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"Instagram Crowds May Be Ruining Nature" [1]

"You scroll through your friend's Instagram feed and see the most beautiful setting, and think: 'I want to go there.' And so you do.

According to travel photographer Brent Knepper, you are part of the problem.

In the online article "Instagram is Loving Nature to Death," Knepper says that thanks to the photo sharing app, some of the best-kept secrets of the natural world are drawing big crowds and literally altering the landscape."

Lulu Garcia-Navarro reports for NPR's Weekend Edition November 12, 2017. [2]

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Source: NPR [2], 11/13/2017
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/instagram-crowds-may-be-ruining-nature [2] https://www.npr.org/2017/11/12/563398606/instagram-crowds-may-be-ruining-nature [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81