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  • Large pipes transport nearly boiling water away from the Svartsengi Power Plant in southwest Iceland. It is one of five major plants in Iceland that convert geothermal energy from volcanic sources to hot water or electricity. This plant produces 76.5 MW of electricity, and about 475 litres/second of 90 °C hot water. Excess hot water is used in the Blue Lagoon (Bláa Lónið).
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  • Large pipes transport nearly boiling water away from the Svartsengi Power Plant in southwest Iceland. It is one of five major plants in Iceland that convert geothermal energy from volcanic sources to hot water or electricity. This plant produces 76.5 MW of electricity, and about 475 litres/second of 90 °C hot water. Excess hot water is used in the Blue Lagoon (Bláa Lónið).
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  • A power plant produces geothermal energy at Krafla, Iceland. The power plant turns heat from below the earth’s crust into 60 megawatts of electricity. The Krafla area is very volcanic. The Krafla volcano erupted nine times between 1975 and 1984 and very high temperatures are found 3 to 5 kilometers (2 to 3 miles) of the earth’s surface.
    Iceland_Krafla_GeothermalEnergy_3294.jpg
  • New leaves form on a Youth on Age (Tolmiea menziesii) plant. The plant is named for the fact that new leaves — and sometimes new plants — form at the base of old leaves. It is also known by the names Piggyback Plant and Thousand Mothers.
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  • New leaves form on a Youth on Age (Tolmiea menziesii) plant. The plant is named for the fact that new leaves — and sometimes new plants — form at the base of old leaves. It is also known by the names Piggyback Plant and Thousand Mothers.
    YouthOnAge_0496.jpg
  • Haleakalā silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum) grows in volcanic cinder on the slope of the dormant Haleakalā volcano on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The rare Haleakalā silversword, which is considered threatened, grows at elevations above 6,900 feet (2,100 meters). The plant can have 40 or more sword-like succulent leaves covered with silver hairs, which are strong enough to resist wind. The plant is also specially adapted to the extreme high-altitude temperatures. The leaves and hairs are arranged in such a way to focus sunlight, raising the plant's temperature by as much as 36 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celcius). In Hawaiian, the plant is referred to as ʻāhinahina, which means "very gray."
    Maui_Haleakala_Silversword_6986.jpg
  • A Haleakala silversword plant (Argyroxiphium sandwicense macrocephalum) grows in the volcanic rock near the summit of Mount Haleakal? on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The plant, found only in Haleakala National Park, was once endangered and is still considered threatened. It grows more than a mile above sea level (2,100 to 3,000 m) in tough conditions. The skin and hairs are strong enough to resist the wind and freezing temperature of this altitude and protect the plant from dehydration and the sun.
    maui-haleakala-silversword.jpg
  • Moss, ferns, and trees grow from a large rock outcropping near the Minister Valley in Allegheny National Forest in Warren, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Front was once part of a vast delta and layers of a hard, sandstone congolomerate were deposited. Between 250 and 320 million years ago, the Allegheny Front was lifted, forming hills and mountains. Over time, erosion exposed, split, or dislodged and moved the former sedimentary rock, resulting in large rock outcroppings.
    PA_Allegheny_Outcropping_Roots_8652.jpg
  • A telephoto lens compresses the view of hardstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus acutus) in the Edmonds Marsh in Washington state, displaying the patches of the wetland plant as stacked layers.
    Edmonds-Marsh_Bulrush_Layers_9248.jpg
  • Moss, ferns, and trees grow from a large rock outcropping near the Minister Valley in Allegheny National Forest in Warren, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Front was once part of a vast delta and layers of a hard, sandstone congolomerate were deposited. Between 250 and 320 million years ago, the Allegheny Front was lifted, forming hills and mountains. Over time, erosion exposed, split, or dislodged and moved the former sedimentary rock, resulting in large rock outcroppings.
    PA_Allegheny_Outcropping_Roots_8656.jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads show a variety of autumn colors as they float on Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
    Water-Lilies_Autumn_Detail_Lake-Samm...jpg
  • Numerous water lily pads turn yellow in autumn, mimicking the golden color of a sunset over Lake Sammamish in this view from Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
    WA_Lake-Sammamish_Autumn_Sunset_Mary...jpg
  • Numerous water lily pads turn yellow in autumn, mimicking the golden color of a sunset over Lake Sammamish in this view from Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
    WA_Lake-Sammamish_Autumn_Sunset_Mary...jpg
  • A fragrant water lily (Nymphaea odorata) blooms in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The perennial plant floats on the water surface, and can grow in water up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) deep.
    WaterLily_Arboretum_2285.jpg
  • A dusky dancer (Argia translata) damselfly rests on the red leaves of a coleus plant in the Birmingham Botanical Garden in Birmigham, Alabama.
    Dancer-Dusky_Coleus_Birmingham-Botan...jpg
  • An exotic yellow heliconia, also known as a Golden Torch (Heliconia psittacorum), grows in the jungle near Sayulita, Mexico. The flowering plant blooms year round and can grow to be five to six feet tall (2 meters).
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  • A young lupine plant casts a shadow on granite near Washington Pass in the North Cascades of Washington state.
    WA_Blue-Lake_Lupine-Shadow_4121.jpg
  • A large cluster of fragrant water lily pads (Nymphaea odorata) float on wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The perennial plant grows in clear and calm water that is up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) deep.
    WaterLilies_LilyPads_1439.jpg
  • A fiery sunrise colors the sky above mountains and rubber rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) plants at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park, California.
    Death-Valley_Furnace-Creek_Fiery-Sun...jpg
  • Giant torch ginger stalks (Phaeomeria magnifica) reach high into the sky in thick forest here Hana, Maui. Like many of the plants in the Hawaiian islands, the torch ginger was imported.
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  • Ferns, mosses and other plants grow on the wet rocks in the mist of Nooksack Falls in the North Cascades of Washington state.
    Nooksack-Falls_Ferns_Moss_1559.jpg
  • Three spear thistle plants (Cirsium vulgare), also known as bull thistle, begin to bloom in an open field near the Snohomish River in Snohomish, Washington. The spear thistle is native through most of Europe, Western Asia and northwestern Africa and is the national flower of Scotland. It has been introduced to most other continents and is considered an invasive weed in several U.S. states and Australia.
    Thistle-Spear-Three_Snohomish_5825.jpg
  • Ice forms on and mimics the shape of a deer fern (Blechnum spicant) located near the spray of Elowah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. Creeks and dozens of waterfalls in the area occasionally free over in the winter months, and mist can freeze to nearby plants.
    OR_DeerFern_Ice_Elowah_5087.jpg
  • Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis) grows under a fiery sunrise at the edge of Mono Lake in Mono County, California. Mono Lake has no outlet, so salt accumulates and makes the water alkeline. Limestone columns called tufa towers are visible in the lake. Tufa towers form under water. They were exposed when Los Angeles diverted some of the fresh water that feeds the lake, causing the lake level to drop.
    Mono-Lake_Rabbitbrush_Sunrise_0748.jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads begin to take on golden autumn color as they float on Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Autumn_Lake-Sammamish_9...jpg
  • Several branches of a poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) converge, covering the ground in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Leaves_Green_Converging_Lynnwood_578...jpg
  • Several western brackenferns (Pteridium aquilinum) grow from a crack in a steep rock face in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness near Lake Dorothy, Washington.
    WA-Alpine-Lakes_Ferns_Rock-Face_8054.jpg
  • The blades of a licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza), located near Elowah Falls on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, are covered in ice after a week of subfreezing temperatures.
    OR_LicoriceFern_Ice_Elowah_5098.jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads, some of which are turning yellow in autumn, float in the reflection of a cumulus cloud, which is picking up the golden color of sunset, on Lake Sammamish in Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Cloud-Reflections_Lake-...jpg
  • Several types of trees and shrubs growing along the Sammamish River show a variety of colors in early autumn in this view from Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Autumn-Shrubs_Marymoor-Park_9625.jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads begin to take on golden autumn color as they float on Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Autumn_Lake-Sammamish_9...jpg
  • Hardstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus acutus) grows in the Edmonds Marsh, a saltwater marsh located in Edmonds, Washington.
    Edmonds-Marsh_Bulrush_9257.jpg
  • Dozens of magenta rose campion (Silene coronaria) blossoms stand out against their grayish-green stems and leaves in a garden in King County, Washington.
    Campion_Rose_Flowers_Shoreline_5769.jpg
  • The bright yellow pods of velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina) trees stand out against the green leaves in the early spring in the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, located in the Sonoran Desert near Superior, Arizona.
    Mesquite_Velvet_Patterns_Boyce-Thomp...jpg
  • Tree roots spread out and nearly cover the face of a rock outcropping near Minister Valley in the Allegheny National Forest, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
    PA_Allegheny_Outcropping_TreeRoots_8...jpg
  • California corn lilies (Veratrum californicum) grow around blue lupins in a meadow in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. California corn lilies, also known as California false hellebore, are found in mountain meadows from the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada.
    RainierNP_CornLilies_Lupine_3706.jpg
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  • Fragrant water lily pads, which are beginning to show their autumn colors, float on Lake Sammamish among bulrush and fern stalks in this view from Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Cloud-Reflections_Lake-...jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads, which are beginning to show their autumn colors, float on Lake Sammamish among bulrush and fern stalks in this view from Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Bulrush_Autumn_Lake-Sam...jpg
  • Tree roots spread out and nearly cover the face of a rock outcropping near Minister Valley in the Allegheny National Forest, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
    PA_Allegheny_Outcropping_TreeRoots_8...jpg
  • Several evergreen wood ferns (Dryopteris intermedia) grow on a mossy rock outcropping near the Minister Valley in the Allegheny National Forest in Warren County, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Front was once part of a vast delta and layers of a hard, sandstone congolomerate were deposited. Between 250 and 320 million years ago, the Allegheny Front was lifted, forming hills and mountains. Over time, erosion exposed, split, or dislodged and moved the former sedimentary rock, resulting in large rock outcroppings.
    PA_Allegheny_Minister_Fern_Rock_8643.jpg
  • Several evergreen wood ferns (Dryopteris intermedia) grow on a mossy rock outcropping near the Minister Valley in the Allegheny National Forest in Warren County, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Front was once part of a vast delta and layers of a hard, sandstone congolomerate were deposited. Between 250 and 320 million years ago, the Allegheny Front was lifted, forming hills and mountains. Over time, erosion exposed, split, or dislodged and moved the former sedimentary rock, resulting in large rock outcroppings.
    PA_Allegheny_Minister_Fern_Rock_8642.jpg
  • Bracken ferns (Pteridium aquilinum) display a variety of fall colors on a bluff above Deception Creek near Stevens Pass, Washington.
    FallColor_Brackens_StevensPass_0432.jpg
  • An ohia lehua tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) provides rare color on a lava field in Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. Ohio lehua are the most abundant native trees in Hawaii and are among the first life in new lava flows. According to Hawaiian legend, the tree is actually a young warrior. Pele, the goddess of fire, wanted to marry the warrior. When he refused, she turned him into a tree. The other gods weren't able to turn him back, so they turned his true love into the lehua blossom so they could be reunited. It's said that if you pick one of the blossoms, it will rain - the tears of lovers.
    HI_Volcanoes_OhiaLehua_Blossom_8493.jpg
  • Numerous stalks of Northern Giant Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia braunii) are clustered together in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam, Washington.
    Horsetail_Stalks_Young_7653.jpg
  • Grasses and summer wildflowers, including Indian paintbrush, begin to restablish the otherwise barren hillside beneath Johnston Ridge in Mount St. Helens National Monument, Washington.
    StHelens_Wildflowers_6335.jpg
  • Thick holly grows beside the trunk of a douglas fir tree in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Holly_Douglas-Fir_Forest_8656.jpg
  • The moon gets ready to set near the base of a large saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in the Superstition Wilderness near Gold Canyon, Arizona. Saguaro are native to the Sonoran Desert and are known for their "arms," which take ages to grow. The saguaro can take 10 years to reach its first inch of height and another 60 years to produce its first flowers. By 95-100 years, saguaros can be 15-16 feet tall and may finally produce their first arm, though some of the cacti never generate one.
    Saguaro_Moon_Superstition-Wilderness...jpg
  • The leaves of the poisonous corn lily (Veratrum californicum), otherwise known as a false hellebore, twist into a swirl pattern. Corn lilies are commonly found in forested areas where the soil is consistently moist.
    CornLilySwirl.jpg
  • A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) picks a berry from a Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta) shrub in Everett, Washington. Cedar waxwings eat berries year-round, though they supplement their diet with insects during breading season.
    Waxwing-Cedar_Holly-Berries_Everett_...jpg
  • A close-up image of the trunk of an Arizona sycamore (Platanus wrightii) reveals abstract, almost monochromatic patterns of its bark. The Arizona sycamore is native to the states of Arizona and New Mexico. This Arizona sycamore was found in a lush area near Montezuma Well in Montezuma Castle National Monument.
    Sycamore_Arizona_Bark_Detail_Montezu...jpg
  • A close-up image of the trunk of an Arizona sycamore (Platanus wrightii) reveals abstract, almost monochromatic patterns of its bark. The Arizona sycamore is native to the states of Arizona and New Mexico. This Arizona sycamore was found in a lush area near Montezuma Well in Montezuma Castle National Monument.
    Sycamore_Arizona_Bark_Detail_Montezu...jpg
  • A Calla lily (Zantedeschia albomaculata) grows on a small bluff near Rodeo Beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near San Francisco, California. The flowering perennial is native to southern Africa, but has now been introduced to all continents except Antarctica.
    Calla-Lily_Rodeo-Beach_5390.jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • The nearly full moon rises between the branches of a madrona tree, located near Eatonville, Washington.
    Full Moon and Pacific Madrone (#0567)
  • Leaves of several California corn lilies (Veratrum californicum) grow around each other in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state. California corn lilies, also known as California false hellebore, are found in mountain meadows from the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada.
    Corn-Lilies_Gifford-Pincho-NF_8811.jpg
  • A bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva) grows among the lava rocks that make up a cider cone in the Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho.
    CratersOfTheMoon_Lava-Rock_Bitterroo...jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • Colorful garden croton (Codiaeum variegatum) leaves growing on the coast of the Hawaiian island of Maui are wet after a rainstorm. The garden croton, a shrub that can grow to heights of nearly 10 feet (3 meters), is native to southern India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands.
    Maui_GardenCroton_Makena_7034.jpg
  • A yucca known as Our Lord's Candle (Yucca whipplei) blooms at Yucca Point in Kings Canyon National Park, California. The yucca can grow to be six feet (2 meters) tall. Its blooming season runs from April through June.
    Yucca_OurLordsCandle_KingsCanyon_858...jpg
  • Lyell's Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum lyellii) grows in the fork of a birch tree trunk in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Moss-Lyells-Bristle_Marymoor_9688.jpg
  • Numerous drops of rain stick to a blade of grass in a yard in Snohomish County, Washington. A yellow buttercup flower is rendered out of focus in the background.
    Raindrops_Grass_Lynnwood_7417.jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) swallows a berry from a Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta) shrub in Everett, Washington. Cedar waxwings eat berries year-round, though they supplement their diet with insects during breading season.
    Waxwing-Cedar_Holly-Berries_Everett_...jpg
  • Pink magnolia flowers reach toward the bright, overcast sky in early spring in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Magnolia_Flowers_High-Key_1622.jpg
  • Three arms begin to sprout on a saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. Saguaro are native to the Sonoran Desert and are known for their "arms," which take ages to grow. The saguaro can take 10 years to reach its first inch of height and another 60 years to produce its first flowers. By 95-100 years, saguaros can be 15-16 feet tall and may finally produce their first arm, though some of the cacti never generate one.
    Saguaro-NP_Saguaro_Arms-Starting_080...jpg
  • An arm begins to sprout on a saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. Saguaro are native to the Sonoran Desert and are known for their "arms," which take ages to grow. The saguaro can take 10 years to reach its first inch of height and another 60 years to produce its first flowers. By 95-100 years, saguaros can be 15-16 feet tall and may finally produce their first arm, though some of the cacti never generate one.
    Saguaro-NP_Saguaro_Arm-Start_0788.jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) feeds on Purple Milkweed (Asclepias cordifolia), also known as Heartleaf Milkweed, in the valley of Yosemite National Park, California.
    Monarch_Milkweek_Yosemite_7949.jpg
  • Hundreds of yuccas known as Our Lord's Candle (Yucca whipplei) bloom at Yucca Point in Kings Canyon National Park, California. The yuccas can grow to be six feet (2 meters) tall. Its blooming season runs from April through June.
    Yucca_OurLordsCandle_Many_KingsCanyo...jpg
  • A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) feeds on Purple Milkweed (Asclepias cordifolia), also known as Heartleaf Milkweed, in the valley of Yosemite National Park, California.
    Butterfly_Monarch_Milkweed_Yosemite_...jpg
  • A water forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides) begins to blossom in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Arboretum_Water-Forget-Me-Not_9772.jpg
  • Moss begins to overtake the rocky landscape within the blast zone at Mount St. Helens National Monument, Washington. This image was captured nearly 30 years after the violent May 18, 1980 eruption. The first wildflowers began to appear in this spot about 20 years after the eruption.
    MountStHelens_lichen_6801.jpg
  • A lush jungle grows on the hills above Sayulita, Mexico.
    Sayulita_jungle_1052.jpg
  • A soaptree yucca (Yucca elata) casts a long shadow over a dune in the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. Shifting sand has partially buried this yucca. The plant's stem can grow as much as one foot per year to help it keep its leaves above the sand.
    NM_WhiteSands_YuccaShadow_1291.jpg
  • Two female greater scaups (Aythya marila) swim in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle. Lesser scaups dive to feed on plant seeds, snails, insects, and crustaceans.
    GreaterScaup_Arboretum_3451.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of Pacific Ocean waves crashing through the Hōlei Sea Arch in Volcanoes National Park, Hawai`i. The Hōlei Sea Arch is about 90 feet (27 meters) tall and quite young. The erosive force of the waves created the arch within the past 100 years. The lava cliff itself is only about 550 years old. Hōlei is the name for a small plant in the milkweed family.
    HI_Volcanoes_Holei-Sea-Arch_9022.jpg
  • The remains of a dead ivy plant cling to the bark of a western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) tree in Yost Park, Edmonds, Washington.
    Hemlock-Western_Ivy-Remains_Yost_872...jpg
  • Fragrant water lilies (Nymphaea odorata) grow up from the bottom of Lake Washington in this underwater view from the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The fragrant water lily's leaves float on the water surface and the plant itself is rooted in mucky or silty sediment up to six to seven feet (2 meters) deep.
    WaterLilies_Underwater_Arboretum_F00...jpg
  • A yucca plant grows on one of the white dunes in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. The white sand dunes are comprised of gypsum crystals, which is rarely found as sand because it is water-soluble. But the Tularosa Basin is surrounded by mountains and there is no direct outlet to the sea for any rain that falls there. Any water eventually drains through the ground leaving the gypsum behind in a crystalline form called selenite. White Sands National Monument is the largest gypsum dune field in the world.
    NM_WhiteSands_YuccaAndDunes_1266.jpg
  • A moose (Alces alces) feeds on plant life in Fishercap Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana.
    moose-FishercapLake-0436.jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) floats on the water among water lilies in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Pied-billed grebes are found throughout the Americas, typically on freshwater wetlands that have aquatic plants.
    Grebe_Pied-Billed_Floating_Arboretum...jpg
  • A Mule Deer, also known as a Black-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus), feeds on ferns and other plants in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California.
    Deer_Mule_Yosemite_Feeding_7887.jpg
  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plumage rests on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_0382.jpg
  • An Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus knudseni), also known as an Ae'o, is reflected in the water of the Kanaha Pond Wildlife Sanctuary in Wailuku on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The Hawaiian stilt is considered endangered, with fewer than 1,500 currently found in the Hawaiian islands. It feeds on the larvae of dragon flies, small fish, worms, crabs, water insects, and the seeds and roots of water plants.
    maui-stilt-reflection.jpg
  • Colorful, abstract shapes make up the bark of the Stewartia x henryae tree in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. This hybrid first occurred as a spontaneous cross between Stewartia monadelpha and Stewartia pseudocamellia at the Henry Foundation for Botanical Research in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, though the majority of plants that make up the Stewartia species are native to China.
    Arboretum_Stewartia-Henryae_Bark_036...jpg
  • Plants and fallen leaves are visible in the water of a clear stream in the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park, Washington. Fine grains of sand cleanse the streams of the rain forest, resulting in clear, pure water.
    OlympicNP_Hoh_ClearStream_0105.jpg
  • A pair of yucca plants grow on a large dunes in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. The white sand dunes are comprised of gypsum crystals, which is rarely found as sand because it is water-soluble. But the Tularosa Basin is surrounded by mountains and there is no direct outlet to the sea for any rain that falls there. Any water eventually drains through the ground leaving the gypsum behind in a crystalline form called selenite. White Sands National Monument is the largest gypsum dune field in the world.
    NM_WhiteSands_YuccaAndDunes_1299.jpg
  • A tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) swims in a marsh located in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Ridgefield, Washington. Hundreds of tundra swans spend part of the winter in Ridgefield, feeding on aquatic plants and mollusks.
    ridgefield-tundra-swan-4687.jpg
  • An American pipit (Anthus rubescens) poses with an insect that it caught above the tree line in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. American pipits are found in the tundra and on alpine slopes and they forage by walking on the ground, taking insects from the ground or from low plants.
    Pipit-American_Insect_RainierNP_4437.jpg
  • A pair of yucca plants grow on a large dunes in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. The white sand dunes are comprised of gypsum crystals, which is rarely found as sand because it is water-soluble. But the Tularosa Basin is surrounded by mountains and there is no direct outlet to the sea for any rain that falls there. Any water eventually drains through the ground leaving the gypsum behind in a crystalline form called selenite. White Sands National Monument is the largest gypsum dune field in the world.
    NM_WhiteSands_YuccaAndDunes_1295.jpg
  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plumage rests on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_0347.jpg
  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plumage rests in thick fog on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_Foggy_013...jpg
  • Spray from small cascades in Wahkeena Creek freezes to ferns and other plants draped along the creek's banks on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. The creek and dozens of waterfalls in the area occasionally turn to ice in the winter.
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  • Spray from small cascades in Wahkeena Creek freezes to ferns and other plants draped along the creek's banks on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. The creek and dozens of waterfalls in the area occasionally turn to ice in the winter.
    OR_WahkeenaCreek_Ice_4839.jpg
  • Thousands of snow geese walk and fly in formation over a farmer's field near Mount Vernon, Washington. More than 30,000 snow geese winter in the area, feeding on grass and other plants before flying north for the summer.
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  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plummage rests on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_0447.jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) sits on her nest among dried-out water lilies in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Pied-billed grebes are found throughout the Americas, typically on freshwater wetlands that have aquatic plants.
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