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Haines (Tlingit: Deishu) is a census-designated place located in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. It is in the northern part of the Alaska Panhandle, near Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. As of the 2010 census, the population of the area was 2,508. Many tourists visit during the annual appearance of bald eagles in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve between October and February. Source
Yellowstone National
Park is a national park located
primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana
and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by
President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. Yellowstone,
widely held to be the first national park in the world, is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal
features, especially Old Faithful Geyser. Source
The Snake is
a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest in the United States. At 1,078
miles long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, the largest
North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. Rising in western Wyoming, the river flows
through the Snake River Plain then rugged Hells Canyon and the rolling Palouse
Hills to reach its mouth at the Tri-Cities of the state of Washington. Source
Box Canyon is
a Box canyon in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It was originally founded as a mining camp and
helped the city of Ouray establish itself as a permanent community. Box Canyon is home to Box Canyon Falls, a 285 feet waterfall, with quartzite walls that extend
almost one hundred feet past the falls. Access to
the canyon is through a short, 500 feet foot trail to the base of the falls or a steep
trail leading to the top of the falls. A fee is required to use the trails to the
canyon. Source
Cathedral Rock
is a famous landmark on the Sedona, Arizona skyline, and is one of the
most-photographed sights in Arizona, USA. Cathedral
Rock is located in the Coconino National Forest in Yavapai County, about a mile
west of Arizona Route 179, and about 2.5
miles south of the "Y"
intersection of Routes 179 and 89A in uptown Sedona. The summit elevation of
Cathedral Rock is 4,921 feet. Source
Winter is the coldest season of the year in temperate
climates, between autumn and spring. It is caused by the axis of the Earth in
the respective hemisphere being oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures
define different dates as the start of winter, and some use a definition based
on weather, but when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere it is summer in
the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa. Source
