Shrinking since the early 1900s, the glaciers of Montana’s Glacier National Park are expected to continue declining over the next few decades until only insignificant lumps of ice remain.
Published Jun 15, 2016
The retreat of Grinnell Glacier, in the heart of Glacier National Park, since 1950 is revealed in this image from August 21, 2003.
Published May 13, 2010
Established in 1975, the park saw fur traders nearly two centuries earlier, and it supported human inhabitants thousands of years before that. Today, almost a third of the park is water, and travel through the park is usually by boat.
Published Oct 1, 2006
This true-color image of Glacier National Park in Canada, acquired in September 2001, shows a landscape of lush vegetation alternating with snow-capped peaks.
Published Jun 28, 2009
Retreating glaciers have changed how visitors experience Glacier Bay National Park in southeast Alaska.
Published Aug 31, 2020Image of the Day Heat Land Water Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
The park stretches through the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
Published Sep 8, 2003
The diverse landscape in this Washington park includes mountain peaks, glaciers, rivers, lakes, and forests.
Published Jun 24, 2017
Americans celebrate the 75th anniversary of Shenandoah National Park, just 75 miles from Washington, DC, but worlds away in spirit.
Published Jun 25, 2011
Over 300 glaciers, about one-third of the glaciers in the Lower 48 states, lie within the park boundaries.
Published May 7, 2006
