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59 protected areas or national parks in the US. A number of outdoor and nature lovers flock to these national parks every year to get some sun and smell the freshness of the trees. Here are some of the most popular destinations all over the US. • Grand Canyon (Arizona) – This national park is home to one of the world’s largest canyons. It stands at one mile deep and up to 18 miles wide. This location is so popular that almost 5 million people travel to this park to witness its grandeur. Around

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illustrations, author takes them away from the impersonal society. For example, The Most Sublime Spectacle on Earth by John Wesley Powell vividly displays the spectacular views of Grand Canyon to make readers forget the depraved reality. “The carving of the Grand Canyon is the work of rains and rivers,” Powell stresses that Grand Canyon is the splendid work of nature, not the artificial work of

descent from industrial buildings to a picturesque landscape. This green space on the east bluff of the river is mature and beautiful. The topography of the soil is varies and the ancient tree trunks lift the ground up with them. The meandering concrete paths lead you beside the river, and ultimately to the Stone Arch Bridge. Where the land and vegetation open up to carve out the bridge, a grand vista emerges. The bridge leads my eye and curves smaller and smaller over the Mississippi until the rise

Wanderlust: Nostalgia in reverse Wanderlust- Wanderlust: Nostalgia in reverse https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/69/2a/91/692a91ede093e77225137e75ca2d8ec3.jpg As I sit down to write this, with “Ramblin’ Man” by Allman Brothers Band playing in the background, the lyrics, “When it’s time for leavin’, I hope you’ll understand that I was born a ramblin’ man…” resonate through me. Some people have soul mates; they make their home in the heart of another person. But those, who have always been

Dating the Rocks of The Grand Canyon (old earth vs. young earth) I. Introduction The Grand Canyon is a National Park located in Arizona where over four billion individuals go to visit yearly (“Grand Canyon National Park,” n.d.; Hill & Moshier, 2009, p. 99). It is over “18 miles wide”; “a mile deep”; and “300 miles long” (“Grand Canyon National Park,” n.d.; Bohlin, 1993). When looking at the Grand Canyon, there are essentially two sides, the South side and the North side also known as Rims. Both

Ever wonder what’s out there beyond the hustle and bustle of the city? One of the things is the beautiful seven natural wonders of the world. Who or what decides what the seven natural wonders are? What are the 7 natural wonders of the world? What makes the wonders wonders? The 7 wonders are beautiful things in the world that need to be protected. When Sir George Everest discovered mount Everest in 1856 the mountain stood at 29,002 feet tall and today now stands 29,029 feet tall but is still

The right to not incriminate one’s self is established within the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. The Fifth Amendment states, “No person…shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself” (Davenport, 2006, P. 87). People may plead the fifth as a means of refusing to answer questions about alleged criminal activities. The right to not self incriminate, is a fundamental right meant to protect individuals from being forced into giving evidence that could be used against

that people form as a result of experiences created by experts. Experiences such as a tour of the Grand Canyon, reading a sonnet in a college poetry class, or the dissection of a dogfish in biology class are all packaged and shaped by experts, according to Percy. Experts do this for sightseers so that they can better understand experiences the way experts want them to. In Mark Twain’s essay “A River Pilot Looks at the Mississippi” he examines the perception of the Mississippi from the perspective

rock layers, its canyons, its alcoves utilized by ancient people and how these alcoves were formed. Mesa Verde National Park is located in the southwest corner of Colorado, close to the Four Corners area, on top of a high mesa overlooking the Mancos River (Harris et al. 2004). The park, covering 81 square miles, consists of several main sedimentary formations that are characteristic to the park (Encyclopedia Britannica 2015). Canyons are carved into the sedimentary rock, with the cave dwellings found