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  • A variety of wildflowers, including Alpine aster (Oreostemma alpigenum), Broadleaf lupine (Lupinus arcticus) and Magenta paintbrush (Castilleja parviflora) grow near Tipsoo Lake, which partially reflects Mount Rainier at sunrise. This image was captured near the Chinook Pass Scenic Byway in Washington state.
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  • Mount Rainier rises above hillsides ablaze in fall color in this view from the Chinook Pass Scenic Byway, Washington.
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  • Billowing cumulus clouds tower over the summit of Church Rock, a sandstone monolith found along the Indian Creek Corridor Scenic Byway near Monticello in Eastern Utah.
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  • Cottonwood trees displaying their golden autumn colors grow along the Rio Chama, or Chama River, near Abiquiú, New Mexico. Rio Chama has supported human life for about 10,000 years and in 1988, a portion of the river was designated a National Wild and Scenic River by the U.S. Congress.
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  • Cottonwood trees displaying their golden autumn colors grow along the Rio Chama, or Chama River, near Abiquiú, New Mexico. Rio Chama has supported human life for about 10,000 years and in 1988, a portion of the river was designated a National Wild and Scenic River by the U.S. Congress.
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  • Maple trees frame a view of the sun setting over the Salish Sea as captured from Chuckanut Drive, a scenic road that connects Bow and Bellingham, Washington. Lummi and Orcas islands are visible in the background. Dogfish Point is visible immediately beneath the sun.
    WA_Chuckanut-Drive_Sunset_8525.jpg
  • The scenic Haipua'ena Falls is reflected into a small pond at its base. Haipua'ena Falls is one of many waterfalls located along the Road to Hana in Maui, Hawaii.
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  • Horsetail Falls, one of many scenic waterfalls in Oregon's Columbia Gorge, drops about 50 feet (15 metres). This waterfall is located between the Oneonta Gorge and Ainsworth State Park.
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  • The crescent moon is visible over the mountain range at the center of Snæfellsnes, a scenic peninsula in western Iceland.
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  • A section of Husum Falls, located in Klickitat County, Washington, cascades over rocks in the White Salmon River. The full waterfall is approximately 12 feet (3.5 meters) tall and 75 feet (23 meters) across. The White Salmon River is a tributary of the Columbia River, flowing 44 miles (71 kilometers) from the slopes of Mount Adams to the Columbia River gorge. Parts of the White Salmon River have been designated Wild and Scenic.
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  • Two small waterfalls flow into Queen's Bath, a scenic, bathtub-shaped tide pool located  on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
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  • Thick fog shrouds Shuksan Arm, a steep rocky ridge in the North Cascades of Washington state. This was photographed from Artists Ridge, located at the end of the Mount Baker Highway (State Route 542), one of Washington state's scenic byways.
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  • McLean Falls, which drops 22 meters (72 feet), is considered one of the most scenic and popular waterfalls in the Catlins region of New Zealand.
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  • The scenic Wahkeena Falls is one of many waterfalls located in the Columbia Gorge of Oregon. Wahkeena Falls, which drops 242 feet (73 metres), is named after the word that means "most beautiful" in Yakama Indian.
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  • Crepuscular Rays, also known as god beams, form over the Atlantic Ocean and a large sea arch called Manneporte in the late afternoon in Étretat, France. Manneporte is the largest of the three natural sea arches that have formed in the white chalk cliffs, known as the Falaise d'Étretat, which are as tall as 90 meters (300 feet).
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  • The sea arch Porte d'Aval and the sea stack L'Aiguille (the Needle) stand in the Atlantic Ocean next to the cliffs of Étretat in Normandy, France. Porte d'Aval is most-widely known of the three natural sea arches that have formed in the white chalk cliffs, known as the Falaise d'Étretat, which are as tall as 90 meters (300 feet). L'Aiguille, or the Needle, rises 70 meters (230 feet) above the sea.
    Etretat_Porte-d'Aval_L'Aiguille_9577.jpg
  • The North and South Windows in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, are natural windows that eroded from the same Estrada sandstone fin.
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  • The North and South Windows in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, are natural windows that eroded from the same Estrada sandstone fin.
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  • Vibrant fall colors reflect on the Swift River, which flows through the White Mountains in New Hampshire..
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  • The Three Graces reach high into the sky in the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Three Graces are just one of many dramatic sandstone features of the park. According to geologists, the sedimentary rock was tilted by the forces that built nearby Pikes Peak and other mountains.
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  • Several mountains in the Canadian Rockies reflect in the turquoise-colored Moraine Lake, located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, at sunrise. This area is known as the Valley of the Ten Peaks, named for the ten tall mountains at the lake's edge. Moraine Lake has a unique aqua color that results from the silt deposited by glaciers.
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  • The Bow Mountain Range, part of the Canadian Rockies, is reflected in the still waters of Herbert Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • A fumerole shoots steam high into the air at Hverir, an especially active geothermal area in northern Iceland.
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  • Storm clouds bringing heavy rain lift and swirl in the Mica Valley located near Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada.
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  • A hint of golden sunrise color shines through the dark storm clouds hovering over Wizard Island and Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Crater Lake, the deepest fresh water lake in North America, is located in a caldera at the top of what was once Mount Mazama. A massive eruption around 5,700 B.C. caused the mountain to collapse. While the Wizard Island cone is long dormant, there is some hydrothermal activity at the bottom of Crater Lake, suggesting the mountain is still active.
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  • A rainstorm sits at the summit of Mount Si, resulting in a rainbow that falls at the mountain's base in North Bend, Washington. Mount Si is a 4,167-foot (1,270 meter) mountain that is a remnant of an oceanic plate volcano. It lies at the western edge of the Cascade Range of mountains.
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  • The Yakima River bends back on itself, nearly forming a circle near Ellensburg, Washington.
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  • A raven flies past the Old Faithful geyser as it erupts in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. When Old Faithful erupts, it can launch as much as 8,400 gallons (32,000 liters) of boiling water as high as 185 feet (56 meters), although the average eruption height is 145 feet (44 meters). The time between eruptions is growing longer on average, possibly because earthquakes have affected underground water levels. The current interval is either 65 or 91 minutes depending on attributes of the prior eruption.
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  • The rugged Deception Island is visible across Deception Pass from near North Beach in Deception Pass State Park on Whidbey Island, Washington.
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  • Autumn color lines the banks of the Cuyahoga River as it flows through Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio.
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  • Mount Baker, a 10,781-foot (3,286-meter) volcano in the North Cascades of Washington state, rises above a fog bank and Puget Sound in this view from Edmonds, Washington.
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  • Upper Tahquamenon Falls, framed by winter ice, drops 48 feet (14 meters) in Tahquamenon Falls State Park in the upper peninsula of Michigan. The upper falls are more than 200 feet (60 meters) across and portions of the waterfall freeze in winter. The water of the Tahquamenon River appears brown or red because of tannic acid that results from the organic material generated by the cedar, hemlock and spruce forests along the river.
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  • The Tahquamenon River flows around ice in the river upstream from Upper Tahquamenon Falls in Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Michigan. The Tahquamenon River's brown color comes from tannic acid generated by organic material from cedar, hemlock and spruce trees along its banks. The golden light of sunrise reflecting on the river intensifies that color in this image.
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  • A great blue heron watches a large flock of Canada geese swim up the Sammamish River near Kenmore, Washington, on a foggy winter morning.
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  • Mount Rainier is partially reflected in a tarn in a meadow along Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Mount Rainier, with an elevation of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the tallest mountain in Washington and the highest mountain in the Cascade Range.
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  • The wind blows blades of dried grass, which carve a light groove into a sand dune in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco, Washington. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness is named for the western juniper trees that grow there, the northernmost cluster of such trees. Located in Franklin County, Washington, Juniper Dunes is a protected wilderness area that comprises 7,140 acres (28.9 km²). Some dunes in the area measure more than 130 feet (40 meters) in height and 1,000 feet (305 meters) in width. The dunes formed in what was essentially a flood basin at the end of the last ice age.
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  • The sunrise colors the storm clouds passing over the mountains along Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana. Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Glacier National Park, approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, and over a mile (1.6 km) wide. Filling a valley that was carved by glaciers, the lake is 472 feet (130 m) deep.
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  • A large kiawe (Prosopis pallida) tree frames of the southwestern coast of the Hawaiian island of Maui near the town of Makena. The first kiawe tree was introduced to Hawaii in 1828 and is now one of the most common trees in the dry lowlands of the Hawaiian islands. The prominent hill visible just to the right of the center of this image if Pu`u Ola`i, a 320-foot (98-meter) cinder cone formed when molten lava erupted from a volcanic vent and fell back to earth forming a nearly perfect cone. Pu`u Ola`i is also known as Earthquake Hill, Red Hill, and Round Mountain.
    Maui_Makena_Kiawe_PuuOlai_6384.jpg
  • Mist at the top of Snoqualmie Falls near Snoqualmie, Washington is turned golden by the rising sun, while the wall below is encased in thick winter ice. At Snoqualmie Falls, the Snoqualmie River drops 268 feet (82 meters).
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  • Thousands of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) fly in tight formation over Skagit Bay, located in Skagit County, Washington.
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  • The sunrise colors the storm clouds passing over the mountains along Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana. Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Glacier National Park, approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, and over a mile (1.6 km) wide. Filling a valley that was carved by glaciers, the lake is 472 feet (130 m) deep.
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  • The late afternoon sun highlights the mist rising from a small waterfall in Deception Creek, located near Stevens Pass, Washington.
    DeceptionCreek_GoldenMist_4475.jpg
  • Storm clouds surround the summit of Mount Shasta, a 14,179-foot (4,322 m) volcano in Siskyou County, California at twilight. Shasta is the second-highest peak in the Cascade Range, and the largest by volume.
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  • A large sea stack is partially reflected in the sand at Ecola State Park, near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
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  • Edith Creek flows from Mount Rainier through a large meadow above Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
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  • The Three Graces reach high into the sky in the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Three Graces are just one of many dramatic sandstone features of the park. According to geologists, the sedimentary rock was tilted by the forces that built nearby Pikes Peak and other mountains.
    CO_GardenGods_ThreeGraces_2320.jpg
  • Tens of thousands of California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) blanket the Carrizo Plain in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California. The Carrizo Plain is the single largest remaining section of native grasslands, which used to be common in Califonria.
    CA_Goldfields_CarrizoPlain_7830.jpg
  • The full moon sets over the Bryce Canyon amphitheater at sunrise. The Earth's shadow and a red band, known as the Belt of Venus, are visible just above the horizon. Bryce Canyon is a national park in Utah.
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  • A narrow canyon winds through a petrified sand dune located at the Wave, Coyote Buttes Wilderness, northern Arizona.
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  • A fiery fall sunrise lights up the sky above countless peaks that make up the Badlands in Badlands National Park, South Dakota.
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  • A sandstone arch in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, frames a view of another arch.
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  • Fragrant water lily pads begin to take on golden autumn color as they float on Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
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  • Mount Rainier is framed by the opening of an ice cave near the Skyline Trail in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. At 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), Mount Rainier is the tallest mountain in Washington state and the highest point the Cascade mountain range.
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  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) shines in the twilight sky over Skagit Bay in this view from Camano Island, Washington. Comet NEOWISE is a long-period comet and its current orbital path will take about 6,800 years to complete. Its nucleus is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) across and is covered with sooty, dark particles left over from its formation near the birth of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
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  • Heavy rain and hail streak across the golden sky over Hogwallow Flats at daybreak in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
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  • Atlantic Ocean waves flow into a sea cave in a basalt cliff near Hellnar on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in western Iceland.
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  • A long exposure captures plumes rising from eruptions of both Old Faithful (right) and Grand Geyser (left) at dawn in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Yellowstone is home to the world's largest concentration of active geysers, with more than 400 geysers in its Upper Geyser Basin alone.
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  • A handful of evergreen trees stand out against a backdrop of bare winter trees on a hillside overlooking Gos Ventre in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
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  • Icicles grow from the branches of a tree near Lake View in Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana. The ice formed on a 20-degree day when Lake Michigan waves splashed water onto the shore.
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  • A band of clouds, showing a hint of pink at dusk, passes over Cathedral Rock near Sedona, Arizona. Cathedral Rock is a 4,967 foot (1,514 meter) sandstone butte that is located in the Coconino National Forest.
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  • The Grand Tetons are reflected in the still waters of the Snake River shortly after an autumn sunrise in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The tallest mountain in this image — and in Grand Teton National Park — is Grand Teton, which is 13,770 feet (4,197 meters) tall. This image was captured at Schwabacher Landing where a beaver dam has slowed the Snake River.
    Tetons_Schwabacher_Sunrise_3210.jpg
  • Stars fill the sky above the Superstition Mountains, which are surrounded by saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea) in the Superstition Wilderness in Arizona. The saguaro is a large cactus noted for its "arms" that is native to the Sonoran Desert.
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  • A large rock frames Weavers Needle, a distinctive 4,555-foot (1,388-meter) spire in the Superstition Wilderness in Arizona. Weavers Needle is made up of heavily-eroded fused volcanic ash, called tuff, and is a prominent and distictive peak that's visible for miles. It played a significant role in the stories of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, with its shadow supposedly pointing toward to golden treasure.
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  • A variety of colorful spring flowers bloom among the large rocks in the bluffs of Malibu, California.
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  • Viewed through heavy rain, fall color surrounds the sandstone rocks of the Bear Rocks Preserve in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia.
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  • Storm clouds advance over the marsh of the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. The refuge is at the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, a narrow peninsula bordered by Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
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  • A rainbow starts to rise from the Atlantic Ocean not far from Reynisdrangar sea stacks just off Reynisfjara beach near Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland. There are a number of Iceland legends about the basalt sea stacks. In the most common legend, two trolls were turned to stone as they were caught dragging a three-masted ship to shore at daybreak.
    Iceland_Vik_Troll-Rocks_Rainbow_2252.jpg
  • The late evening sun lights up golden flowers and driftwood just before it sets behind the Olympic Mountains in this view from Richmond Beach, Shoreline, Washington.
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  • Lichen grows on the walls near the entrance of Beauty Cave, a 300-foot (100-meter) long lava tube in the Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho.
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  • Numerous caves are visible a soft rock cliff wall in Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The national monument protects caves that were used by humans for shelters more than 11,000 years ago.
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  • A long exposure blurs the motion of Pacific Ocean waves on a foggy morning in Venice Beach, California.
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  • Alameda Creek carves a path through a muddy delta to reach the San Francisco Bay near Oakland, California.
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  • A large tree and leaning snag stand tall above the second-growth forest on Jackman Ridge, which is obscured by fog, in the North Cascades of Washington state.
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  • Hundreds of stars in the night sky shine over Mount Si and Borst Lake in this scene from Snoqualmie, Washington. Mount Si is a 4167 ft (1270 m) mountain that is located in neighboring North Bend. Mount Si is a remnant of an oceanic plate volcano. Its summit is a class 3 rock scramble known as the Haystack.
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  • Fresh snow coats the summits of the peaks at Landmannalaugar, located in the highlands of Iceland. Landmannalaugar, part of the Fjallabak Nature Reserve, sits at the edge of the Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477.
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  • Hunters Run drops more than 20 feet (7 meters) at Springfield Falls, which is surrounded by summer wildflowers, in western Pennsylvania.
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  • Mount Baker, a 10,781 foot (3,286 meter) volcano located in Whatcom County, Washington state, takes on a pastel appearance through morning fog near Artist Point in the North Cascades. Mount Baker, which is part of the Cascade Range of mountains, has the second-most thermally active crater in the range, second only to Mount St. Helens. Baker's volcanic cone is relatively young, possibly less than 100,000 years old, even though the area where it sits has been volcanically active for 1.5 million years.
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  • A bright rainbow stretches across the rugged eastern slope of the dormant Haleakalā volcano on the island of Maui, Hawai`i. Haleakalā, the eastern of the two volcanoes on Maui, last erupted sometime between 1480 and 1600 AD. On average, Haleakala National Park receives about 50 inches (1263 millimeters) of rain per year.
    Maui_Haleakala_Rainbow_6967.jpg
  • A waterfall commonly referred to as Hug Point Falls flows past a cave at Hug Point on the Oregon coast. At high tide, Hug Point Falls empties directly into the Pacific Ocean. Such waterfalls are called tide falls.
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  • A 10-minute exposure captures a nighttime lightning storm, visible through Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
    Canyonlands_MesaArch_Lightning_1148.jpg
  • Bright red clouds, illuminated by the sunrise, point to the summit of Mount Rainier in Washington state. Below, summer wildflowers, including Silky Lupine and Indian Paintbrush, line Edith Creek. The creek is located in the Paradise section of Mount Rainier National Park, known for stunning displays of summer wildflowers. Mount Rainier, with an elevation of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the tallest mountain in Washington and the highest mountain in the Cascade Range.
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  • The sunrise lights up Eagle Falls which flows high above Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe on the border of California and Nevada. Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United States and the sixteenth deepest in the world, with a maximum depth of 1,645 feet (501 meters). The lake was formed by a fracture in the Earth's crust that resulted in the Sierra Nevada mountains and Carson Range (visible in the background).
    CA_LakeTahoe_EagleFalls_Sunrise_9457.jpg
  • The sun sets behind one of the prominent sea stacks known as the Marin Headlands at Rodeo Beach, located in the Golden Gate National Recreational Area near San Francisco, California.
    CA_MarinHeadlands_Sunset_0140.jpg
  • Large Pacific Ocean waves crash into the shoreline of Damon Point in Ocean Shores, Washington at sunrise. Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in the state, is visible in the background.
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  • Running Eagle Falls in Glacier National Park, Montana, is also known as "Trick Falls" as the waterfall is much larger at the bottom than it is at the top. The waterfall is located in the Two Medicine area of the park and the "trick" is usually visible only in the summer when the water fall is lower.
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  • The Box Canyon of Mount Rainier National Park is an area where the Muddy Fork of the Cowlitz River carved a narrow gorge more than a hundred feet deep, but only 15 to 30 feet wide.
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  • The last light of day illuminates the winter snow pack on Mount Rainier in this view from High Rock.
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  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into and erode the rugged coastline at the Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California.
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  • A dramatic, fiery sunset colors the sky above the Olympic Mountains in Washington state. This view was captured from West Seattle, Washington. Several mountains in the range are visible, including Mount Constitution.
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  • Mobius Arch, a natural granite arch in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, California, frames Mount Whitney at sunrise. Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14505 feet (4421 m).
    MountWhitney_MobiusArch_Sunrise_6845.jpg
  • This aerial view of Oregon's Mount Hood illustrates how rapidly it rises from sea level to 11,249 feet (3,429 m). Hood is Oregon's tallest mountain. The USGS considers it a "potentially active" volcano, with as much as 7 percent chance it will erupt within the next 30 years.
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  • The cinder cones of Maui's Haleakala crater are backlit by the low-angled light of sunrise.
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  • Thick fog in Kauai's Kalalau Valley blocks the view of all but the summit of Keanapuka.
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  • The Juniper Dunes Wilderness, northeast of Pasco, Washington, is home to the largest sand dunes in Washington state. The dunes, some of which are as much as 100 feet high, are located in what was essentially a flood basin at the end of the last ice age.
    JuniperDunesSunburst.jpg
  • Snæfellsjökull, a 1,446 meter (4,744 foot) stratovolcano, is framed by a natural arch in a lava field in western Iceland. The volcano, which is active, last erupted approximately 1,800 years ago, creating lava fields at its base. The mountain is technically named Snæfell; Snæfellsjökull is the name of the glacier at its peak. It is commonly called Snæfellsjökull, however, to avoid confusing it with several other mountains with the same name. Snæfellsjökull means "snow glacier mountain," and it was featured in the 1864 novel "A Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne..
    Iceland_Snaefell_Arch_9606.jpg
  • Numerous glaciers carve valleys between the mountains in southeastern Greenland.
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  • Hundreds of tall sand dunes form at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. Strong winds blow the sand from as much as 65 miles (105 km) away. These mountains block the wind's path, causing the sand to pile up in dunes.
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  • A small hole in the clouds on a stormy fall afternoon allows the sun to light up Vishnu Temple while the rest of the Grand Canyon is in a deep shadow. Vishnu Temple is visible from the south rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    GrandCanyon_VishnuTemple.jpg
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