in 1912 by J.A. Britton on Catlin Road in Parke County, Indiana, USA. Red and white paint protects the wood. The traditional "Cross this bridge at a walk" sign required slow vehicle speed, but traffic is now diverted to an adjacent modern bridge. Puffy white clouds decorate the blue sky.
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  • Old rocking chair under fading "Pause... drink Coca-Cola" sign on porch in historic Benton Hot Springs, Mono County, California, USA. Benton Hot Springs (elevation 5630 feet) saw its heyday from 1862 to 1889 as a supply center for nearby mines. At the end of the 1800s, the town declined and the name Benton was transferred to nearby Benton Station.
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  • Trailhead for Mirador Laguna Cerro Castillo and Cerro Castillo National Reserve, in Villa Cerro Castillo, Coyhaique Province, Chile, Patagonia, South America. We hiked 14 km (8.5 miles) round trip with 1082 m (3550 feet) gain to the viewpoint for Lake Cerro Castillo. Steep basalt walls of the mountain Cerro Castillo (poking above the Entrada sign) resemble a castle (or Castillo in Spanish). The peak is 75 km south of the city of Coyhaique along Carretera Austral (CH-7).
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  • USFS Sunshine Campground sign, Uncompahgre National Forest, Telluride, Colorado, USA.
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  • At Nabesna Road Mile Post 16.6, Kettle Lake picnic site offers a great view of the Wrangell Mountains. A humorous sign here says "TOILET 1 MILE". in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, southeast Alaska, USA. Nabesna Road offers spectacular scenery in a seldom-seen, wild corner of Alaska, the headwaters of the Copper River. The Wrangell Lavas built the Wrangell Mountains over the past 10 million years. Mount Wrangell (14,163 ft) is the largest andesite shield volcano in North America. The cinder cone of Mount Zanetti (13,009 ft) rose prominently 1000 feet above its northwest flank during the past 25,000 years. Wrangell reportedly erupted in 1784 and 1884–85. Occasional steam plumes rise from the park's only active volcano, and ash sometimes coats the summit snow. Flowing northward from it is the Copper Glacier, source of Copper River which flows northward, then westward along the end of the Wrangell Range, then southward to the Gulf of Alaska near Cordova, cutting through the coastal barrier of the Chugach Mountains, marking most of Park's western boundary.
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  • Gitanyow Totem Poles, on the Kitwanga River in British Columbia, Canada. Listed as a National Historic Site of Canada, Gitanyow (formerly Kitwancool) village is a First Nations reserve community of about 400 Gitxsan people. Posted 1967 BC sign: "These stately monuments in cedar proclaim the owner's clan status and inherited family traditions, but were never associated with religion. Clan crests portrayed mythical creatures, sometimes in human form, from the legendary history of the clan." The word totem derives from the Algonquian word odoodem meaning "(his) kinship group". Gitanyow is on a short side loop off the scenic Stewart–Cassiar Highway (Highway 37, aka Dease Lake Highway), just 24 km north of the junction with Yellowhead Highway (Hwy 16).
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  • Trail sign and hikers at Wastwater lake in Wasdale valley, in the heart of Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Wastwater is England's cleanest and deepest lake (72 meters deep). England Coast to Coast hike day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, and descended to Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for night 2 of 2. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • At Pu'u O Kila Lookout, where the muddy Pihea Trail starts, a sign points to "Wai'ale'ale, one of the wettest spots on earth, elev 5148 ft" which is hidden by fog. Scenic Kokee State Park is in northwestern Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands, USA. Perched on a plateau between 3200 and 4200 feet, the park gets temperatures at least 15 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than at sea level. Koke'e receives 50-100 inches of rain per year, mostly from October to May. Its forests are dominated by Acacia koa and ohia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) trees.
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  • Bicyclists pedal through a barren black landscape on emergency road/Highway 130 towards lava which enters the ocean in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, near Kalapana, Hawaii, USA. A sign reads "NO SHOULDER. 25 MPH." On Kilauea volcano's south flank, Pu'u O'o crater has been erupting continuously since 1983, making it the world's longest-lived rift-zone (flank) eruption of the last 200 years. The eruption has consumed 189 buildings and 8.7 miles of highway. Since 1987, the coastal highway has been closed, buried under lava up to 115 feet thick. After June 30, 2016, the County of Hawaii opened a section of the emergency road/Highway 130 to lava viewing (8 miles round trip, open 3pm-9pm), limiting vehicles to bicycles (rented at the roadblock in Kalapana for $15+ for 3 hours), local residents' cars, and emergency vehicles. See updates at: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov and www.hawaiicounty.gov/lava-viewing/. Kilauea is between 300,000 and 600,000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100,000 years ago.
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  • At Plott Balsam Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway (Milepost 457.9, elevation 5020 ft), view fall foliage colors in mid October, in North Carolina, USA. The bend in US Highway 19 seen below turns down from Soco Gap and descends to Cherokee. The sign at Plott Balsam Overlook reads: "Before you lies the massive Plott Balsam Range. On one of its eastern slopes Henry Plott, a German immigrant's son, made his home in the early 1800s. In this game-filled frontier, hunting dogs were a prized possesion. Here Henry Plott and his descendants developed the famous Plott Bear Hounds carefully selecting for the qualities of stamina, courage, and alertness the breed possesses today." North Carolina's state dog is the the Plott Hound. The 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway was built 1935-1987 to aesthetically connect Shenandoah National Park (in Virginia) with Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. (The Smokies are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains.)
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  • Bodie ghost town buildings reflect in a window fronting the Wheaton and Hollis Hotel. A sign visible indoors reads "Bodie Hotel -- Meals at all Hours". In 1885-86, this building served as the United States Land Office. Later, it was the office for the Power Company, then the Bodie Store, and finally the Hotel. Bodie is California's official state gold rush ghost town. Bodie State Historic Park lies in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, near Bridgeport, California, USA. After W. S. Bodey's original gold discovery in 1859, profitable gold ore discoveries in 1876 and 1878 transformed "Bodie" from an isolated mining camp to a Wild West boomtown. By 1879, Bodie had a population of 5000-7000 people with 2000 buildings. At its peak, 65 saloons lined Main Street, which was a mile long. Bodie declined rapidly 1912-1917 and the last mine closed in 1942. Bodie became a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and Bodie State Historic Park in 1962.
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  • A sign indicating the 1959 lake level of Mono Lake is visibly far from the current lake edge, photographed in July 2015, at South Tufa Area, Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, Lee Vining, California, USA. Since 1941, diversion of lake water tributary streams by the city of Los Angeles lowered the level of Mono Lake, which imperiled migratory birds and an important ecosystem. In response, the Mono Lake Committee won a legal battle that forced Los Angeles to partially restore the lake level. The Reserve protects wetlands that support millions of birds, and preserves Mono Lake's distinctive tufa towers -- calcium-carbonate spires and knobs formed by interaction of freshwater springs and alkaline lake water. Mono Lake has no outlet and is one of the oldest lakes in North America. Over the past million years, salts and minerals have washed into the lake from Eastern Sierra streams and evaporation has made the water 2.5 times saltier than the ocean. This desert lake has an unusually productive ecosystem based on brine shrimp, and provides critical nesting habitat for two million annual migratory birds that feed on the shrimp and blackflies.
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  • This image of Jack Tar first appeared after 1841, when the US Navy regulated its uniforms for the first time, with shore leave uniform of open jacket, red neckerchief, black shoes, and black brimmed hat. This "Jack Tar, Mid-19th century" carved and painted wood trade sign originally stood outside a San Francisco ships' chandler shop, which sold navigational instruments and naval supplies. It was later used as a cigar store figure in San Jose, California. Hats water-proofed with tar or dark paint gave the ordinary sailor the nickname "Jack Tar." Shelburne Museum is one of the finest, most diverse, unconventional museums of American folk art. Visit this extensive museum in the town of Shelburne, near Lake Champlain, in Vermont, USA. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in 38 buildings, 25 of which are historic (relocated from New England and New York). See impressionist paintings, American paintings, artifacts of the 1600s-1900s, folk art, quilts and textiles, carriages, furniture, a lighthouse, covered bridge, and 220-foot steamboat Ticonderoga. Electra Havemeyer Webb, an avid collector of American folk art, founded the Museum in 1947.
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