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Browse articles that explore some of our favorite outdoor photography locations throughout the United States. Learn about the weather, the best time to shoot, how to get there and more, all from a photographer's perspective.


Churchill, Manitoba Canada


Sunday, November 1, 2009

Churchill, Manitoba CanadaChurchill, Manitoba, the “Polar Bear Capital of the World,” is located on the southwestern shore of Canada’s Hudson Bay.
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Acadia National Park, Maine


Thursday, October 1, 2009

Acadia National Park, MaineBass Harbor Lighthouse is located off of Route 102A on the western side of Mount Desert Island, just outside Acadia National Park in Maine.
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Colorado National Monument, Colorado


Colorado National Monument



Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Colorado National Monument, ColoradoThis image of a dead juniper tree, “Sunset Sentinel,” was captured during a warm summer afternoon, cliffside, at Coke Ovens Overlook inside Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction, Colo.
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Ladakh, India


Sunday, March 1, 2009

Ladakh, IndiaBound by two of the world’s highest mountain ranges, the Himalaya to the south and the Karakoram to the north, Ladakh is located in the far northern reaches of India, sitting on the western edge of the Tibetan Plateau at an average altitude of 10,000 feet under crystal-clear skies of the purest azure. The landscape is stark, yet incredibly striking, its dun-colored hills dramatically adorned with whitewashed Buddhist monasteries, many of them ancient.
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McWay Falls, Big Sur, California


Thursday, January 1, 2009

McWay Falls, Big Sur, CaliforniaMcWay Falls is located in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park along California’s spectacular Big Sur coast.
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Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park, Nevada


Monday, December 1, 2008

Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park, NevadaSand Harbor is found at Lake Tahoe, a natural high-mountain lake nestled between the Sierra Nevada and Carson Mountain Ranges along the California/Nevada border.
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Lake Martin Rookery, Louisiana


Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Lake Martin Rookery, LouisianaLocated within the Cypress Island Preserve near Lafayette, La., the Lake Martin Rookery is a bird-watcher’s paradise. The lake offers a unique habitat that attracts nearly 60 percent of all U.S. bird species to a scenic forest of oak, cypress and tupelo trees.
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The Morton Arboretum Lisle, Illinois


Monday, September 1, 2008

The Morton Arboretum Lisle, IllinoisThe Morton Arboretum is an outdoor museum of woody plants established in 1922 by Morton Salt magnate, Joy Morton. Situated on the rolling Valparaiso Moraine in northern Illinois and bisected by the DuPage River, the grounds encompass 1,700 acres of magnificent natural systems. There’s a restored 100-acre prairie, oak and black walnut woodlands, savannas, winding streams, lakes and marshes—and all of it is accessible on nine miles of paved one-way roads and 14 miles of hiking trails.
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Devils Garden, Utah


Friday, August 1, 2008

Devils Garden, UtahIn 1996, 1.7 million acres of southern Utah between Zion National Park and Capitol Reef National Park were designated as the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a sprawling area encompassing some of the most spectacular landscape in Utah.

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