As National Park Week unfurls its green banners in the US, let"s take a stroll down Sparks Lane, a gem situated within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Established in 1934, the park encompasses over 2,114 square kilometres of wilderness. The forests, which cover most of the park, are home to 1,500 species of flowering plants, 952 algae, 65 species of mammals and over 240 species of birds, making it an International Biosphere Reserve.
Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA
Today in History
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Spine-cheeked anemonefish
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World Wildlife Day
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Sequoias of the sea
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Mount Rainier National Park
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Go fly a kite!
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World Oceans Day
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Gollinger Waterfalls, Salzburg, Austria
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Glenariff Forest Park, Northern Ireland, UK
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A ghost on the mountain
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Among the cedar and spruce
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Spring is coming
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Eurasian lynx
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A day for giving
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Where two continents meet
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Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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Pollinator Week
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A curious little otter pup
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The Big Apple with a foggy topping
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Village of Zahara de la Sierra, Cadiz, Spain
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Celebrating Canada and Englands common bond
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Jasper Dark Sky Festival
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Canada Day
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Cable car station on Piz Nair mountain, Graubünden, Switzerland
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Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain
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