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  • A slot canyon makes a sharp curve in Coyote Gulch, located in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. The narrow sandstone canyon was carved by flash floods.
    Grand-Staircase-Escalante_Coyote-Gul...jpg
  • Sandstone streaks curve and bend around The Wave, a petrified sand dune located on the Coyote Buttes Wilderness of Northern Arizona.
    Wave-Curves.jpg
  • A thick cloud of mist forms in the curve of Horseshoe Falls, one of the waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls on the border of New York and Ontario. About 90 percent of the water in the Niagara River flows over Horseshoe Falls, which amounts to about 600,000 gallons (2.3 million liters) of water per second. The waterfall is about a half-mile wide, with a brink length of 2600 feet (792 meters), and it is 167 feet (51 meters) high. Horseshoe Falls is also known as Canadian Falls, since about two-thirds of it is located in Canada. It is pictured here from the Canadian side.
    NiagaraFalls_HorseshoeFalls_Misty_Cu...jpg
  • A narrow passage of the Ape Cave gently curves in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Washington state. The Ape Cave is 13,042 feet long (3,975 meters), making it the third-longest lava tube in North America. It formed during an eruption of Mount St. Helens approximately 2,000 years ago. An 8-mile-long (13-kilometer-long) lava flow poured down the southern flank of the volcano. Lava cools from the outside-in, so the flow became like a straw, allowing lava to continue to flow through a hardened crust.
    WA_Ape-Cave_Narrow-Curve_5091.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
  • At low tide, water carves a curved, shallow channel through the mudflats at Stokksnes, Iceland.
    Iceland_Mudflat-Curves_Stokksnes_509...jpg
  • Wind blows across a curved dune, creating streaks of sand in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness in Washington state. 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. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness, located in Franklin County, is a wilderness preserve that spans more than 7,000 acres.
    JuniperDunes_CurvedSummit_Windy_6122.jpg
  • Centuries of erosion from rain and wind have carved dramatic curves into a petrified sand dune known as "The Wave," located in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness in Arizona.
    WaveBasinArizona.jpg
  • Flash floods eroded a wavy pattern into the narrow walls of this slot canyon in the Coyote Gulch of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
    Grand-Staircase-Escalante_Wall-Curve...jpg
  • A small stream curves as it winds through the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. This overhead aerial view was captured from a hot air balloon.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Stream_Aerial_2521.jpg
  • Tangled Creek in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, curves through a patch of dead lodgepole pine trees that have a silica crust at their base, resembling bobby socks. The trees are in the Black Sand Basin of Yellowstone, a geothermal area. When the hot spring runoff shifted, the trees absorbed the silica-rich water.
    Yellowstone_Tangled-Creek_Bobby-Sock...jpg
  • Tangled Creek in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, curves through a patch of dead lodgepole pine trees that have a silica crust at their base, resembling bobby socks. The trees are in the Black Sand Basin of Yellowstone, a geothermal area. When the hot spring runoff shifted, the trees absorbed the silica-rich water.
    Yellowstone_Tangled-Creek_Bobby-Sock...jpg
  • A small stream curves as it winds through the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. This overhead aerial view was captured from a hot air balloon.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Stream_Aerial_2419.jpg
  • Tangled Creek in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, curves through a patch of dead lodgepole pine trees that have a silica crust at their base, resembling bobby socks. The trees are in the Black Sand Basin of Yellowstone, a geothermal area. When the hot spring runoff shifted, the trees absorbed the silica-rich water.
    Yellowstone_Tangled-Creek_Bobby-Sock...jpg
  • A fork of the Hengifossa River curves through a grassy hillside near Egilsstaðir, Iceland. Upstream is Hengifoss, Iceland's third-tallest waterfall.
    Iceland_Hengifossa_CurvedRiver_4892.jpg
  • The South Fork of the Kings River carved a curved channel out of a large rock in Kings Canyon National Park, California.
    KingsCanyon_KingsRiver_CurvedRock_87...jpg
  • Kings Creek repeatedly curves through an open meadow as the winter snow melts in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California.
    Lassen_KingsCreek_Curves_3651.jpg
  • Snow covers the banks along the Gibbon River where it makes a dramatic bend near the Gibbon Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Yellowstone_Gibbon-River_Curve_Winte...jpg
  • The Genesee River cascades over a drop in the eroded river bed in Letchworth State Park, New York. The area was once submerged under an inland sea, which left deposits that formed sandstone and shale. The Genesee River eroded the river bed, forming small drops like this, as well as the Letchworth Gorge, which is 22 miles (35 km) long and as much as 550 feet (168 meters) deep.
    NY_Letchworth_GeneseeRiver_Curve_889...jpg
  • The Genesee River cascades over a drop in the eroded river bed in Letchworth State Park, New York. The area was once submerged under an inland sea, which left deposits that formed sandstone and shale. The Genesee River eroded the river bed, forming small drops like this, as well as the Letchworth Gorge, which is 22 miles (35 km) long and as much as 550 feet (168 meters) deep.
    NY_Letchworth_GeneseeRiver_Curve_890...jpg
  • Golden fall color lines the snow-covered banks of Blackrock Creek after the first autumn snowfall in Teton County, Wyoming. Grouse Mountain, a 6,884-foot (2,098-meter) peaks is visible through the storm clouds on the horizon.
    WY_Blackrock-Creek_Autumn-Snow_2699.jpg
  • A wandering creek flows past a solitary tree in the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, as seen in this aerial view captured from a hot air balloon.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Creek_Wandering_Ae...jpg
  • A young girl looks at her own reflection while playing in a small tidal creek near Haystack Rock on the Oregon Coast. Thick morning fog blocks the view of the base of Haystack Rock, one of the largest monoliths in the world. Haystack Rock, near Cannon Beach, Oregon, is made of remnants of ancient lava flows.
    HaystackRockChild.jpg
  • A raven (Corvus corax) flies over the Colorado River at the entrance to the Grand Canyon at Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    Grand-Canyon_Raven_Desert-View_6557.jpg
  • A raven (Corvus corax) flies over the Colorado River at the entrance to the Grand Canyon at Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    Grand-Canyon_Raven_Desert-View_6636.jpg
  • The Athabasca River seems to glow at sunset in this aerial view from over Grand Rapids Wildland Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
    AthabascaRiver_Aerial_2654.jpg
  • Flash floods eroded a wavy pattern into the narrow walls of this slot canyon in the Coyote Gulch of the Grand Staircase Escalante, Utah.
    CoyoteGulchWavyWalls.jpg
  • Cascade Creek flows past ice-covered rocks and brush on a below-freezing morning in Yosemite National Park, California.
    Yosemite_Cascade-Creek_Ice_9575.jpg
  • A long exposure turns Pacific Ocean waves into impressionistic streaks as they crash into Venice Beach at sunset in Venice, California.
    Pacific-Ocean_Waves_Impressionistic_...jpg
  • A very narrow slot canyon winds like a corkscrew through Coyote Gulch, located in the Grand Staircase Escalante, Utah.
    CoyoteGulchCorkscrew.jpg
  • The Yakima River bends back on itself, nearly forming a circle near Ellensburg, Washington.
    WA_Yakima-River_Bend_Aerial_7498.jpg
  • A Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) rests in a tree on Smith Island, Everett, Washington.
    Waxwing-Cedar_Perched_Everett_3696.jpg
  • Irregular columnar jointing, called entablature, is visible on an exposed hillside near Artist Point in the North Cascades of Washington state. These types of rock columns are formed when volcanic rocks cool, contract and crack.
    North-Cascades_Columnar-Jointing_Art...jpg
  • A layered sandstone wall appears to have been twisted and folded by many thousands of years of geological forces in Harris Wash in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.
    Grand-Staircase-Escalante_Harris-Was...jpg
  • A branch of a young Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) tree is trapped in deep snow in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Winter_Branch_Snow_1148.jpg
  • A vibrant shaft of light shines on the floor of a particularly narrow section of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo tribal land in Page, Arizona. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks." The slot canyon is formed primarily by erosion during flash floods; torrents of water race through the canyon and sculpt the sandstone.
    Antelope-Canyon_Beam_S2574-02.jpg
  • A Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) stretches on its perch in a tree on Smith Island, Everett, Washington.
    Waxwing-Cedar_Perched_Everett_3481.jpg
  • Irregular columnar jointing, called entablature, is visible on an exposed hillside near Artist Point in the North Cascades of Washington state. These types of rock columns are formed when volcanic rocks cool, contract and crack.
    North-Cascades_Columnar-Jointing_Art...jpg
  • California corn lilies (Veratrum californicum) grow around blue lupins in a meadow in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. California corn lilies, also known as California false hellebore, are found in mountain meadows from the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada.
    RainierNP_CornLilies_Lupine_3706.jpg
  • Sycamore Creek, a tributary of the Verde River, flows through Sycamore Canyon near Williams, Arizona. Sycamore Canyon, which is 21 miles (34 kilometers) long, is the second largest canyon in Arizona's redrock country, behind only Oak Creek Canyon. This scene was captured from Sycamore Point.
    AZ_SycamoreCanyon_8793.jpg
  • A severe solar storm resulted in this vibrant display of the northern lights (aurora borealis) over several Vancouver Island peaks. Mountains in this image include Mount Walker, Malaspina Peak, Mount Alava, Stevens Peak, Leighton Peak and Conuma Peak.
    NorthernLights-VancouverIsland.jpg
  • Several small rocks lie at the base of a dry waterfall, which was carved by flash floods in the Coyote Gulch area of the Grand Staircase Escalante, Utah.
    CoyoteGulchDryFall.jpg
  • A bent pine tree grows near the top of a sandstone column in Zion National Park, Utah.
    ZionBentTree1.jpg
  • The Mara River bends through a riverine forest in this aerial view over the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Mara-River_Forest_...jpg
  • The Mara River bends around a riverine forest in this aerial view over the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Mara-River_Forest_...jpg
  • A Japanese maple tree (Acer palmatum) displays its fall colors in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. This tree, with its lacy leaves and drooping habit, is of the dissectum cultivar.
    Arboretum_JapaneseMaple_Autumn_5303.jpg
  • Flash floods eroded a wavy pattern into the narrow walls of this slot canyon in the Coyote Gulch of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
    Grand-Staircase-Escalante_Wall-Curve...jpg
  • The golden light of sunset highlights the harsh environment near the summit of the High Peaks in Pinnacles National Park, California, illustrated in part by a radically-curved tree. The High Peaks, some of which are nearly 2,500 feet (750 meters) tall, are partial remnants of the ancient Pinnacles volcano, shifted 190 miles north of its original location due to movement of the San Andreas Fault.
    Pinnacles-NP_High-Peaks_Stormy-Sunse...jpg
  • The erosion patterns of the hills in the Sante Fe National Forest are visible in this aerial view captured from near El Valle, New Mexico.
    NM_Sante-Fe-Forest_Aerial_2409-BW.jpg
  • A bent pine tree grows near the top of a sandstone column in Zion National Park, Utah.
    Zion_Bent-Tree_8334.jpg
  • The rising sun shines through the thick mist generated by the force of Horseshoe Falls, one of the waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls on the border of New York and Ontario. About 90 percent of the water in the Niagara River flows over Horseshoe Falls, which amounts to about 600,000 gallons (2.3 million liters) of water per second. The waterfall is about a half-mile wide, with a brink length of 2600 feet (792 meters), and it is 167 feet (51 meters) high. Horseshoe Falls is also known as Canadian Falls, since about two-thirds of it is located in Canada. It is pictured here from the Canadian side.
    NiagaraFalls_HorseshoeFalls_MistySun...jpg
  • The steaming runoff from the Terrace Springs zigzags across a meadow in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Yellowstone_SteamingCreek_1527.jpg
  • Water from the Greenland Sea, considered part of the Arctic Ocean, washes into Öxarfjörður, Iceland, exposing part of a black sand beach that was covered with snow.
    Iceland_Snow_BlackSandBeach_Öxarfjör...jpg
  • A bent pine tree grows near the top of a sandstone column in Zion National Park, Utah.
    Zion_BentTree_1678.jpg
  • Centuries of wind and rain have eroded a petrified sand dune, known as "The Wave," located in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness on the Arizona-Utah border.
    WaveSlot.jpg
  • Centuries of wind and rain have eroded a petrified sand dune, known as "The Wave," located in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness on the Arizona-Utah border.
    WaveRipplesArizona.jpg
  • A Japanese maple tree (Acer palmatum) displays its fall colors in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. This tree, with its lacy leaves and drooping habit, is of the dissectum cultivar.
    Arboretum_JapaneseMaple_Autumn_5332.jpg
  • Río Canovanillas bends several times before it flows into the larger Río Grande de Loíza in this aerial view captured over the Loíza Valley, Puerto Rico. Río Canovanillas, or Canovanillas River, begins in the El Yunque National Forest. The Rio Grande de Loíza is Puerto Rico's largest river by volume and drains into the Atlantic Ocean after running for about 40 miles.
    Puerto-Rico_Loiza-Valley_Rivers-Join...jpg
  • With just a narrow crack in the ceiling of Upper Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona, little sunlight reaches the floor by mid-afternoon. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone, leaving undulating, layered walls that appear violet or purple in the very faint indirect afternoon light. The Navajo people call Antelope Canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks." The light in the canyon was so dim at the time that this image was captured that it required a more than one-minute exposure to reveal the detail of the canyon walls.
    Antelope-Canyon_Texture_S2571-05.jpg
  • The towering Coral Pink Sand Dunes near Kanab, Utah, are made up of orangish-pink sand, remnants of the Wingate and Kayenta sandstone that forms the Vermilion Cliffs to the southeast.
    CoralPinkSandDunes.jpg
  • Dark storm clouds hover over The Wave, petrified sand dunes that were carved by centuries of erosion from wind and heavy rain. The Wave is located in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness area of Arizona.
    Wave-DarkSky.jpg
  • A cloud of mist hangs in the middle of Horseshoe Falls, one of the waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls on the border of New York and Ontario. About 90 percent of the water in the Niagara River flows over Horseshoe Falls, which amounts to about 600,000 gallons (2.3 million liters) of water per second. The waterfall is about a half-mile wide, with a brink length of 2600 feet (792 meters), and it is 167 feet (51 meters) high. Horseshoe Falls is also known as Canadian Falls, since about two-thirds of it is located in Canada. It is pictured here from the Canadian side.
    NiagaraFalls_HorseshoeFalls_Dawn_894...jpg
  • Ecola Creek bends as it cuts through a sandy beach to reach the Pacific Ocean at Kramer Point in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    OR_Ecola-Creek_Cannon-Beach_2145.jpg
  • The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes are turned golden in the early morning light in Death Valley National Park, California. The tallest dunes are about 100 feet (30 meters) tall. The Grapevine Montains are visible in the background.
    DeathValley_MesquiteFlatDunes_7090.jpg
  • The leaves of the poisonous corn lily (Veratrum californicum), otherwise known as a false hellebore, twist into a swirl pattern. Corn lilies are commonly found in forested areas where the soil is consistently moist.
    CornLilySwirl.jpg
  • A band of cirrus clouds arcs over a tall Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) tree
    Clouds-Cirrus_Douglas-Fir_Blue-Lake_...jpg
  • North Creek, which flows through Bothell, Washington, reflects some of the golden color of the surrounding trees that are lit by the rising sun.
    North-Creek_Morning_7158.jpg
  • Leaves of several California corn lilies (Veratrum californicum) grow around each other in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state. California corn lilies, also known as California false hellebore, are found in mountain meadows from the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada.
    Corn-Lilies_Gifford-Pincho-NF_8811.jpg
  • Numerous drops of rain stick to a blade of grass in a yard in Snohomish County, Washington. A yellow buttercup flower is rendered out of focus in the background.
    Raindrops_Grass_Lynnwood_7417.jpg
  • The Colorado River makes a dramatic, almost circular bend at Horseshoe Bend, south of Page, Arizona, in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The towering red cliffs are about 1,000 feet (305 meters) above the river.
    AZ_Horsehoe-Bend_Stormy-Sunrise_0613.jpg
  • Falling water vanishes into a cloud of mist at Horseshoe Falls, one of the waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls on the border of New York and Ontario. About 90 percent of the water in the Niagara River flows over Horseshoe Falls, which amounts to about 600,000 gallons (2.3 million liters) of water per second. The waterfall is about a half-mile wide, with a brink length of 2600 feet (792 meters), and it is 167 feet (51 meters) high. Horseshoe Falls is also known as Canadian Falls, since about two-thirds of it is located in Canada.
    NiagaraFalls_HorseshoeFalls_Mist_910...jpg
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  • Asay Creek cuts an S-shaped curve through the snow-covered winter landscape in South Central Utah. The cliffs of Red Rock Canyon are visible in the background.
    AsayCreekUtahWinter.jpg
  • The curved walls of Rattlesnake Canyon join to form abstract patterns on Navajo Nation land near Page, Arizona. Rattlesnake Canyon is a slot canyon — a narrow sandstone canyon that's carved by flash floods.
    AZ_Rattlesnake-Canyon_Curved-Walls_6...jpg
  • The curved walls of Rattlesnake Canyon join to form abstract patterns on Navajo Nation land near Page, Arizona. Rattlesnake Canyon is a slot canyon — a narrow sandstone canyon that's carved by flash floods.
    AZ_Rattlesnake-Canyon_Curved-Walls_6...jpg
  • Molten lava makes dramatic curved patterns as it breaks through solid rock in Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii.
    LavaFlow-8661.jpg
  • A compressed view shows the contrasting water flow patterns of two parts of a curved waterfall located in the Frenchman Hills Wasteway in Potholes State Park, Grant County, Washington.
    WA_Potholes_Waterfall-Patterns_7723.jpg
  • A barred owl (Strix varia) rests on the curved trunk of a rhododendron in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Barred owls are known by many names, including hoot ouwl, eight hooter, rain owl, wood owl and striped owl.
    Owl_Barred_Rhododenron_Arboretum_856...jpg
  • Three white-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi) feed at the edge of a pond in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon. Ibises forage in groups by walking slowly with their heads down, probing the mud with their long, curved bills.
    Ibis_WhiteFaced_Malheur_5334.jpg
  • A heart shape appears among the curves of the ceiling of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone slot canyon, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Heart_7109.jpg
  • The Ape Cave gently curves in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Washington state. The Ape Cave is 13,042 feet long (3,975 meters), making it the third-longest lava tube in North America. It formed during an eruption of Mount St. Helens approximately 2,000 years ago. An 8-mile-long (13-kilometer-long) lava flow poured down the southern flank of the volcano. Lava cools from the outside-in, so the flow became like a straw, allowing lava to continue to flow through a hardened crust.
    WA_Ape-Cave_Passage_5087.jpg
  • 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."
    Antelope-Canyon_Streaks_6235.jpg
  • A barred owl (Strix varia) sleeps against the curved trunk of a rhododendron in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Barred owls are known by many names, including hoot ouwl, eight hooter, rain owl, wood owl and striped owl.
    Owl_Barred_Sleeping_Rhododenron_Arbo...jpg
  • The Cedar River forms curved patterns in the water as it flows over and around rocks near Hobart, Washington. The Cedar River flows for about 45 miles (72 kilometers) from the Cascade Mountains to Lake Washington. The upper reaches of the Cedar River are a protected watershed, providing drinking water for residents of Seattle and much of King County.
    WA_CedarRiver_LandsburgPark_4777.jpg
  • A rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) rests on a basalt rock in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. Rock wrens mainly feed on insects and spiders, using their long, curved bills to probe around rocks and other objects on the ground.
    Wren-Rock_Columbia-NWR_8491.jpg
  • A heart shape appears among the curves of the ceiling of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. Violent flash floods sculpt the sandstone slot canyon, leaving undulating, layered walls. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Heart_7110.jpg
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