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The First Photographs of White Sands National Park?

Posted on December 28, 2019, 12:57 am, by QT Luong, under Locations.
On Friday, December 20, 2019, as White Sands National Monument was redesignated White Sands National Park, I was one of the few visitors inside the park. This ensured that I would be the first to photograph all 62 national parks, and possibly the first to make a photograph in White Sands National Park. White Sands […]
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Lands Stripped of Protections in Bears Ears National Monument

Posted on December 19, 2019, 6:00 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
If you thought the reduction in size of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument was bad, wait until you look at Bears Ears National Monument, which lost even more protections that same day of December 4, 2017. See some of the vast landscapes to be excluded from the monument. The proclamation of Bears Ears National Monument […]
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Wonders Stripped of Protections in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

Posted on December 13, 2019, 12:40 am, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Grand Staircase Escalante is arguably the crown jewel of national monuments, however, the Trump administration wants to reduce it to half its size. Follow me on a tour of six of the most remarkable areas of the monument to lose their protection. When designated in 1996, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, stretching over 2938 square […]
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Road tripping off pavement with the Prius Prime

Posted on December 5, 2019, 7:10 pm, by QT Luong, under Gear.
My car wrecked last September was a Impreza, the most fuel-efficient Subaru. I replaced it with a Toyota Prius Prime. Read about the reasoning behind my choice, and how it worked for an adventurous road trip in the West during which I camped in the car, spent much time driving backcountry unpaved roads and had […]
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