The triumph of the American landscape

Celebrate National Park week with these iconic images by Ansel Adams

Grand Teton National Park.
Lauren Hansen
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(Image credit: Panorama of valley from mountain.)

(Image credit: View across the river valley toward Mt. Moran.)

(Image credit: Navajo woman and infant)

(Image credit: Close panorama of a curved cliff.)

(Image credit: A cactus and its surroundings.)

(Image credit: The side of an adobe house. (Ansel Adams/NARA))

(Image credit: The rock of ages in the big room with two people in the background.)

(Image credit: (Ansel Adams/NARA))

(Image credit: (Ansel Adams/NARA))

(Image credit: St. Mary's Lake, looking across toward snow-capped mountains.)

(Image credit: Church entrance gate.)

(Image credit: Rows of a corn field.)

(Image credit: The Court of the Patriarchs, a set of sandstone cliffs.)

(Image credit: Full view of the city on top of mountain.)

(Image credit: Jupiter Terrace — Fountain Geyser Pool.)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.

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