Tomorrow marks the National Park Service 100th anniversary!
All national parks will offer free admission from August 25-28th.
Come celebrate with us here at Joshua Tree National Park!
#NPS100 #FindYourPark
Tomorrow marks the National Park Service 100th anniversary!
All national parks will offer free admission from August 25-28th.
Come celebrate with us here at Joshua Tree National Park!
#NPS100 #FindYourPark
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The brochure and map for the 67-mile Backbone Trail is now available! Pick one up at the visitor center or download it here: http://go.nps.gov/bbt-brochure. Enjoy! – Ranger Zach
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✍…a face un lucru minunat, e bucuria fiecarei zile…a unui suflet, trecator spre lumea plina de minuni…✍
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Today’s Holiday:
Ukraine Independence Day
On this day in 1991, just after a failed coup in Moscow, Ukraine declared its independence from the USSR. On December 1, 1991, 90 percent of the people voted for independence.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Today’s Birthday:
Lavinia Fontana (1552)
One of the few female Italian artists of the 16th century, Lavinia Fontana was the daughter of Italian mannerist painter Prospero Fontana. She was a fashionable portrait painter in Bologna and Rome who was especially noted for the vibrant color and detail of her works. Her self-portraits and a portrait of Pope Gregory XIII show a fine decorative sense in the treatment of costume. She was also a painter of religious subjects. What are some of her major works?: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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This Day in History:
Pluto Gets Demoted (2006)
Although it was recognized as a planet for decades, Pluto is much smaller than the other planets in our solar system and more closely resembles a giant comet nucleus. Consequently, the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto to the category of dwarf planet, which reflected astronomers’ conclusion that it is a member of the Kuiper belt, a strip of billions of icy bodies orbiting the Sun beyond the orbit of Neptune. What is a “plutino”?: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Quote of the Day:
Francis Bacon
God…doth hang the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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Word of the Day:
monomania
Definition: (noun) Pathological obsession with one idea or subject.
Synonyms: possession
Usage: He thought of it constantly, so that it became a monomania.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
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