The triumph of the American landscape
Celebrate National Park week with these iconic images by Ansel Adams


(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.)
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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.