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  • 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
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) rests on a rocky ledge on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff, 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean.
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_SteepCliff_2862.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), right, walks up to check out a razorbill (Alca torda) on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. During the breeding season, Látrabjarg hosts as much as 40 percent of the breeding populations of some birds, including razorbills.
    Razorbill_Puffin_Latrabjarg_2375.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) rests on a ledge high above the Atlantic Ocean on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff, 14 km (8.7 miles) long with a height of up to 440 meters (1444 feet).
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_Ledge_AtlanticOcea...jpg
  • A pair of Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) share a ledge near the top of the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff, 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean..
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_PairOnLedge_2666.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) stands at the top of the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland, up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff.
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_PortraitOnCliff_23...jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) rests on a rocky ledge on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff, 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean..
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_GreenLedge_2429.jpg
  • A razorbill (Alca torda) rests on a rocky perch high above the Atlantic Ocean on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Razorbills are large seabirds, the largest member of the Auk family, and it comes to land only to breed. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) high. It hosts up to 40 percent of the breeding populations of some species, including razorbills.
    Razorbill_Latrabjarg_2485.jpg
  • A towering columnar basalt cliff is partially reflected in the waters of Breiðasund in the town of Stykkishólmur, Iceland. Columnar basalt is a volcanic rock formed when basalt lava rapidly cools at or very near the Earth's surface. Basalt, which is naturally grey or black, is rich in iron and can rapidly rust, taking on a reddish-brown appearance.
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  • A towering columnar basalt cliff is partially reflected in the waters of Breiðasund in the town of Stykkishólmur, Iceland. Columnar basalt is a volcanic rock formed when basalt lava rapidly cools at or very near the Earth's surface. Basalt, which is naturally grey or black, is rich in iron and can rapidly rust, taking on a reddish-brown appearance.
    Iceland_ColumnarBasalt_Stykkisholmur...jpg
  • The first light of day illuminates the shrubs atop a basalt cliff that rises over a small pond in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Adams County, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Basalt-Cliff-Sunrise...jpg
  • The five-story cliff dwelling known as Montezuma Castle is visible up a sheer limestone cliff in Montezuma Castle National Monument near Camp Verde, Arizona. Montezuma Castle and other cliff dwellings in the area were built and used by the Sinagua people between approximately 1100 and 1425 AD. Montezuma Castle, which contains 45-60 rooms, is one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in North America, likely due to its placement 90 feet (27 meters) up the cliff and the protection from the elements provided by the rock overhang.
    AZ_Montezuma-Castle_2489.jpg
  • The five-story cliff dwelling known as Montezuma Castle is visible up a sheer limestone cliff in Montezuma Castle National Monument near Camp Verde, Arizona. Montezuma Castle and other cliff dwellings in the area were built and used by the Sinagua people between approximately 1100 and 1425 AD. Montezuma Castle, which contains 45-60 rooms, is one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in North America, likely due to its placement 90 feet (27 meters) up the cliff and the protection from the elements provided by the rock overhang.
    AZ_Montezuma-Castle_Framed_2485.jpg
  • A field of flowering goldenrods color the valley below a towering basalt cliff in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Adams County, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Goldenrod_Cliffs_758...jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) guards the entrance to its burrow while its mate tends to their nest in the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland. Puffins nest in burrow at the top of the bird cliff, up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Látrabjarg, Europe's largest bird cliff, hosts up to 40 percent of the breeding populations of some species.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Burrow_3303.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) dives off the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland in search of food. Millions of birds, including Atlantic puffins, northern gannets, guillemots and razorbills, breed on the cliff in the summer. Látrabjarg is the western-most point in Europe and its largest bird cliff. It's 14 km (8.6 imles) long and as much as 440 meters (1,444) feet high.
    Iceland_Latrabjarg_PuffinDiving_9138.jpg
  • A rainbow stretches across the sky above the Vermilion Cliffs near Page, Arizona. The Vermilion Cliffs, which rise as much as 3,000 feet (914 meters), are the second step in the five-step Grand Staircase of the Colorado Plateau, which stretches from northern Arizona to southern Utah.  The cliffs are made up of sedimentary rocks, primarily sandstone, siltstone, limestone, and shale, that have eroded over millions of years. The Vermilion Cliffs were designated as the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in 2000.
    AZ_VermilionCliffs_Rainbow_8507.jpg
  • Two pairs of Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) rub their bills together, a display known as billing, to select a mate at the top of the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) high. It hosts up to 40 percent of the breeding populations of some species.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Billing_3184.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) appears to yawn from the top of the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff, 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean..
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_Yawning_2529.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) rests outside its burrow on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland while its mate sits just inside. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff, 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Burrow_Pair_2752.jpg
  • Three Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) rest at the top of the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland, up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_ThreeOnCliff_2441.jpg
  • A common guillemot (Uria aalge) nests on a small ledge on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Common guillemots, also known as common murres or thin-billed murres, are members of the auk family. They breed in very dense colonies, laying a single egg on a bare rocky ledge..
    Guillemot_Nesting_Latrabjarg_2834.jpg
  • Four common gulls (Larus canus canus) crowd together on a tiny ledge high above Atlantic Ocean on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean.
    Gulls_Common_Ledge_Latrabjarg_2790.jpg
  • Dozens of common guillemots (Uria aalge) crowd together to nest on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Common guillemots, also known as common murres or thin-billed murres, are members of the auk family. They breed in very dense colonies, laying a single egg on a bare rocky ledge.
    Guillemots_Nesting_Latrabjarg_2505.jpg
  • The Hōlei Pali Cliffs of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park tower 40 to 60 feet above the Pacific Ocean waves below. Full-size trees are visible at the top of this lava shelf. A long exposure captures the motion of storm clouds and of the Pacific Ocean waves slamming into the lava shelf on the Big Island of Hawai`i.
    HI_Volcanoes_Holei-Pali-Cliffs_9048.jpg
  • The white and multi-colored Elkheart Cliffs stand out against dark storm clouds over Mt. Carmel Junction, Utah.
    UT_ElkheartCliffs_StormClouds_0290.jpg
  • A pair of Atlantic puffins share a ledge high above the Atlantic Ocean in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Látrabjarg, 14 kilometers (8.5 miles) long and up to 440 metres (1,444 feet) high, is Europe's largest bird cliff. About 60 percent of all Atlantic puffins breed in Iceland.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Pair_WideView_864...jpg
  • Storm clouds gather over the multi-colored Elkheart Cliffs, located near Mt. Carmel Junction, Utah.
    UT_ElkheartCliffs_StormClouds_0298.jpg
  • 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.
    NM_Bandelier_Wall-Texture_1635.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
  • Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) share a ledge high above the Atlantic Ocean at Látrabjarg, Iceland. Látrabjarg is the western most point in Europe, and Europe's largest bird cliff, 14 kilometers (8.5 miles) long and up to 440 metres (1,444 feet) high.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Pair_Ocean_8664.jpg
  • 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.
    NM_Bandelier_Wall-Texture_1633.jpg
  • 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).
    Etretat_Manneporte_Crepuscular-Rays_...jpg
  • 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 collapsed cliffs of Cape Dzhigalgan meet the Caspian Sea in this aerial view taken from the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan. Dzhigalgan means "collapsed land" in the Kazakh language. The cape lies at the base of a mountain range and is filled with large boulders, some the size of a small house. The Caspian Sea is the world's largest lake and its level has changed numerous times through its history. As it rose during the late Pleistocene, it inundated large sections of the semi-desert of western Kazakhstan, cutting cliffs that later eroded and fell.
    Kazakhstan_Cape-Dzhigalgan_Aerial_50...jpg
  • 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_9581.jpg
  • At dusk, English Channel waves crash through a natural sea arch known as Porte d'Aval at the Falaise d'Étretat cliffs in Normandy, France. The white chalk cliffs are as tall as 90 meters (300 feet).
    Etretat_Porte-d'Aval_Dusk_9599.jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunts for food on ths cliffs of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Nearly three-quarters of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area use Protection Island and they are a target for bald eagles.
    BaldEagle_Hunting_ProtectionIsland_6...jpg
  • Ripples spread across Soda Lake after a fish jumped out of the water in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. The sunrise bathes the basalt cliffs on the opposite side of the lake in golden light.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Soda-Lake_Ripples_09...jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) flies over the northern tip of Grímsey, the northernmost point in Iceland. The northern tip of the island lies within the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Ocean is visible in the background. The towering cliffs of Grímsey are used by thousands of nesting birds in the summer, including Atlantic puffins, gulls and fulmars.
    Iceland_Grimsey_NorthernTip_8033.jpg
  • A flock of pelicans flies through a passage at Chapman Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon, as the late evening sun bathes the sky and cliffs in golden light.
    OR_Chapman-Point_Golden-Sunset_4230.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves created an arch in the sandstone cliffs of Cape Kiwanda, near Pacific City, Oregon. The crashing waves are blurred by a 15-second exposure.
    CapeKiwandaArch.jpg
  • The late afternoon sun shines through Manneporte, a large sea arch 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).
    Etretat_Manneporte_Afternoon-Sun_BW_...jpg
  • The setting sun lights up the cliffs of Chapman Point, located on the northern Oregon coast near Cannon Beach. Crescent Beach, a relatively remote part of Ecola State Park, is visible in the foreground.
    ChapmanPointSunset.jpg
  • Summer wildflowers, including lupine, grow on the basalt cliffs overlooking Palouse Falls in Washington state. The waterfall is 200 ft. (61 m) in height and is fed by the Palouse River.
    PalouseFalls_Wildflowers_9318.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into rocks along the California Coast in Marin County, north of Muir Beach.
    CA_Pacific-Coast_Marin-County_5526.jpg
  • Otter Crest (right) and Cape Foulweather are shrouded in fog as gulls search for food at the edge of the Pacific Ocean on the central Oregon coast.
    OR_OtterCrest_Foggy_0020.jpg
  • A power boat races between narrow canyons that meet the Pacific Ocean along the Na Pali coast of Kauai, Hawaii.
    NaPaliAerial2.jpg
  • A band of clouds is reflected on the water of Soda Lake, located in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Soda-Lake-Panorama_8...jpg
  • A California Gull (Larus californicus) rests on the beach as thick fog envelopes Otter Crest on the central Oregon coast.
    OR_OtterCrest_Foggy_Gull_0089.jpg
  • A lower tier of Wapama Falls is reflected in the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park, California. Wapama Falls drops 1,080 feet (330 meters) in three tiers; only the lowest tier is visible here.
    Yosemite_HetchHetchy_WapamaFalls_851...jpg
  • The vibrant sunset shines through thick fog over the Kalalau Valley and the Pacific Ocean from the view at Pu`u o Kila lookout on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
    Kauai_KalalauStormy_7620.jpg
  • 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.
    Iceland_Skogafoss_7659.jpg
  • The nearly full moon rises above Chapman Point, located on the Oregon coast near Cannon Beach. Crescent Beach, the long stretch of relatively remote beach, is part of Ecola State Park. The Pacific Ocean waves are blurred by a long exposure time.
    ChapmanPointTwilight.jpg
  • Water cascades over Seljalandsfoss, a 200-foot (60-meter) waterfall in southern Iceland.
    Iceland_Seljalandsfoss_7279.jpg
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  • The full moon rises over the Grand Canyon and Colorado River in this view from the Tuweep Overlook (also spelled Toroweap) in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.  The Tuweep Overlook, located on the north rim of the Grand Canyon, provides one of the most dramatic canyon views. Here, the canyon is 3,000 feet deep and one mile wide — one of the few places on the Grand Canyon rim where you can see both the Colorado River and the other side of the canyon.
    GrandCanyon_Tuweep_Full-Moon_4695.jpg
  • The Tuweep Overlook, also spelled Toroweap, provides one of the most dramatic views of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Here, the canyon is 3,000 feet deep and one mile wide. It's one of the few places on the canyon rim where you can see both the Colorado River and all the way across the canyon.
    GrandCanyon_TuweepSunrise_4815_v.jpg
  • The Tuweep Overlook, also spelled Toroweap, provides one of the most dramatic views of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Here, the canyon is 3,000 feet deep and one mile wide. It's one of the few places on the canyon rim where you can see both the Colorado River and all the way across the canyon.
    GrandCanyon_TuweepSunrise_4807.jpg
  • Two small creeks actually combine near the Continental Divide above Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, Montana.
    GlacierNPTwoCreeks.jpg
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  • 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
  • Stars shine above the steep walls of the Tuweep Overlook, also spelled Toroweap, which provides one of the most dramatic views of teh Grand Canyon in Arizona. Lit by the full moon, the walls of the canyon are 3,000 feet tall. Here, the canyon is also a mile wide. It's one of the few places on the Grand Canyon rim where you can see both the Colorado River and the other side of the canyon.
    GrandCanyon_Tuweep_Night_4774.jpg
  • 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.
    ShuksanArmFog.jpg
  • Sunrise turns golden the rugged coastline of the Otter Cliffs and Monument Cove in Acadia National Park, Maine.
    Acadia_OtterCliffs_0877.jpg
  • A fiery sunset colors the sky over Bird Island and the southern cliffs of the Marin Headlands, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near San Francisco, California.
    Marin-Headlands_Rodeo-Cove_Fiery-Sun...jpg
  • A band of altocumulus clouds, partially illuminated by city lights, pass over rugged cliffs that are remnants of ancient lava flows in Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Night-Clouds_9837.jpg
  • A fiery sunset stretches across Rodeo Cove, reaching from the sea stacks to Bird Island in the Marin Headlands near San Francisco, California. The Marin Headlands are part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
    Marin-Headlands_Rodeo-Cove_Sea-Stack...jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) tries to attract a mate on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland. Látrabjarg is the westernmost point in Europe, and Europe's largest bird cliff.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_MatingDance_6074.jpg
  • Black, feral goats (Capra hircus) climb a grassy cliff on the Big Island of Hawai`i. The goats, found near steep cliffs and lava fields, are descendants of Spanish goats were introduced to the Hawaiian Islands in the 1700s by explorer George Vancouver. They have put other animal populations, including the endangered palila bird, in jeopardy.
    HI_Black-Goats_8466.jpg
  • Black, feral goats (Capra hircus) feed in a grassy cliff on the Big Island of Hawai`i. The goats, found near steep cliffs and lava fields, are descendants of Spanish goats were introduced to the Hawaiian Islands in the 1700s by explorer George Vancouver. They have put other animal populations, including the endangered palila bird, in jeopardy.
    HI_Black-Goats_8428.jpg
  • Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) rub their bills together, an act of courtship known as billing. These puffins were found on the bird cliffs of Látrabjarg, Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 1,444 feet (440 meters) high and 8 miles (14 km) long.
    Puffins_Billing_6094.jpg
  • A rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus) climbs on mesquite on a cliff overlooking Montezuma Well in Montezuma Castle National Monument near Camp Verde, Arizona. The rock squirrel belongs to the ground squirrel family, although it is known to climb trees and boulders.
    Squirrel-Rock_Mesquite_Montezuma-Wel...jpg
  • Atlantic Ocean waves flow into a sea cave in a basalt cliff near Hellnar on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in western Iceland.
    Iceland_Hellnar_Sea-Cave_9271.jpg
  • Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) share a ledge on the bird cliff at Látrabjarg, Iceland. Atlantic puffins spend most of their lives at sea, but nest on the coasts of Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, the British Isles, Norway, Atlantic Canada, and northern Europe.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Pair_6088.jpg
  • A side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) rests in a crack in a sandstone cliff in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument near Tuweep, Arizona.
    Lizard_SideBlotched_4594.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
  • Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) share a rocky bluff in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 8 miles (14 km) long and 1,444 feet (440 meters) high.
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  • Latourell Falls plunged 289 feet (76 metres) over a rocky basalt cliff in the Columbia Gorge of Oregon.
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  • Two northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) engage in a courtship ritual on a cliff high above Vík, Iceland.
    Fulmars_Courtship_9019.jpg
  • A great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) sits at the entrance to its nest on a rocky ledge overlooking Montezuma Well in Arizona as its young owlet looks out. Montezuma Well is part of the Montezuma Castle National Monument, which protects ancient cliff dwellings built and used by the Sinagua people between 1100 and 1425 AD.
    Owl-Great-Horned_Nest_Montezuma-Well...jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) shows off its tongue, which is specially adapted to allow it to carry many fish in its bill at one time. Atlantic puffins typically carry about 10 fish in their bills at one time, using their tongues to hold their catch against spines on their palate. This Atlantic puffin was photographed on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland; about 60 percent of all Atlantic puffins breed in Iceland.
    Puffin_Atlantic_Tongue_Latrabjarg_44...jpg
  • A rainbow forms in the spray of Snoqualime Falls, a 268 ft (82 m) waterfall located on the Snoqualmie River in Snoqualmie, Washington. The Salish Lodge and Spa stands on the cliff. The original lodge was built in 1919 and completely remodeled in 1988. The fireplace is the only remaining part of the original structure.
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  • The flow over Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, is relatively low before the autumn storms arrive. Here, the flow is about half the annual average. Salish Lodge, a popular tourist resort, is visible on the cliff above the waterfall.
    SnoqualmieFalls_RedSky_6368.jpg
  • A juvenile wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) looks out from its nest on a high cliff in the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on Kauai, Hawaii. The Hawaiian name for the bird is `Ua`u Kani. While the wedge-tailed shearwaters are relatively common on the coasts of the Hawaiian islands, the birds are threatened by modern life and recovery efforts are underway.
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  • A New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) rests on a rocky cliff near Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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  • One northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) flies off to find food while the other tends to their nest high on a cliff above Vík, Iceland.
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  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) looks out from its perch atop the Látrabjarg, Iceland, bird cliff. Atlantic Puffins are known for their colorful bills, which are especially colorful during the breeding season. About 60 percent of all Atlantic Puffins nest in Iceland.
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_Portrait_6403.jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) looks out from its perch atop the Látrabjarg, Iceland, bird cliff. Atlantic Puffins are known for their colorful bills, which are especially colorful during the breeding season. About 60 percent of all Atlantic Puffins nest in Iceland.
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_Portrait_5695.jpg
  • The waterfall Gullfoss flows into a deep gorge bordered by an ice-capped cliff in Iceland. At Gullfoss, which means Golden Falls, the Hvítá River drops 64 meters (210 feet) in three stages; half of that drop, the view shown here, comes in the final stage into the gorge.
    Iceland_Gullfoss_IcePatterns_2025.jpg
  • A side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) rests in a crack in a sandstone cliff in Tuweep, Arizona.
    Lizard_SideBlotched_4589.jpg
  • Brittlebrush (Encelia farinosa) blooms at the base of the Dacite Cliffs in the Superstition Wilderness of Arizona.
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  • Two fulmars fly between the southern coast of Iceland and the Dyrhólaey peninsula. The peninsula features several sea arches, resulting its name, which means "the island with the hill door." During the early summer, thousands of fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) nest on rocky cliffs throughout Iceland.
    Iceland_Dyrholaey_Fulmars_7525.jpg
  • A colorful, late-spring sunset colors the sky above the rugged cliffs of the Na Pali coast and the Pacific Ocean in this view from Ke'E Beach on Kauai's north coast.
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  • A colorful, late-spring sunset colors the sky above the rugged cliffs of the Na Pali coast and the Pacific Ocean in this view from Ke'E Beach on Kauai's north coast.
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  • Atlantic Ocean waves crash through an arch on the Dyrhólaey peninsula near Vík, Iceland. Dyrhólaey means "the hill island with the door-hole" and there are several arches in the peninsula, including one that is spectacularly large. The peninsula's basalt cliffs are as much as 120 meters (394 feet) tall.
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  • Several ring-billed and herring gulls fly over Dry Falls in Grant County, Washington, which at one time was believed to be the largest waterfall that ever existed. Geologists believe that during the last ice age, ice dams resulted in giant glacial lakes in eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana. When those dams failed, as they did dozens of times, glacial lakes Columbia and Missoula rapidly drained, creating a cataclysmic flood. During the floods, what is now Dry Falls was a spectacular waterfall, 400 feet high (121 meters), 3.5 miles wide (5.63 kilometers). Water may have raced over its massive cliffs at 65 miles an hour (105 km/hour), a flow that's estimated to be ten times as powerful as all the world's current rivers combined. The cliffs shown here represent a small fraction of the ice age waterfall. Dry Falls Lake is pictured in the foreground; Green Lake is visible in the background.
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  • The setting sun lights up the rugged walls of the Kalalau Valley, located on Kauai's Na Pali coast. The cliffs that line the valley are more than 2,000 feet tall.
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