--- title: Breathtaking Views of the National Parks From Space description: On the 99th anniversary of the National Parks service, we take a unique view of some of our most beloved and treasured parks. canonical: https://time.com/4009904/see-breathtaking-views-of-the-national-parks-from-space/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-25T16:36:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:56.195Z article:section: Science og:title: See Breathtaking Views of the National Parks From Space og:description: Yosemite, Redwood, and other famous parks as they look from outer space og:url: https://time.com/4009904/see-breathtaking-views-of-the-national-parks-from-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71a29fea57ff7c6d/698860bd0a4a2218159c5c77/nasa-whitesands-space-aug-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: NASA - White Sands National Monument og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Breathtaking Views of the National Parks From Space twitter:description: Yosemite, Redwood, and other famous parks as they look from outer space twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71a29fea57ff7c6d/698860bd0a4a2218159c5c77/nasa-whitesands-space-aug-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Breathtaking Views of the National Parks From Space by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Aug 25, 2015 4:36 PM UTC  White Sands National Monument, Jun. 27, 2009 White Sands National Monument, Jun. 27, 2009Jesse Allen—NASA by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Aug 25, 2015 4:36 PM UTC  Yosemite National Park, Aug. 18, 2015 Jesse Allen—NASA  Colorado National Monument, Apr. 2, 2012 Jesse Allen—NASA  Redwood National Park, Feb. 6, 2003 Jesse Allen—NASA  Hot Springs National Park, Jun. 13, 2013 Jesse Allen—NASA  White Sands National Monument, Jun. 27, 2009 Jesse Allen—NASA  Shenandoah National Park, Oct. 13, 2010 Jesse Allen—NASA  Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, May 15, 2015 Jesse Allen—NASA  Big Bend National Park, May 10, 2002 Jesse Allen—NASA  Joshua Tree National Park, May 28, 2003 Jesse Allen—NASA  Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Sept. 19, 2002 Jesse Allen—NASA ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4009904/see-breathtaking-views-of-the-national-parks-from-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4009904/see-breathtaking-views-of-the-national-parks-from-space/"},"headline":"See Breathtaking Views of the National Parks From Space","datePublished":"2015-08-25T16:36:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:56.195Z","description":"Yosemite, Redwood, and other famous parks as they look from outer space","url":"https://time.com/4009904/see-breathtaking-views-of-the-national-parks-from-space/","keywords":["Space","Science topic","photography","America","National Parks","landscape"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71a29fea57ff7c6d/698860bd0a4a2218159c5c77/nasa-whitesands-space-aug-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71a29fea57ff7c6d/698860bd0a4a2218159c5c77/nasa-whitesands-space-aug-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NASA - White Sands National Monument","caption":"NASA - White Sands National Monument","creditText":"Jesse Allen—NASA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4009904/see-breathtaking-views-of-the-national-parks-from-space/","name":"See Breathtaking Views of the National Parks From Space"}}]}] ```