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  • The late afternoon sun causes Bright Angel Canyon to fall into a deep shadow. Bright Angel Canyon is one of several tributary canyons that feed into the Grand Canyon. This image was captured from the Mather Point, located on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    BrightAngelCanyon.jpg
  • 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
  • Comet McNaught, one of the brightest comets to pass by Earth in decades, shines bright against the reddish skies after sunset. The comet passed within 16 million miles of the sun - half the distance of the closest planet to the sun - which is why it's so bright. This image was captured in January 2007 from Pierce County, Washington state.
    CometMcNaught_4960.jpg
  • A bright fireball meteor from the Perseid meteor shower streaks across the sky over Mount Shuksan in the North Cascades of Washington state. The Perseids are an annual meteor shower that occurs in August when Earth passes through the debris of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The meteors are comet debris burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
    Shuksan_Perseid-Meteor_1137.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.
    Rainier_Wildflowers_EdithCreek_Cirru...jpg
  • A pair of trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) are rendered in silhouette as they fly in the bright golden sky against the sun in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Most of the swans breed in the northern reaches of Canada and Alaska, and a large population winters in northern Washington state. Trumpeter Swans average more than 5 feet (152 cm) in length and can weigh up to 30 pounds (13 kg), making them the longest and heaviest living bird native to North America.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Pair_Silhouette_Skag...jpg
  • A bright rainbow shines over the Atlantic Ocean near the Reynisdrangar sea stacks, also known as the Troll Rocks. The Troll Rocks are located near Vík, Iceland. According to Icelandic legend, the rocks are the remnants of trolls that were out fishing too late. The legend says trolls will turn to stone if they're exposed to daylight.
    Iceland_Vik_Troll-Rocks_Rainbow_2275...jpg
  • A bright rainbow shines over the Atlantic Ocean near the Reynisdrangar sea stacks, also known as the Troll Rocks. The Troll Rocks are located near Vík, Iceland. According to Icelandic legend, the rocks are the remnants of trolls that were out fishing too late. The legend says trolls will turn to stone if they're exposed to daylight.
    Iceland_TrollRocks_Rainbow_2275.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.
    Rainier_Wildflowers_EdithCreek_Cirru...jpg
  • A male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) lands on a maple tree that is beginning to leaf out. Males in the Calypte genus of hummingbirds are quite distinctive with iridescent crowns. All hummingbirds, however, have iridescent plumage, which reflects certain wavelengths of light and reflects them directly in front of the bird. The bright flashes of color are visible only when the bird is facing you. Several features of the feathers result in the iridescence. Barbules, which are flat in most birds, are angled to form a V shape in hummingbirds. Also, the surface of the barbules is covered with microscopic discs containing tiny air bubbles that amplify certain colors of light and cancel out others.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Iridescence_Landin...jpg
  • A very large and bright rainbow seems to land on the summit of Badito Cone, a 8942 foot (2726 meter) peak in Huerfano County, Colorado. Badito Cone is one of several peaks that were formed by jets of magma that erupted from holes or cracks in the rock of that area about 25 million years ago.
    CO_Rainbow_BaditoCone_2282.jpg
  • A male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) rests in a tree. Males in the Calypte genus of hummingbirds are quite distinctive with iridescent crowns. All hummingbirds, however, have iridescent plumage, which reflects certain wavelengths of light and reflects them directly in front of the bird. The bright flashes of color are visible only when the bird is facing you. Several features of the feathers result in the iridescence. Barbules, which are flat in most birds, are angled to form a V shape in hummingbirds. Also, the surface of the barbules is covered with microscopic discs containing tiny air bubbles that amplify certain colors of light and cancel out others.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Iridescence_6710.jpg
  • A large, bright rainbow forms during a rainstorm over the Kalalau Valley on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
    Kauai_Kalalau_Rainbow_1830.jpg
  • Suspended sulphur is responsible for the bright green color of the Devil's Bath, an eruption crater lake located in the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland near Rotorua, New Zealand.
    NZ_DevilsBath_0284.jpg
  • A bright rainbow falls on the roof of the Cunningham Cabin, a historic feature of the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The cabin was build in 1890 by Pierce and Margaret Cunningham as part of a 160 acre homestead.
    CunninghamCabin.jpg
  • A bright rainbow falls on the base of a prominent sea stack on the Oregon coast. This sea stack is part of the Bird Rocks, a series of sea stacks located off Crescent Beach in Ecola State Park near the town of Cannon Beach.
    CrescentBeachRainbow.jpg
  • A bright rainbow stretches across a forested valley in Egmont National Park located in the Taranaki District on the North Island of New Zealand.
    NZ_EgmontNP_Rainbow_0999.jpg
  • Five trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) are rendered in silhouette as they fly in the bright golden sky against the sun in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. While most breed in the northern reaches of Canada and Alaska, a large population winters in northern Washington state. Trumpeter Swans average more than 5 feet (152 cm) in length and can weigh up to 30 pounds (13 kg), making them the longest and heaviest living bird native to North America.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Silhouette_Skagit-Va...jpg
  • A circumzenithal arc appears to stretch across the tops of trees on Cougar Mountain near Bellevue, Washington. Circumzenithal arcs appear as upside-down rainbows and are the brightest and most colorful of all the solar halos. They appear when the sun is relatively low on the horizon, less than 32 degrees above the horizon and ideally 20°, and cirrus clouds are overhead. Circumzenithal arcs are especially bright and vibrant because the ice crystals in the cirrus clouds are perfectly aligned, passing through almost parallel bands of light.
    Circumzenithal_Arc_3523.jpg
  • Bright sunlight from over the Pacific Ocean shines into a dark, narrow sea cave that is part of the Devil's Punchbowl on the central Oregon coast. The force of repeated Pacific Ocean waves carved this path through the hard volcanic rock. The Devil's Punchbowl itself is the remnant of a large sea cave that collapsed, leaving an outer shell that is connected to the Pacific Ocean by two sea arches.
    OR_DevilsPunchbowl_Tunnel_0188.jpg
  • A male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) lands on a maple tree on a rainy day. Males in the Calypte genus of hummingbirds are quite distinctive with iridescent crowns. All hummingbirds, however, have iridescent plumage, which reflects certain wavelengths of light and reflects them directly in front of the bird. The bright flashes of color are visible only when the bird is facing you. Several features of the feathers result in the iridescence. Barbules, which are flat in most birds, are angled to form a V shape in hummingbirds. Also, the surface of the barbules is covered with microscopic discs containing tiny air bubbles that amplify certain colors of light and cancel out others..
    Hummingbird_Annas_Landing_7518.jpg
  • A bright rainbow forms in the mist of Wallace Falls, a 367-foot (112 meter) waterfall that is the tallest of three falls in Wallace Falls State Park near Gold Bar, Washington. Wallace Falls was named for Joe and Sarah Kwayaylsh, members of the Skykomish tribe, who were the first homesteaders in the area; "Wallace" is a mispronounciation of their name.
    Wallace-Falls_Rainbow_4969.jpg
  • The bright, golden glint of the setting sun stretches across Puget Sound to the rocky beach at Mukilteo, Washington.
    MukilteoBeach_Rocks_Glint_1169.jpg
  • Bright molten lava flows into the Pacific Ocean at twilight at Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. The hot lava vaporizes the crashing waves, which reflect the lava's glow. The lava arrived at the ocean through an underground lava tube connected to the Pu'u O'o vent.
    LavaPacificOcean.jpg
  • A bright lava flow illuminates full-size trees as it flows past them at night at Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. The hot lava flows from the Pu'u O'o vent, which has erupted continuously since 1983.
    LavaFlow.jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Van Zandt, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Van-Zandt_6755.jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Deming, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Row_Deming_6704.jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Van Zandt, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Van-Zandt_6737.jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Deming, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Deming_6722.jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Deming, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Deming_6726.jpg
  • 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.
    Comet_Neowise_C2020F3_Skagit-Bay_851...jpg
  • 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
  • Grasses emerge from the sparkling late winter snow in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Yellowstone_Late-Winter-Snow_Grasses...jpg
  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) and a meteor shine in the night sky over Mount Rainier in Washington state. 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. Mount Rainier, which has a summit of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the highest mountain in Washington state and largest volcano in the Cascade Range.
    Rainier_Comet-Neowise_High-Rock_8277.jpg
  • The moon partially eclipses the sun as it passes behind cumulus clouds over Snohomish County, Washington. The October 23, 2014 partial solar eclipse was visible over much of North America.
    Sun_PartialEclipse_3656.jpg
  • The full moon rises over Mount Rainier in this wintertime view from near Elbe, Washington. Mount Rainier, lit by alpenglow, is 14,411 feet (4,392 meters) tall, making it the highest point in Washington state and the highest volcano in the Cascade Range.
    Rainier_FullMoon_Alpenglow_Elbe_5223.jpg
  • A natural nighttime pillar of light known as the Zodiacal Light shines above and is reflected in Crater Lake, Oregon. The Zodiacal Light results from the sun shining on dust particles from old comets. The dust particles - the largest of which are believed to be just 0.3 mm and miles from its nearest neighboring particle - orbit the sun in a range from Mars to beyond Jupiter. Visible year-round in the tropics, the Zodiacal Light is best viewed immediately around the spring and fall solstice farther from the equator. The planet Venus, the brightest object in the sky, is visible near the peak of the Zodiacal Light and is also reflected in Crater Lake. The Milky Way, visible on the right, intersects with the Zodiacal Light at the top-center of the image. Crater Lake, which is actually a caldera, formed when Mount Mazama erupted violently about 7,700 years ago, causing its summit to collapse. Subsequent eruptions sealed the caldera, trapping rain water and snowmelt, forming the lake, which has a maximum depth of 1,949 feet (594 meters). Wizard Island, a volcanic cinder code, is visible in the foreground.
    CraterLake_ZodiacalLight_9909.jpg
  • Thick mist from a waterfall obscures trees along the rim of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park, California.
    Yosemite_HetchHetchy_Mist_8455.jpg
  • A composite of six images shows the progression of the annular solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 as viewed from Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. The Moon's distance from Earth varies, and annular solar eclipses occur when the Moon is relatively far from Earth. The Moon appears smaller in the sky and therefore is not able to block the entire Sun. At the peak of this eclipse, the Moon blocked 95 percent of the Sun. This image sequence begins at the top left. The black marks on some of the Sun images are sunspots.
    Eclipse_Solar_Annular_Lassen-05-20-2...jpg
  • The sun's rays shine through trees into early morning fog, creating dramatic beams known as crepuscular rays.
    BeamsLoganPark.jpg
  • The sun rises over the edge of a basalt cliff that lines the Potholes Canal near Soda Lake in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Basalt-Cliff_Sunrise...jpg
  • A flock of Canada geese flies over Puget Sound as a sunglint stretches across the water at sunset in this view from Marina Beach Park, Edmonds, Washington.
    Geese-Canada_Sunglint_Puget-Sound_47...jpg
  • A trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) is rendered in silhouette as it flies against the sun in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. The swans breed in the northern reaches of Canada and Alaska, and a large population of them winters in northern Washington state. Trumpeter Swans average more than 5 feet (152 cm) in length and can weigh up to 30 pounds (13 kg), making them the longest and heaviest living bird native to North America.
    Swan-Trumpeter_Silhouette_Skagit-Val...jpg
  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) shines in the sky above the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington, casting its reflection onto McMannaman Lake. 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.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Comet-NEOWISE_8737.jpg
  • One of the largest solar flares on record caused this spectacular display of the northern lights (aurora borealis) over Three Fingers Mountain, Liberty Peak, Whitehorse Mountain and other peaks in Washington's North Cascades.
    Northern-Lights_North-Cascades_1835.jpg
  • Dozens of turtles — yellow-bellied sliders — rest on exposed stumps as the late afternoon sun shines on Pool C in the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
    SC_Carolina-Sandhills_Pool-C_1207.jpg
  • The sun shines through a break in the clouds over the Pacific Ocean just before it sets in this view from the western coast of Maui, Hawai`i.
    Maui_SunsetOverOcean_8179.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
  • The full moon begins to set behind the Teton Range as fog forms at night in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The Teton Range is the youngest mountain range in the Rocky Mountains, forming between 6 to 9 million years ago. The peaks are fault-block mountains, caused by tilting along the fault where they formed. Grand Teton, visible to the left of the moon, is 13,775 feet (4,199 meters) high. Grand Teton National Park contains another nine peaks that are at least 12,000 feet (3,658 meters) above sea level.
    Tetons_FullMoon_Night_3124.jpg
  • Camera movement during a long exposure resulted in this impressionistic view of red oak leaves outlined by frost.
    OakLeaves_Red_Frost_Impressionistic_...jpg
  • A natural nighttime pillar of light known as the Zodiacal Light shines above and is reflected in Crater Lake, Oregon. The Zodiacal Light results from the sun shining on dust particles left behind by comets. The dust particles - the largest of which are believed to be just 0.3 mm and miles from its nearest neighboring particle - orbit the sun in a range from Mars to beyond Jupiter. Visible year-round in the tropics, the Zodiacal Light is best viewed immediately around the spring and fall solstice farther from the equator. The planet Venus, the brightest object in the sky, is visible near the peak of the Zodiacal Light and is also reflected in Crater Lake. The Milky Way, visible on the right, intersects with the Zodiacal Light at the top-center of the image. Crater Lake, which is actually a caldera, formed when Mount Mazama erupted violently about 7,700 years ago, causing its summit to collapse. Subsequent eruptions sealed the caldera, trapping rain water and snowmelt, forming the lake, which has a maximum depth of 1,949 feet (594 meters). Wizard Island, a volcanic cinder code, is visible in the foreground.
    CraterLake_ZodiacalLight_9620.jpg
  • Smooth patches of a granite face, known as glacial polish, shine in the late afternoon sun near Olmsted Point in Yosemite National Park, California. Rocks and other materials get trapped on the bottom of glaciers. As glaciers move down the face of a rock, these materials become part of a very abrasive surface. Combined with the force from the glacier's tremendous weight, they are able to scour away sections of the rock face they travel over, leaving behind a smooth, shiny, polished finish.
    Yosemite_GlacialPolish_9156.jpg
  • Smooth patches of a granite face, known as glacial polish, shine in the late afternoon sun near Olmsted Point in Yosemite National Park, California. Rocks and other materials get trapped on the bottom of glaciers. As glaciers move down the face of a rock, these materials become part of a very abrasive surface. Combined with the force from the glacier's tremendous weight, they are able to scour away sections of the rock face they travel over, leaving behind a smooth, shiny, polished finish.
    Yosemite_GlacialPolish_9137.jpg
  • Mount Rainier and Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) are reflected on Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Mount Rainier, which has a summit of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the highest mountain in Washington state and largest volcano in the Cascade Range. 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.
    Rainer_Comet-Neowise_Reflection-Lake...jpg
  • Mount Rainier and Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) are reflected on Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Mount Rainier, which has a summit of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the highest mountain in Washington state and largest volcano in the Cascade Range. 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.
    Rainer_Comet-Neowise_Reflection-Lake...jpg
  • Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in the Cascade Range, is rendered in near silhouette as Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) and noctilucent clouds provide some light in the twilight sky in this view from High Rock in Washington state. 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.
    Rainier_Comet-Neowise_Noctilucent-Cl...jpg
  • A solar pillar, also known as a sun pillar, forms before sunrise between two juniper trees on the southern rim of the Grand Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Solar pillars are caused by flat ice crystals in the air, which essentially act as mirrors for the sun's light.
    GrandCanyon_Junipers_Solar-Pillar_86...jpg
  • The annular solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 reaches its peak in this view from Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. The Moon's distance from Earth varies, and annular solar eclipses occur when the Moon is relatively far from Earth. The Moon appears smaller in the sky and therefore is not able to block the entire Sun. At the peak of this eclipse, the Moon blocked 95 percent of the Sun.
    Eclipse_Solar_Annular_Lassen_3073.jpg
  • The golden light of sunrise shines on pools of water on the volcanic terrace below Strokkur, one of Iceland's most famous geysers.
    Iceland_Strokkur_GoldenPools_2775.jpg
  • The northern lights, or aurora borealis, shine over and are reflect in Lake Mývatn  in northern Iceland. The lake, formed during a lava eruption 2,300 years ago, contains numerous lava pillars and rootless vents, called pseudocraters. Mývatn is Icelandic for "midge lake," and denotes the tremendous number of midge flies found in the area. The aurora borealis, frequently visible during the winter months in Iceland, is caused by charged particles from the sun crashing into the Earth's atmosphere.
    Iceland_Myvatn_NorthernLights_2983.jpg
  • Pacific Goose Barnacles (Mitella polymerus) cling to the walls of a natural sea tunnel at Devil's Punchbowl on the central Oregon coast.
    OR_DevilsPunchbowl_Barnacles_Tunnel_...jpg
  • The sun shines into a heavy rain storm, forming rainbows over the crater in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii.
    maui-haleakala-rainbow_2474.jpg
  • The late afternoon sun shines into a heavy rain storm, forming rainbows over the crater at Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii.
    maui-haleakala-rainbow_2461.jpg
  • The early morning sun shines through Mesa Arch, a natural sandstone arch located in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Washer Woman Arch is visible in the background, near the center of the image.
    Canyonlands_MesaArch.jpg
  • A shaft of light, mimicking the shape of an arrowhead, shines through the window of a sandstone formation located near the Arrowhead Trail in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.
    vof-beam-arrowhead.jpg
  • A vibrant rainbow arcs over the Twin Buttes, a sandstone formation near Sedona, Arizona.
    TwinButtesAZRainbow.jpg
  • Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in the Cascade Range, is rendered in near silhouette as Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) and noctilucent clouds provide some light in the twilight sky in this view from High Rock in Washington state. 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.
    Rainier_Comet-Neowise_Noctilucent-Cl...jpg
  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) shines in the sky above the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington, casting its reflection onto McMannaman Lake. 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.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Comet-NEOWISE_8072.jpg
  • An adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) watches over Lake Washington as the sun sets behind its perch in a tree in Kirkland, Washington.
    BaldEagle_Sunset_Silhouette_Kirkland...jpg
  • One of the largest solar flares on record caused this spectacular display of the northern lights (aurora borealis) over Three Fingers Mountain and other peaks in Washington's Central Cascades.
    NorthernLights-1836.jpg
  • A bright star shines over the dramatic rock formations in the Valley of Fire, Nevada, rendered as silhouettes in this early morning view.
    VOF_ValleyOfFire_SilhouetteStar_0694.jpg
  • A spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) rests on a branch surrounded by bright yellow Scotch broom blossoms in Snohomish County, Washington. The spotted towhee is a type of sparrow and is most commonly found on the ground or searching shrubs for insects and fruit.
    Towhee_Spotted_ScotchBroom_8226.jpg
  • A bright double rainbow connects the mountains on both sides of Logan Pass, located in Glacier National Park, Montana. The rainbow formed as a heavy afternoon thunderstorm moved along the Going-To-The-Sun Road, which passes through the valley at the center of this image.
    Glacier_LoganPassRainbow_0081.jpg
  • Bright Lewis' monkeyflower (Erythranthe lewisii) plants bloom along a seasonal stream with the Tatoosh mountain range visible in the background in this view from the Skyline Trail in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Lewis' monkeyflower is also known as great purple monkeyflower and is native to western North America, primarily found in moist, mountainous areas.
    RainierNP_Monkeyflower_Tatoosh-Range...jpg
  • A bright rainbow is reflected on a pool of water in the Burbank Slough, located in the McNary National Wildlife Refuge in the Columbia Basin of Washington state.
    WA_McNary-NWR_Rainbow_5811.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
  • Several Perseid meteors, including two especially bright ones, streak across the sky over Mount Shuksan in the North Cascades of Washington state. The Perseids are an annual meteor shower that occurs in August when Earth passes through the debris of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The meteors are comet debris burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
    Shuksan_Perseid-Meteor_0898.jpg
  • Pegmatite, a light-colored granite, forms bright stripes on the otherwise dark walls of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado. These stripes were found on the Painted Wall, an especially dramatic part of the national park and the highest cliff in all of Colorado. Pegmatite is the result of especially water-rich magma, which is the last to cool and harden. Because it remains fluid longer, it is able to squeeze into cracks in rocks, resulting in the light-colored lines here.
    CO_PaintedWall_GunnisonNP_1965.jpg
  • Pegmatite, a light-colored granite, forms bright stripes on the otherwise dark walls of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado. These stripes were found on the Painted Wall, an especially dramatic part of the national park and the highest cliff in all of Colorado. Pegmatite is the result of especially water-rich magma, which is the last to cool and harden. Because it remains fluid longer, it is able to squeeze into cracks in rocks, resulting in the light-colored lines here.
    CO_PaintedWall_GunnisonNP_1966.jpg
  • Rising fog swirls around the Zoroaster Temple in this view from Bright Angel Point on the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
    GrandCanyon_ZoroasterTemple.jpg
  • A male magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) flies over the Pacific Ocean near Sayulita, Mexico. During breeding season, male magnificant frigatebirds have a bright red throat pouch. The large bird has a wingspan of seven feet (two meters).
    frigatebird_male_0263.jpg
  • Whitehorse and Three Fingers mountains tower over a wetland on Spencer Island, Everett, Washington. The mountains, capped in winter snow, are prominent peaks in the Cascade mountain range. The peaks are lit by alpenglow, a natural lighting phenomenon that causes mountains to glow after sunset. The Earth's shadow is visible as the dark blue band just above the mountains. The bright red band is known as the Belt of Venus.
    WhitehorseThreeFingersAlpenglow.jpg
  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) shines bright in the morning sky near a tall mountain hemlock tree in Mount Rainier National Park, 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.
    Comet_Neowise_C2020F3_Evergreen_8151.jpg
  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) shines bright in the morning sky on July 9, 2020. 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.
    Comet_Neowise-C2020F3_8097.jpg
  • An in-camera triple exposure fills the frame with the bright white and yellow flowers of a blooming Madame Masson rhododendron in spring.
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  • Bright yellow lichen grows along a stretch of the river Jökulgulskvísl, which means "glacial yellow fork," in the southern highlands of Iceland.
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  • Colorful bacterial mats originating from the bubbling Chinese Spring point toward Firehole River in the Upper Geyser Basin area of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Almost every geyser and hot spring in Yellowstone hosts bacteria. Here, the bright orange streaks are the result of Cyanobacteria Phormidium.
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  • The solar corona shines bright over the pinnacle of a butte in the Mormon Basin of Malheur County, Oregon, during the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. The corona is an extremely hot plasma aura — as much as 450 times the temperature of the sun's surface — that extends millions of miles out from the solar disk that we typically see. The sun's surface is far brighter than the corona, usually outshining it. During a total solar eclipse when the moon blocks the view of the main body of the sun, the corona becomes visible.
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  • A bright halo circles the sun as it shines through the clouds over the Little Missouri River and Wind Canyon in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota.
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  • Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 passes about 50 million miles from Earth in this view of the night sky from North Bend, Washington. The comet's green coma results from molecules of diatomic carbon flourescing in ultraviolet sunlight. The tail is faint because this comet is producing very little dust. It's a long-period comet; it won't be seen again from Earth for about 8,000 years. Pleiades is the bright star cluster in the upper left corner of the image.
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  • A couple of bright meteors, part of the Camelopardalid Meteor Shower, streak across Swakane Canyon in central Washington state. The weak meteor shower, which originated from dust from comet 209P/LINEAR, resulted in a peak display of between 5 and 10 meteors per hour in late May, 2014.
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  • Bright, rainbow-like colors are visible in thin clouds known as iridescent clouds over Bryce Canyon in Utah. Iridescent clouds are relatively rare and appear in clouds formed of small water droplets of nearly uniform size. Commonly, iridescent clouds are near much thicker clouds that partially hide the sun.
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  • A bright double rainbow forms near the base of Vernal Fall in Yosemite National Park, California. At Vernal Fall, the Merced River drops 317 feet (97 meters). The waterfall is located along the Mist Trail, named for the massive spray generated by Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall, located upstream.
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  • A bright moonbow forms at the base of Upper Yosemite Fall during a full moon in Yosemite National Park, California. Yosemite Falls, height of 2,425 feet (739 meters), is the highest measured waterfall in North America and the fifth-highest in the world. During the late spring when the water flow is at its peak, the light of the full moon and spray of the waterfall result in nighttime rainbows.
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  • A bright rainbow stretches across Skógafoss, located in southern Iceland. Skógafoss is one of Iceland's largest waterfalls, dropping 197 feet (60 meters). According to legend, the first Viking settler in the area, Þrasi Þórólfsson, buried a treasure in a cave behind the waterfall; the waterfall is so powerful no one has been able to get it.
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  • A bright fogbow frames several tress growing on a bluff high above the Missouri River between Poplar and Brockton, Montana. Fogbows are formed much like rainbows, except the bands of colors overlap, resulting in what appears to be a largely white band. (A faint red band is visible on the outer edge; blue, inside.) The full moon is also visible in the inner band, just above the golden tree.
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  • Willow blossoms appear as bright dots in heavy brush in wetlands of Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
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  • Bright green moss engulfs a tree in a ravine on Rucker Hill in Everett, Washington.
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  • Bright streaks fall down the curved walls of Upper Antelope Canyon in the Navajo Nation, Arizona. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
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  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) shines bright over a forested ridge in Mount Rainier National Park, 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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