Our National Parks: America's Spectacular Wilderness HeritageCombining magnificent photos and an informative, entertaining text, this volume covers the histories, the geological features, and the wildlife of America's unspoiled paradises. Over 400 full-color photos and 350 full-color illustrations capture rarely seen plants and animals in their native habitats, panoramic vistas and extraordinary natural phenomena. |
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Page 213
... slopes for nesting , also stalk the snowfields in July when their eggs have hatched , constantly wagging their long dark tails as they search for stranded insects . In contrast , pinhead - sized snow fleas - tiny insects that hop for ...
... slopes for nesting , also stalk the snowfields in July when their eggs have hatched , constantly wagging their long dark tails as they search for stranded insects . In contrast , pinhead - sized snow fleas - tiny insects that hop for ...
Page 218
... slopes . Here , as on mountains everywhere , the climate grows harsher with increasing elevation . Thus the tall Douglas firs and hemlocks of the lowland for- ests gradually give way to smaller trees , such as Pacific silver fir , at ...
... slopes . Here , as on mountains everywhere , the climate grows harsher with increasing elevation . Thus the tall Douglas firs and hemlocks of the lowland for- ests gradually give way to smaller trees , such as Pacific silver fir , at ...
Page 310
... slopes , and around the edges of meadows , the lodgepoles ' slender , upright trunks , covered with thin , scalelike bark of brown or gray , crowd together , bearing their sparse crowns 50 feet or more above the forest floor . In the ...
... slopes , and around the edges of meadows , the lodgepoles ' slender , upright trunks , covered with thin , scalelike bark of brown or gray , crowd together , bearing their sparse crowns 50 feet or more above the forest floor . In the ...
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Smithsonian Institution Secretary, Charles Doolittle Walcott Ellis Leon Yochelson Limited preview - 2001 |