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Blue Mesa Trail, Petrified Forest National Park (NPS photo)
National parks may seem like they never change, but change is inevitable. Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park's Holei Sea Arch, a 90-foot-tall column of lava carved away from the shoreline by the ocean, collapsed Sunday. At least we'll always have the photo on page 103!
Famed 90-foot Holei Sea Arch collapses on Hawaii Island
The collapse happened on Sunday, Sept. 27 on Hawaii Island.
Is it just me, or is the idea of building a facility capable of hosting a baseball game in Grand Teton National Park absolutely absurd?
MLB, White House discuss playing game at national park
The White House said in a statement that MLB asked the administration about hosting a game at a national park, adding that the National Park Service has not granted a permit to do so.
Hot stuff! An amoeba found in a spring at Lassen Volcanic National Park survives temperatures of 145 degrees — about the temperature of a hot cup of coffee.
Volcanic Springs Amoeba Survives 63 °C, Setting a New Heat Record For Complex Life
Complex lifeforms can be pretty picky when it comes to temperature.