Photos & Multimedia

 

A picture is worth a thousand words. How many times do we say this and how many times is it proven to us? Sunsets, animals, an artifact representing a piece of history ties us to a place that we have visited or entice us to visit that place. Enjoy the photos in the photo gallery and this place called Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.

Needle and thread grass, Platte Lupine, and yucca on the slope below and west of the Quarry A ridge.

NPS Photo / Fred MacVaugh.

Photography

The prairies of the Nebraska Panhandle can be surprisingly picturesque.Our two trails are open dawn to dusk, so be sure to come early or stay late to capture our amazing golden hour colors!

While the monument is closed at night, check out our park calendar for the next NIght Sky Program and try your hand at landscape astrophotography. Our sky quality darkness numbers rival even the most famous "dark sky parks!"

NPS Photography Galleries

Explore the pictures taken by our staff and visiting volunteer photographers on our NPGallery albums.

 

Documentaries, Events and Videography

Check out some of the special events and video projects created by Agate Fossil Beds staff.

• General Videos provides a collection of different information including rangers with different backgrounds, soundscapes, and special in-park events.
• Letters from Agate showcases rangers reading correspondence between the Cook family and paleontologists across the country.
• Dig Up! The Latest Science from Agate showcases recent paleontologists researching our ancient mammals. There may not be current digs, but there is plenty of science happening!
• National Writing Project/Write-Out Videos pairs rangers with language arts educators across the Midwest. Rangers give the resources background, while the educators provide insight on a language arts tool using these resources.