A lone paddler watches the sun set upon the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota. This photo was selected out of more than 5,000 entries to go on display in “Wilderness Forever: 50 Years of Protecting America’s Wild Places,” a new photo exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, which will run through summer 2015.
Wilderness Forever: Lone Paddler
© Dawn M. LaPointe / NBP Courtesy of Nature’s Best Photography