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  • Bright green moss engulfs a tree in a ravine on Rucker Hill in Everett, Washington.
    Mossy-Tree_Rucker-Ravine_Everett_041...jpg
  • A Florida tree snail (Liguus fasciatus) climbs a tree along the Gumbo Limbo Trail in the Everglades National Park, Florida. The trail winds through a tropical hardwood hammock, a dense forest that forms only in areas that are protected from fires and floods. This area is only three feet higher than the neighboring wetlands. There are 52 different color forms of the Florida tree snail found in south Florida.
    Everglades_Florida-Tree-Snail_3369.jpg
  • In early autumn, a maple tree shows a wide variety of fall colors in Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park, Renton, Washington.
    Fall-Color_Maple-Tree_Gene-Coulon_Re...jpg
  • A tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) feeds its young chick by depositing insects directly into its mouth at their nest in a snag in the Skagit Wildlife Area in Skagit County, Washington.
    Swallow-Tree_Feeding-Young_Nest_Skag...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) prepares to land on a bare branch of a cherry tree in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Tree_Cherry_Hummingbird_7996.jpg
  • More than a dozen double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) roost in a tree along the Sammamish River in Kenmore, Washington, as others fly in to join at dusk.
    Cormorants_Double-Crested_Tree_Kenmo...jpg
  • Several dozen double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) roost in a tree along the Sammamish River in Kenmore, Washington, as others fly in to join at dusk.
    Cormorants_Double-Crested_Tree_Kenmo...jpg
  • A dozen double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) roost in a tree along the Sammamish River in Kenmore, Washington, as others fly in to join as sunset approaches.
    Cormorants_Double-Crested_Tree_Kenmo...jpg
  • A colorful Christmas tree mimics the shape of the Space Needle on the Seattle Center grounds in Seattle, Washington.
    Space-Needle_Christmas-Tree_2269.jpg
  • Red, pink and white blossoms begin to open on the branches of an apple tree in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Tree_Apple_Blossoms_7673.jpg
  • A female tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) calls out from its perch at the top of a snag on Ebey Island near Everett, Washington.
    Swallow-Tree_Calling_Ebey-Island_563...jpg
  • A tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) feeds its young chick by depositing insects directly into its mouth at their nest in a snag in the Skagit Wildlife Area in Skagit County, Washington.
    Swallow-Tree_Feeding-Young_Nest_Skag...jpg
  • A male ornate tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) suns itself on a rock in a lush area near Montezuma Well in Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona.
    Lizard_Ornate-Tree_Montezuma-Well_55...jpg
  • 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.
    Indiana-Dunes_Frozen-Tree_Lake-View_...jpg
  • A great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) looks out from its perch high in a palm tree in Chandler, Airzona. The great horned owl is the most widely distributed owl in North America.
    Owl-Great-Horned_Palm-Tree_1723.jpg
  • This unusual "triple twist tree" growing out of a crack in a lava field at Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho helped scientists determine the age of the flow here. The tree has 1,350 rings, so scientists figure the flow here is about 2,000 years old. This flow is the youngest in Craters of the Moon National Monument.
    CratersOfTheMoon_Triple-Twist-Tree_2...jpg
  • A bent pine tree grows near the top of a sandstone column in Zion National Park, Utah.
    Zion_Bent-Tree_8334.jpg
  • Sap streaks down the bark of a spruce tree in Everett, Washington. The sap is leaking from holes that were drilled in the tree by a sapsucker.
    Tree-Sap_Sapsucker-Holes_Everett_905...jpg
  • 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.
    Indiana-Dunes_Frozen-Tree_Lake-View_...jpg
  • Numerous crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) take off from a tree at dawn in winter. The motion of the birds in flight is blurred by a long camera exposure. A large flock of crows is known as a murder.
    Crows_TakingOff_Tree_Winter_6785.jpg
  • A tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) feeds its young chick by depositing insects directly into its mouth at their nest in a snag in the Skagit Wildlife Area in Skagit County, Washington.
    Swallow-Tree_Feeding-Young_Nest_Skag...jpg
  • Five bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) — three adults and two juveniles — share a tree that's leaning along the Nooksack River near Deming, Washington.
    Bald-Eagles_Leaning-Tree_Nooksack_60...jpg
  • A deciduous tree is colored like a rainbow as autumn begins to set in in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Fall-Color_Rainbow-Tree_0816.jpg
  • Two tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) fight over a perch in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington.
    Swallows_Tree_Fighting_Arboretum_252...jpg
  • 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.
    Indiana-Dunes_Frozen-Tree_Lake-View_...jpg
  • A tree that appears to be wind-swept stands at the summit of a rolling hill in the foothills of Mount Diablo near Clayton, California.
    CA_Clayton_Wind-Swept-Tree_1421.jpg
  • 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.
    Indiana-Dunes_Frozen-Tree_Lake-View_...jpg
  • An adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) rests under a bare leaning tree along the Nooksack River in the North Cascades near Deming, Washington.
    Nooksack-River_Leaning-Tree_Bald-Eag...jpg
  • Red and pink blossoms begin to open on the branches of an apple tree in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Tree_Apple_Blossoms_7661.jpg
  • The sun shines through the trunk of a maple tree in Interlaken Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Tree_Maple_Sunburst_Interlaken_1820.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in a tree in Everett, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap. While clinging to the tree, they use their tail feathers to provide support.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Clinging_Ever...jpg
  • This is the view inside a 2,000-year-old Western Red Cedar tree, still living in the Quinault Rain Forest, Washington. As cedar trees age, they hollow out to allow fierce winds to blow through them, rather than toppling during storms. The only living part is a vein that's two feet in diameter. The tree, located in Olympic National Park, however, is so huge another tree grows out of its top.
    QuinaultGiantCedar.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in a tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Trunk_Lynnwoo...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)
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Lynnwood_9376.jpg
  • Stripes of decay run across a fallen alder tree in Lynnwood, Washington.
    Alder_Trunk_Decay_8282.jpg
  • Tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) fly around a bison (Bison bison) that's shedding its winter coat, picking off fur that they can use in their nests. This is a captive bison held at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park in Eatonville, Washington.
    Bison_Swallows_Spring_7828.jpg
  • Several rocks are trapped in the roots of a dead tree that was submerged in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, for 100 years. The lake level dropped after most of the water was lost in a prolonged drought.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Stump-Rocks-Roots_8...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
  • A male Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis simillimus) rests on a maple tree that's displaying its red fall color. Oregon juncos, a type of dark-eyed juncos, are a unique type of sparrow that nests on or near the ground.
    Junco_Oregon_FallColor_Lynnwood_4865.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
  • 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
  • A bent pine tree grows near the top of a sandstone column in Zion National Park, Utah.
    Zion_BentTree_1678.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Lynnwood_2241.jpg
  • A Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus) feeds on seeds from a low branch of a maple tree near Eatonville, Washington. The Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel is native in British Columbia and Washington state, found in the Cascade mountains from Nicola River to the Columbia River. As the name suggests, the ground squirrel normally feeds on fungi, vegetation, seeds and small fruits that are found on the ground, although it will climb into bushes and trees to feed.
    Squirrel_Cascade-Golden-Mantled-Grou...jpg
  • A Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) climbs a tree in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington. The Downy woodpecker is the smallest woodpecker to be found in the Pacific Northwest, with a length of less than 7 inches (17 centimeters) and a wingspan of one foot (30 centimeters).
    Woodpecker-Downy_Marymoor_1373.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
  • A tree sprouts on a stump in the middle of North Creek in Bothell, Washington.
    North-Creek_Nurse-Log_7142.jpg
  • A Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus) feeds on seeds from a low branch of a maple tree near Eatonville, Washington. The Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel is native in British Columbia and Washington state, found in the Cascade mountains from Nicola River to the Columbia River. As the name suggests, the ground squirrel normally feeds on fungi, vegetation, seeds and small fruits that are found on the ground, although it will climb into bushes and trees to feed.
    Squirrel_Cascade-Golden-Mantled-Grou...jpg
  • During a flood, North Creek flows around a tree that's partially submerged by the high water in Bothell, Washington
    NorthCreek_SubmergedTree_0128.jpg
  • A male Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis simillimus) rests on a maple tree that's displaying its red fall color. Oregon juncos, a type of dark-eyed juncos, are a unique type of sparrow that nests on or near the ground.
    Junco_Oregon_FallColor_Lynnwood_5077.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
  • A bent pine tree grows near the top of a sandstone column in Zion National Park, Utah.
    ZionBentTree1.jpg
  • Stripes of decay run across a fallen alder tree in Lynnwood, Washington.
    Alder_Trunk_Decay_8278.jpg
  • A tree sprouts on a stump in the middle of North Creek in Bothell, Washington.
    North-Creek_Nurse-Log_7164.jpg
  • A bare tree frames the crescent moon and the Guadalupe Mountains in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. Guadalupe Peak, seen in silhouette, stands 8,751 feet (2,667 meters), making it the highest point in Texas.
    TX_GuadalupeMountains_CrescentMoon_1...jpg
  • During a flood, North Creek flows around a tree that's partially submerged by the high water in Bothell, Washington.
    NorthCreek_SubmergedTree_0134.jpg
  • A male Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis simillimus) rests on a maple tree that's displaying its red fall color. Oregon juncos, a type of dark-eyed juncos, are a unique type of sparrow that nests on or near the ground.
    Junco_Oregon_FallColor_Lynnwood_5247.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
  • Beavers gnawed through the base of this tree, causing it to fall into North Creek in Bothell, Washington. Beavers, the largest rodent in North America, use their powerful front teeth to cut through trees, which they use for food and as a building material for dams and lodges.
    BeaverDamage_FallenTree_NorthCreek_5...jpg
  • A Golden Larch tree (Pseudolarix amabilis) bends over Blue Lake near Washington Pass in the North Cascades of Washington state. Golden Larches, while not considered true larches, are known for shedding their needles each fall. The needles grow back each spring and transition from deep green to blue green over the course of the summer. In late September or early October, the needles turn golden and drop, just like the leaves on deciduous trees.
    NorthCascades_BlueLake_BentLarch_035...jpg
  • Ivy grows up the trunk of a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) tree in a forested area of Bothell, Washington.
    Douglas-Fir_Ivy_Bothell_3010.jpg
  • A gnarled, bleached tree frames one of the many cinder cones in the Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho.
    CratersOfTheMoon_Cinder-Cone-Framed_...jpg
  • Three American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) rest in a bare winter tree as fog rolls in over North Creek in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 10,000 crows roost each night in the area.
    Crows_Foggy-Perch_North-Creek_2415.jpg
  • An evergreen tree pokes out from and casts its shadow on a snow drift in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
    SnowDrift_TreeShadow_RainierNP_2299.jpg
  • A tree is reflected in a small pool of standing water in the Ecola Creek watershed near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    OR_EcolaCreek_TreeReflection_0704.jpg
  • A female red-shafted northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) rests in a tree in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The red-shafted northern flicker is also known as the western flicker. Flickers are a type of woodpecker. Flickers feed on ants and other insects and are believed to consume more ants than any other North American bird.
    Flicker_Northern_Female_Perched_Arbo...jpg
  • A female red-shafted northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) rests in a tree in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The red-shafted northern flicker is also known as the western flicker. Flickers are a type of woodpecker. Flickers feed on ants and other insects and are believed to consume more ants than any other North American bird.
    Flicker_Northern_Female_Perched_Arbo...jpg
  • Three bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), one adult and two juveniles, share a bare tree over the Cheakamus River near Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada. Brackendale is home to one of the largest wintering populations of bald eagles in North America.
    BaldEagles_ThreeInTree_Brackendale_4...jpg
  • An adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is perched in a tree over the Cheakamus River in Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada.
    BaldEagle_AdultPerched_Brackendale_5...jpg
  • Two pileated woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus) peck at opposite sides of a tree in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    woodpeckers_pileated_two_0691.jpg
  • The remnants of two large trunks from a fallen tree reach into Puget Sound, not far from Pigeon Creek, Everett, Washington. An 8-second exposure blurs the motion of the Puget Sound waves.
    WA_Logs_Puget-Sound_Beach_Everett_71...jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) looks down from its perch in a cottonwood tree after taking one of its first flights.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_LookingDown_7579.jpg
  • Camera movement during a long exposure resulted in this impressionistic view of a fallen tree over Yosemite Creek in Yosemite National Park, California. Neighboring granite walls, turned golden by the rising sun, are reflected on the surface of the water.
    Yosemite_YosemiteCreek_FallenTree_Im...jpg
  • Remnants of a fallen tree stretch across Yosemite Creek in Yosemite National Park, California. The surface of the creek reflects the golden color of the neighboring granite walls at sunrise.
    Yosemite_YosemiteCreek_FallenTree_09...jpg
  • Five bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), one adult and four juveniles, sit together on a tree overlooking the Nooksack River in the North Cascades of Washington state. Hundreds of bald eagles winter along the river to feast on spawned out salmon.
    BaldEagles_FiveInTree_Nooksack_5272.jpg
  • The Merced River runs under a fallen, twisted tree in Yosemite National Park, California.
    Yosemite_MercedRiver_Log_8011.jpg
  • A downed tree shoved into a tunnel by powerful Pacific Ocean waves during a storm, rests on the beach at Bandon By The Sea, Oregon. Gorse bushes display their golden blooms on the hillside, visible through the tunnel.
    Bandon_TreeInTunnel_7751.jpg
  • A snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca) is perched in a bare tree at Damon Point in Ocean Shores, Washington at dusk. Snowy owls, which spend the summer in the northern circumpolar region north of 60 degrees latitude, have a typical winter range that includes Alaska, Canada and northern Eurasia. Every several years, for reasons still unexplained, the snowy owls migrate much farther south in an event known as an irruption. During one irruption, a snowy owl was found as far south as the Caribbean. During the 2011-2012 irruption, Ocean Shores on the Washington coast was the winter home for an especially large number of snowy owls. Snowy owls tend to prefer coastal and plains areas, which most resemble the open tundra that serves as their typical home.
    SnowyOwl_OceanShores_Perched_Dusk_16...jpg
  • A couple, rendered in silhouette, walk past a wind-swept tree on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean at Ecola State Park near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    WindSweptTreeCouple.jpg
  • A male red-shafted northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) rests in a tree in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The red-shafted northern flicker is also known as the western flicker. Flickers are a type of woodpecker. Flickers feed on ants and other insects and are believed to consume more ants than any other North American bird.
    Flicker_Northern_Male_Perched_Arbore...jpg
  • Lichen grows on an old-growth western red cedar tree in the Sol Duc area of Olympic National Park, Washington. Lichens, which are compound organisms consisting of a fungus and a photosynthetic patner, are found in some of the most extreme environments on Earth, as well as rain forests and temperate woodland.
    OlympicNP_LichenOnBark_7082.jpg
  • An adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) looks down in search of food from its perch in a cottonwood tree in Kirkland, Washington.
    BaldEagle_Cottonwood_Window_Kirkland...jpg
  • A female red-shafted northern flicker (Colaptes auratus cafer) takes a break after pecking to expand a cavity in a decaying tree trunk in Interlaken Park, Seattle, Washington. Northern flickers, common throughout North America, are medium-sized woodpeckers.
    Flicker_Northern_Female_Interlaken_8...jpg
  • Thick moss grows to cover the exposed roots of a Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) tree in the moss garden of the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The reserve's extensive moss garden is home to at least a dozen different species of moss.
    Bloedel_MossOnTreeRoots_2531.jpg
  • Two types of swallows share a perch in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. At left is a tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor); a female barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is on the right.
    Swallows_TreeAndBarn_Arboretum_2663.jpg
  • Exposed roots from trees reach into the waters of Tenaya Creek in Yosemite National Park, California.
    Yosemite_Tree-Roots_Tenaya-Creek_731...jpg
  • The reflections of several trees stretch across the rippled waters of the Sammamish River at sunset in Kenmore, Washington.
    Sammamish-River_Tree-Reflections_Ken...jpg
  • 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
  • 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_6412.jpg
  • 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.
    NorthCascades_JackmanRidge_TreesInFo...jpg
  • The Snonomish River spilled well beyond its banks during a severe flood, engulfing these three trees near Snohomish, Washington.
    Snohomish-River_Flood_Three-Trunks_9...jpg
  • The moon glows behind a coconut palm tree (Cocos nucifera) as thousands of stars shine above Makena Beach on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Several major stars are visible in this image, including Pleiades, a tight cluster of blue stars that is visible just left of the largest palm tree on the right side of the image, and Aldebaran, a bright orange star near the top-center of the frame. Pleiades is also known as the Seven Sisters even though the cluster contains more than 1,000 stars; the nine brightest stars are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology and their parents. The star cluster is one of the closest to Earth and it formed within the last 100 million years. Both Aldebaran and Pleiades are located in the constellation Taurus.
    Hawaii_PalmTrees_Stars_Makena_6317.jpg
  • The trunks of second-growth trees appear to fan out from this vantage point in Ravenna Park, Seattle, Washington. Ravenna Park is one of the Seattle's oldest, becoming a city park in 1911 after nearly 25 years of operation as a private park.
    WA_Ravenna-Park_Forest_2064.jpg
  • 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.
    NorthCascades_JackmanRidge_TreesInFo...jpg
  • A telephoto lens compresses the view of bare winter trees in and on a hill overlooking Golden Gardens Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Forest_Winter_Abstract_Golden-Garden...jpg
  • Fiery cirrus clouds appear to erupt from the top of a Douglas fir tree in Snohomish County, Washington, at sunset.
    CirrusClouds_FierySunset_Lynnwood_18...jpg
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