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This photo shows the Ghost Panel in Canyonlands National Park Bret Webster
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Death Valley National Park under the Milky Way Shutterstock
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Double Arch and a shooting star, in Arches National Park Bret Webster
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The Milky Way is seen over Death Valley National Park Shutterstock
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Double Arch and a shooting star, in Arches National Park Bret Webster
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Old Faithful erupts against the night sky in Yellowstone National Park iStock
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A Signal Hill Petroglyph sits under the night skies in Saguaro National Park in Arizona Shutterstock
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Balanced Rock at Arches National Park Bret Webster
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The annual Leonid meteor shower is shown over Delicate Arch in Arches National Park Joe Bauman
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The Hale-Bopp Comet and the Grand Teton create a stellar view as seen from Moose, Wyo., in Grand Teton National Park Monday evening, March 24, 1997. The nearly full moon provided illumination for the peak. Barry Williams, Jackson Hole Guide
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The stars gleam over Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii Shutterstock
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Earth-bound clouds cross the Milky Way and the night sky at Capitol Reef National Park Eric Hicken
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Landscape Arch in Arches National Park Bret Webster
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Long exposure stair trails stretch across the sky in Joshua Tree National Park Shutterstock
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The Milky Way is shown over Mount Rainier and the Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state Shutterstock
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Star tracks from a long night camera exposure in the Grand Canyon. Ravell Call, Deseret News
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The night sky over Zion National Park iStock
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The Perseid meteor shower is seen over Joshua Tree National Park in California Shutterstock
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In this file photo made Dec 20, 2006, stars trails streak across the sky in a 75-minute time-exposure at Acadia National Park, Maine. Robert F. Bukaty, Associated Press
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A campground is set up at Huntoon Point on Mt. Baker in the North Cascades National Park Shutterstock
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The Ursa Major constellation can be seen over the Badlands National Park mountains in South Dakota Shutterstock
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Stars are shown in Joshua Tree National Park in California Shutterstock
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A unique view of Landscape Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, backed by our Milky Way galaxy. Bret Webster
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A light eruption in Arches National Park Bret Webster
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The North Window Arch in Arches National Park Bret Webster
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Camping under the stars in the Everglades National Park Shutterstock
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Like a frozen waterfall, a wall of ice more than 40-feet-high stretches down to the high-tide line on Otter Cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, in this time-exposure made Thursday, March 6, 2014, at Acadia National Park in Maine. Robert F. Bukaty, Associated Press
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Stars emerge over the Everglades National Park Shutterstock
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The night sky over Yosemite National Park Shutterstock
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Star trails fill the sky over Grand Teton National Park iStock
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Yosemite National Park's El Capitan is shown beneath star-filled skies Shutterstock
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This photos shows the night sky and stars over Big Bend National Park in Texas Shutterstock
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The silhouette of Landscape Arch in Arches National Park Bret Webster
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Giant sequoia reach toward the heavens in Sequoia National Park Shutterstock
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Stars over the Virgin River in Zion National Park, Utah iStock
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Star trails are seen in Grand Canyon National Park iStock
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South Dakotas Badlands National Park at night. Shutterstock
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Star trails are seen over Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, California Shutterstock
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Stars are reflected in Tipsoo Lake in Mount Rainier National Park Shutterstock
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The night sky looms over False Kiva in Utah's Canyonlands National Park Shutterstock
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The Milky Way stretches across the sky over Crater Lake National Park in Oregon Shutterstock
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This photo shows a view of the Milky Way and the night sky at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park Shutterstock
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Star trails stretch across the sky above Chimney Rock in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. Shutterstock
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The hills of Yellowstone are silhouetted against the night sky Shutterstock
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The Milky Way stretches over Mt. Moran and Jackson Lake in the Grand Teton National Park Shutterstock
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Stars twinkle in Yosemite National Park Shutterstock
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The Milky Way lights up the southern sky while a campfire illuminates the sea stacks on Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington. Shutterstock
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A tunnel in Yosemite stretches through the mountain while stars shine above Shutterstock
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Stars glitter as the moon rises over the rocks of Utah's Canyonlands Shutterstock
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Earth-bound clouds cross the Milky Way and the night sky at Capitol Reef National Park Eric Hicken
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Earth-bound clouds cross the Milky Way and the night sky at Capitol Reef National Park Eric Hicken
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The night sky is seen behind Santa Elena Canyon on the Rio Grande river in Big Bend National Park, Texas Shutterstock
Jackie Hicken
By Jackie Hicken

Next year, the National Park Service will turn 100. There are more than 50 national parks in the United States, which draw in more than 200 million visitors a year. Seeing national parks during the day can be awe-inspiring, but here's a photographic look at those same national parks with the added bonus of the brilliant night sky.

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