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  • Dozens of long blades of grass are shown up-close in a Snohomish County, Washington, yard.
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  • A close-up image reveals the delicate texture of a red tulip blooming in a garden at Roozengaarde, one of the major tulip growers in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Each year, more than a million people visit the area near Mount Vernon to check out 300 acres of cultivated tulips.
    Tulip_Red_CloseUp_Roozengaarde_7482.jpg
  • A close look at the back of a captive emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) reveals a range of blue, violet and golden colors in the patterns of its feathers. The flightless bird is endemic to Australia and is the world's second-largest bird by height.
    Emu_Feathers_Back_Detail_9536.jpg
  • A close-up of a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) frond reveals the detail of its radiating, green lines. This palm tree was found in the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge on the Caribbean island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
    Palm_Coconut_Frond_Vieques_7822.jpg
  • A close-up image of the trunk of an Arizona sycamore (Platanus wrightii) reveals abstract, almost monochromatic patterns of its bark. The Arizona sycamore is native to the states of Arizona and New Mexico. This Arizona sycamore was found in a lush area near Montezuma Well in Montezuma Castle National Monument.
    Sycamore_Arizona_Bark_Detail_Montezu...jpg
  • A close-up image of the trunk of an Arizona sycamore (Platanus wrightii) reveals abstract, almost monochromatic patterns of its bark. The Arizona sycamore is native to the states of Arizona and New Mexico. This Arizona sycamore was found in a lush area near Montezuma Well in Montezuma Castle National Monument.
    Sycamore_Arizona_Bark_Detail_Montezu...jpg
  • Magnification at four times life-size reveals the structure of ice crystals that formed on a fallen leaf on a frosty morning.
    Leaf_Ice-Crystals_Macro_Lynnwood_189...jpg
  • Magnification at four times life-size reveals the structure of ice crystals that formed on a fallen leaf on a frosty morning.
    Leaf_Ice-Crystals_Macro_Lynnwood_187...jpg
  • Magnification at four times life-size reveals the structure of ice crystals that formed on a fallen leaf on a frosty morning.
    Leaf_Ice-Crystals_Macro_Lynnwood_190...jpg
  • A close-up view captures the rough texture of water surging over Snoqualmie Falls in Snoqualmie, Washington.
    Snoqualmie-Falls_Detail_Water_5509.jpg
  • A close-up view captures the rough texture of water surging over Snoqualmie Falls in Snoqualmie, Washington.
    Snoqualmie-Falls_Detail_Water_5466.jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) looks out from its perch on a grassy bluff in Látrabjarg, Iceland. 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_5068.jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) looks out from its perch on a grassy bluff in Látrabjarg, Iceland. 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_CloseUp_4603.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_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
  • An extreme macro view — approximately five times magnification — contrasts the leg of a garden spider against a spiderweb in high-contrast light. The colorful streaks on the web are the result of iridescence — light being bent into different wavelengths by the tiny droplets on the threads.
    Spider_Leg_Web_Iridescence_Macro_235...jpg
  • A cultivated tulip named Residence blooms in one of the gardens at Roozengaarde, one of the major tulip growers in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Each year, more than a million people visit the area near Mount Vernon to check out 300 acres of cultivated tulips.
    Tulip_Roozengaarde_Residence_7434.jpg
  • Dew collects on the back of a fallen maple leaf in Carkeek Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Fall_Leaf_DewDrops_Carkeek_5119.jpg
  • Brachts emerge from the scales of a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cone in Snohomish County, Washington. Douglas fir cones are unique in that they have three-pronged brachts that extend from between the scales. According to Native American legends, those brachts represent mice that used the cone for protection during forest fires; the mice dove headfirst into the cones and the three prongs represent their hing legs and tail.
    Douglas-Fir_Brachts_Macro_Lynnwood_5...jpg
  • Early morning light highlights the top of Eagle Falls, a waterfall in the Lake Tahoe area of California.
    CA_EagleFalls_Detail_9480.jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) flies against the blue sky as it returns to its nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    BaldEagle_Flying_CloseUp_8902.jpg
  • Brachts emerge from the scales of a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cone in Snohomish County, Washington. Douglas fir cones are unique in that they have three-pronged brachts that extend from between the scales. According to Native American legends, those brachts represent mice that used the cone for protection during forest fires; the mice dove headfirst into the cones and the three prongs represent their hing legs and tail.
    Douglas-Fir_Brachts_Macro_Lynnwood_3...jpg
  • Pipers Creek flows over and around colorful rocks as it travels through Carkeek Park in Seattle, Washington.
    Carkeek_Pipers-Creek_Detail_7868.jpg
  • A flame skimmer (Libellula saturata) grabs onto a stick to rest in Snohomish County, Washingotn.
    Skimmer_Flame_Perched_1070.jpg
  • A composite of three images captured over a two-week period shows the development of the first leaves on a flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum).
    Currant-Flowering_Leaf-Development_1...jpg
  • Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) fry swim in a tight cluster called a school in Puget Sound near the Edmonds, Washington, shoreline. Pacific staghorn sculpin are found in shallow coastal waters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California, and are especially common in estuaries and coastal lagoons.
    Fish_Small-Fry_Circles_Edmonds_0796.jpg
  • An extreme close-up of flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) petals — approximately five-times life size — reveals delicate form and texture.
    Currant-Flowering_Bloom_Macro_Abstra...jpg
  • A hoary marmot (Marmota caligata) poses for a close-up photo in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Marmots, which hibernate for 8-9 months a year, live near the tree line and feast on wildflowers and grasses during the summer months.
    Marmot-Hoary_Profile_RainierNP_3784.jpg
  • An extreme close-up of flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) petals — approximately five-times life size — reveals delicate form and texture.
    Currant-Flowering_Bloom_Macro_Abstra...jpg
  • An extreme close-up of flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) petals — approximately five-times life size — reveals delicate form and texture.
    Currant-Flowering_Bloom_Macro_Abstra...jpg
  • Blades of grass fan out in a tight cluster in this close-up view of a lawn in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Grass_Blades_Close-Up_Lynnwood_3277.jpg
  • A lily magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora) begins to bloom in early spring. The pink flowers gradually give way to dark green leaves. The lily magnolia is native to southwest China.
    Magnolia-Lily_Flower_Close-Up_Lynnwo...jpg
  • Blades of grass fan out in a tight cluster in this close-up view of a lawn in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Grass_Blades_Close-Up_Lynnwood_3256.jpg
  • A North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as a Canadian porcupine, looks at its surroundings after being released by a wildlife rehabilitation center.
    Porcupine_Portrait_Camano_5623.jpg
  • A North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as a Canadian porcupine, looks at its surroundings after being released by a wildlife rehabilitation center.
    Porcupine_Profile_Camano_5538.jpg
  • A cluster of unopened bluebell flowers is shown in early spring against green grass using a macro lens with shallow depth of field.
    Bluebells_Unopened_8086.jpg
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  • An adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) flies by closely, revealing the detail under its powerful wings as it hunts for salmon in the Nooksack River in Welcome, Washington. Bald eagles have a wingspan that averages 7 feet (220 centimeters).
    Bald-Eagle_Flying_Close-Up_Nooksack_...jpg
  • Burney Falls in northern California emerges from the rocks. The waterfall is fed by underground springs at and above the falls; cracks in the rock allow the water to emerge at various points of the falls. Since it is fed by springs, Burney Falls flows at an almost constant rate of 100 million US gallons per day (4 m³/s), even during the dry summer months.
    CA_BurneyFalls_Close_3582.jpg
  • The golden light of the late-day sun streaks across the tops of numerous small Puget Sound waves off of the Edmonds, Washington, shoreline.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Glint_CloseUp_09...jpg
  • An extreme close-up of a daffodil (approximately five times life size) reveals the delicate textures and colors at the center of the flower.
    Daffodil_Macro_Abstract_2030.jpg
  • The Milky Way is visible in the midnight sky over the eastern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington state. The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system and is comprised of as many as 400 billion stars and 100 billion planets. Its name comes from the appearance of a band of stars that from Earth are so close together that they cannot be distinguished as individual stars with the naked eye. 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. This view was captured from Sunrise in Mount Rainier National Park.
    Rainier_Milky-Way_Sunrise_0095.jpg
  • The Milky Way stretches across the sky over the Mormon Basin in Malheur County, Oregon. The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system and is comprised of as many as 400 billion stars and 100 billion planets. Its name comes from the appearance of a band of stars that from Earth are so close together that they cannot be distinguished as individual stars with the naked eye.
    Milky-Way_Malheur-County_3821.jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa), called a drake, swims in a channel of the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Wood ducks typically breed in wooded swamps, shallow lakes, marshes or ponds, and creeks in the eastern United States and along the west coast from Washington state into Mexico. They usually nest in cavities in trees close to water. Unlike most other ducks, the wood duck has sharp claws for perching in trees.
    WoodDuck_DrakeSwimming_Arboretum_115...jpg
  • One juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) attacks another that flew too close as they soared over the Squamish River in Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada.
    BaldEagles_JuvenilesSoaringFighting_...jpg
  • The Milky Way is visible in the midnight sky over the eastern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington state. The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system and is comprised of as many as 400 billion stars and 100 billion planets. Its name comes from the appearance of a band of stars that from Earth are so close together that they cannot be distinguished as individual stars with the naked eye. 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. This view was captured from Sunrise in Mount Rainier National Park.
    Rainier_Milky-Way_Sunrise_0095PC.jpg
  • This close up view of a portion of Nooksack Falls, an 88 foot (27 meter) waterfall in the North Cascades of Washington state, shows that the force of the water has smoothed the rock of the gorge.
    Nooksack-Falls_Detail_1547.jpg
  • A cluster of Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) known as The House grow together in Sequoia National Park, California. Giant Sequoias are the world's largest trees in terms of total volume, with the largest trees reaching 311 feet (95 meters) in height and more than 56 feet (17 meters) in diameter. The oldest Giant Sequoias are more than 3,000 years old. Sequoias are unique in that they can grow close together, sharing root systems, to get the water they need.
    Sequoias_TheHouse_SequoiaNP_8857.jpg
  • A great golden digger wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) rests between the thorns on a blackberry cane in Everett, Washington. Female great golden digger wasps dig tunnels for their eggs. They catch and paralyze small insects, which they take to one of their tunnels. They deposit an egg on the still-living insect and close the tunnel.
    Wasp-Great-Golden-Digger_Blackberry_...jpg
  • Water at the base of the Parc de Woluwé waterfall near Brussels, Belgium, makes circular patterns as it waits for an opportunity to flow through a narrow channel downstream. The waterfall is simply known as cascade or waterval — the French and Dutch words for "waterfall." The park, close to Brussels, is located in the Woluwe-Saint-Pierre municipality.
    Brussels_Woluwe_Cascade_3479.jpg
  • Water at the base of the Parc de Woluwé waterfall near Brussels, Belgium, makes circular patterns as it waits for an opportunity to flow through a narrow channel downstream. The waterfall is simply known as cascade or waterval — the French and Dutch words for "waterfall." The park, close to Brussels, is located in the Woluwe-Saint-Pierre municipality.
    Brussels_Woluwe_Cascade_3484.jpg
  • A school of Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) fry swim in tight circles in Puget Sound close to the Edmonds, Washington, waterfront. Pacific staghorn sculpin are found in shallow coastal waters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California, and are especially common in estuaries and coastal lagoons.
    Fish_Small-Fry_Circles_Edmonds_0608.jpg
  • An American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) feeds in the Cedar River near Renton, Washington. American dippers are found throughout western North America, feeding in fast-moving, rocky streams where they feed on aquatic insects and their larvae, tiny fish, and tadpoles. Dippers have an extra eyelid that allow them to see when their heads are underwater as well as scales that close their nostrils when they are submerged.
    Dipper_American_CedarRiver_3872.jpg
  • A female wood duck (Aix sponsa) swims in a channel of the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Wood ducks typically breed in wooded swamps, shallow lakes, marshes or ponds, and creeks in the eastern United States and along the west coast from Washington state into Mexico. They usually nest in cavities in trees close to water. Unlike most other ducks, the wood duck has sharp claws for perching in trees.
    WoodDuck_FemaleSwimming_Arboretum_31...jpg
  • The sun shines through a cluster of Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) known as The House in Sequoia National Park, California. Giant Sequoias are the world's largest trees in terms of total volume, with the largest trees reaching 311 feet (95 meters) in height and more than 56 feet (17 meters) in diameter. The oldest Giant Sequoias are more than 3,000 years old. Sequoias are unique in that they can grow close together, sharing root systems, to get the water they need.
    Sequoias_TheHouse_Sunburst_SequoiaNP...jpg
  • Four giant sequoia trees known as the Bachelor and the Three Graces stand in the Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park, California. Sequoias can grow very close together because they share root systems.
    Sequoias_BachelorThreeGraces_Yosemit...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves shoot 50 feet into the air through a tiny hole in a lava shelf off on the Kauai coast known as the Spouting Horn blowhole. It sounds like a whale breathing, but Hawaiian legend says the sound is actually the "lizard woman" moaning. She would attack anyone who got too close. One day she chased a fisherman into a lava tube. He escaped; she's still stuck.
    SpoutingHorn.jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) issues a warning to a common raven (Corvus corax) that approached too close in Heritage Park in Kirkland, Washington. The raven and two others repeatedly plunged at the eagle, eventually forcing it to fly from its perch.
    BaldEagle_Raven_7098.jpg
  • This close-up shows the texture of the steep rock wall behind Lower Twin Falls near North Bend, Washington. The entire waterfall drops 135 feet (41 meters).
    TwinFalls_NorthBend_CloseUp_7126.jpg
  • An extreme macro view, approximately five times life size, gives an abstracted treatment to the internal structure of a blooming bluebell.
    Bluebell_Abstract-Macro_8228.jpg
  • An extreme macro view, approximately three times life size, gives an abstracted treatment to the internal structure of a blooming bluebell.
    Bluebell_Abstract-Macro_8171.jpg
  • An extreme macro view, approximately five times life size, gives an abstracted treatment to the internal structure of a blooming bluebell.
    Bluebell_Abstract-Macro_8230.jpg
  • An extreme macro view, approximately three times life size, gives an abstracted treatment a cluster of bluebell flowers.
    Bluebell_Abstract-Macro_8109.jpg
  • Strands of falling water curve around the rocky backdrop of Lower Twin Falls, a 135-foot (41-meter) waterfall in Olallie State Park near North Bend, Washington.
    TwinFalls_NorthBend_CloseUp_3394.jpg
  • A close-up view of an elm leaf reveals the patterns of its veins.
    Elm_Leaf_Detail_7224.jpg
  • This close-up aerial view shows how the Emmons Glacier on Mount Rainier breaks up as it reaches the lower part of the mountain.
    Rainier_EmmonsGlacier_7502.jpg
  • An extreme macro view, approximately five times life size, gives an abstracted treatment to the structure of a bluebell flower.
    Bluebell_Abstract-Macro_9846.jpg
  • A close-up of a a cross-section of petrified wood reveals colors in abstract patterns in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. The petrified wood in the park is made up of almost solid quartz and the colors are the result of impurities in the quartz, such as iron, carbon and manganese. It formed more than 200 million years ago when logs washed into an ancient river system. The logs were quickly buried by sediment, which slowed decay. Over time, minerals, including silica, were absorbed into the porous wood, replacing the original organic material over hundreds of thousands of years.
    AZ_Petrified-Forest_Petrified-Wood_A...jpg
  • This aerial close-up shows the rugged texture of Mount Rainier's Emmons Glacier, the largest glacier in the 48 contiguous United States. Emmons Glacier has a surface area of 4.3 square miles (11 km²).
    Rainier_EmmonsGlacier_Aerial_7499.jpg
  • An extreme macro view, approximately five times life size, gives an abstracted treatment to the internal structure of a blooming bluebell.
    Bluebell_Abstract-Macro_8229.jpg
  • A close-up shows the detail of the texture of the Giant Dome Column, located in the Hall of Giants in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. Giant Dome, like the other speleothems in the Hall of Giants, began as small calcite deposits on the cavern floor. Dripping water resulted in more calcite building up on the initial deposits, gradually building the small formations into large stalagmites. Giant Dome eventually grew to touch the ceiling, turning it from a stalgmite into a column that is 62 feet (19 meters) tall.
    CarlsbadCaverns_GiantDomeColumn_Deta...jpg
  • A close-up of the Painted Hills in John Day National Monument, Oregon reveals their popcorn-like texture. This texture is the result of erosion. The cracks result from the drying of the soil after heavy rain; the deeper channels are caused by the run-off of heavy rain.
    OR_PaintedHills_Texture_3125.jpg
  • An extreme macro view, approximately five times life size, gives an abstracted treatment to the internal structure of a blooming bluebell.
    Bluebell_Abstract-Macro_8147.jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) drinks as he swims on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.
    Duck-Mandarin_Lake-Washington_Kirkla...jpg
  • A pair of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) kiss at the entrance to a burrow in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. When prairie dogs encounter other prairie dogs in their territories, they sniff each other's perianal scent glands to make sure that they are from the same family group. Prairie dogs are very social and live in large colonies called prairie dog towns, but closely interact only with members of their own family. Kissing may be a signal that they recognize their own kin.
    PrairieDogs_BlackTailed_Badlands_Kis...jpg
  • A pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) walks on a snow-dusted hill in Yellowstone National Park, Montana. They are often mistakenly referred to as antelope, although they are more closely related to giraffes than to Old World antelope.
    Pronghorn_Winter_Yellowstone_3328.jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.
    Duck-Mandarin_Lake-Washington_Kirkla...jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Juanita Creek in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.
    Duck-Mandarin_Juanita-Creek_Kirkland...jpg
  • A heavy rainstorm closes in over the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Several prominent peaks are visible in this view (from left to right): Angels Gate, Deva Temple, Brahma Temple and Zoroaster Temple.
    GrandCanyon_NorthRimStorm.jpg
  • A burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) closes its eyes to shield them from heavy rain in Grant County, Washington.
    Owl-Burrowing_Wet_Ephrata_9029.jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.
    Duck-Mandarin_Juanita-Creek_Kirkland...jpg
  • A heavy rainstorm closes in over the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Several prominent peaks are visible in this view (from left to right): Angels Gate, Deva Temple, Brahma Temple and Zoroaster Temple.
    GrandCanyon_NorthRimStorm_8488.jpg
  • Two Belding's ground squirrels (Urocitellus beldingi) appear to kiss in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Frenchglen, Oregon. The ground squirrels are actually smelling each other's oral gland secretions to determine whether or not they're related. Belding's ground squirrels produce at least two odors from glands on their mouths and backs. They can determine whether they're related, and how closely they're related, by those odors.
    GroundSquirrels_Beldings_Kissing_Mal...jpg
  • Edith Creek flows over and around the rugged rocks behind Myrtle Falls in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
    MyrtleFalls_Close_9061.jpg
  • The full moon sets behind Mount Baker as the light of sunrise turns the peak of the volcano's cone red. Located in the North Cascades, Mount Baker, at 10,781 feet (3,286 meters), is the third largest volcano in Washington. It last erupted in 1880.
    Mount-Baker_Full-Moon_Sunrise_Close_...jpg
  • The east face of Steens Mountain in southeast Oregon is turned golden at sunrise. Steens Mountain is a roughly 30-mile (48-kilometer) long block mountain that rises a mile above the Alvord Desert. Massive internal pressure forced the ridge upward; glaciers carved dramatic gorges on the western face. Steens Mountain is the largest block-fault mountain in the Great Basin of Oregon and Nevada.
    OR_SteensMountain_EastFace_Close_342...jpg
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