No need to adjust your screen, this technicolor terrain is Artist’s Pallette at Death Valley National Park in California. Aprons of blue, pink, green, purple, brown and black drape across the mountain front. Metals and minerals affected by oxidation and other chemical reactions created this unique landscape. Photo by Kevin O’Connell (http://ift.tt/18oFfjl).

Easily one of the most beautiful sights in Arkansas, the view from Big Bluff looking down on Buffalo National River will amaze you. Established in 1972, Buffalo National River flows freely for 135 miles and is one of the few remaining undammed rivers in the lower 48 states. Once you arrive, prepare to journey from running rapids to quiet pools while surrounded by massive bluffs as you cruise through the Ozark Mountains down to the White River. Photo courtesy of Aaron Bates.

Alaska has been called “The Last Frontier,” and at Lake Clark National Park and Preserve that holds true. This backcountry park – accessible by boat or aircraft – has no roads or campgrounds and only one hiking trail. For the intrepid few who reach this remote gem, solitude reigns in a land of immense glaciers, active volcanoes and boreal forests. Photo of crimson tundra on Tanalian Mountain looking towards Port Alsworth and Lake Clark by National Park Service.

National parks are both the stuff dreams are made of and the places where dreams come true. Photographer Evan Brogan snapped this gorgeous vista of Colorado National Monument shortly after quitting an unfulfilling job and asking his girlfriend to marry him. “We took photos of her ring over the 485-foot cliff where we camped. We found ourselves at this vantage point, yelling echoes into the canyon walls, alone, watching the rain blow in and carrying with it one of Colorado’s many daily rainbows.” Photo courtesy of Evan Brogan.

Here’s one more summer sunset over the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. Soon, these green valleys and rolling mountains will explode in the bright colors of fall. Take advantage of this wonderful time of year to explore the many hiking trails and incredible views this special place has to offer. Sunset from the Flat Rock Trail (near Mile Post 308) courtesy of Jim Ruff.

Happy birthday, Yosemite National Park! On October 1, 1890, Yosemite became a national park, and 126 years later, it’s still wowing visitors with its waterfalls, towering granite monoliths, deep valleys and ancient giant sequoias. While Yosemite might be our 3rd national park, it was first protected in 1864 with the Yosemite Land Grant – sparking the idea of national parks. Photo courtesy of Tiffany Nguyen.

Star-studded skies and wispy clouds appear over the ancient Tuzigoot pueblo, situated on a desert hilltop at Tuzigoot National Monument in Arizona. The Sinagua people – farmers and artists with trade connections that spanned hundreds of miles – built a thriving desert community here. Today, you can visit this thousand-year-old pueblo, gaze at dark night skies and contemplate the stories of those who came before. Photo courtesy of Nick Berezenko.

Fall at Denali National Park in Alaska means gorgeous autumn colors and hungry brown bears. To get ready their long winter sleep, bears spend the summer and fall packing on the pounds – gorging themselves on salmon, berries and grass. Sleeping snugly in their dens, breathing only once a minute and dropping their heart rate to 8-10 beats a minute, bears will live on their fat stores during the dark, cold winter. Photo by Jacob W. Frank, National Park Service.

Scenic panoramas of the Rogue Valley and surrounding mountains await you at the Table Rocks Area of Critical Environmental Concern in Oregon. This 3,172-acre area is cooperatively managed by the Bureau of Land Management and The Nature Conservancy to provide educational opportunities and protect special biologic, geologic, and scenic values. Steep hiking trails lead to the top of Upper and Lower Table Rocks, while a half-mile accessible trail at Lower Table Rock provides visitors with a less strenuous option. Photo by Bob Wick, @mypubliclands.

Endless views stretching to the sea await adventurers in Maine’s Acadia National Park, which has more than 150 miles of trails to explore. To guide hikers and protect fragile plants and soils, trail builder Waldron Bates created small, artfully arranged rock piles, or cairns. Bates cairns have shown hikers the way for more than a century – by walking at Acadia, you’re following in the footsteps of history. Photo courtesy of James Kaiser.