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  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), soaring against a dark, stormy sky, hunts for food in the Skagit Valley of Washington state.
    BaldEagle_Soaring_DarkSky_0889.jpg
  • An immature dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis), Oregon race, looks out from its perch on a cherry tree in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Junco_Dark-Eyed_Immature_Lynnwood_24...jpg
  • A dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) in Oregon plumage feeds on a seed while standing in fresh snow in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Junco-Dark-Eyed_Feeding_Snow_8074.jpg
  • A dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) in Oregon plumage reaches for a seed resting on fresh snow in Snohomish County, Washington
    Junco-Dark-Eyed_Seed_Snow_Lynnwood_8...jpg
  • A dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) in Oregon plumage reaches for a seed resting on fresh snow in Snohomish County, Washington
    Junco-Dark-Eyed_Seed_Snow_Lynnwood_8...jpg
  • A dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis), Oregon race, singles from its perch on a cherry tree with spring blossoms in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Junco-Dark-Eyed_Singing_Blossoms_Lyn...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
  • Dark storm clouds pass over the green water of the English Channel as viewed from the beach at Fécamp in the Normandy region of France.
    France_Fecamp_English-Channel_Stormy...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of dark storm clouds, which are reflected on a large pond, partially covered in water lilies, in Parc des Sources in Brussels, Belgium. The public park is known for its numerous springs — called sources, in French — which provide drinking water to the surrounding area. Parc des Sources is one of six major parks that are connected in an ecological corridor in Brussles. In Dutch, Parc des Sources is called Bronnenpark.
    Brussels_Parc-des-Sources_Storm-Clou...jpg
  • Hundreds of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in a large flock, known as a murder, fly over bare winter trees along the Sammamish River in Bothell, Washington, on a dark, cloudy day. An estimated 10,000 crows roost in a small area in the city each night.
    Crows_Murder_Stormy_Bothell_3395.jpg
  • A Washington State Ferry crosses Puget Sound from Edmonds, Washington, as the sun sets under dark, cloudy skies.
    Ferry_Puget-Sound_Sunset_Edmonds_021...jpg
  • A cumulus cloud grows larger and turns dark as a storm develops over Snohomish County, Washington. About a half hour after this image was taken, it began to hail. Cumulus means "heap" or "pile" in Latin.
    Clouds_Cumulus_SnohomishCounty_6271.jpg
  • A cumulus cloud grows larger and turns dark as a storm develops over Snohomish County, Washington. About a half hour after this image was taken, it began to hail. Cumulus means "heap" or "pile" in Latin.
    Clouds_Cumulus_SnohomishCounty_6264.jpg
  • A dark storm cloud stretches over Puget Sound at sunset in this view from Alki Beach, Seattle, Washington.
    Alki_StormySunset_1792.jpg
  • Sunlight streaks through a break in the dark clouds during a rainstorm over the Hengill mountains in southwestern Iceland.
    Iceland_Hengill_Rainstorm_3256.jpg
  • A large flock of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos), known as a murder, flies past bare winter trees along the Sammamish River in Bothell, Washington, on a dark, cloudy day. An estimated 10,000 crows roost in a small area in the city each night.
    Crows_Murder_Stormy_Bothell_3352.jpg
  • A hint of golden sunrise color shines through the dark storm clouds hovering over Wizard Island and Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Crater Lake, the deepest fresh water lake in North America, is located in a caldera at the top of what was once Mount Mazama. A massive eruption around 5,700 B.C. caused the mountain to collapse. While the Wizard Island cone is long dormant, there is some hydrothermal activity at the bottom of Crater Lake, suggesting the mountain is still active.
    CraterLake_Stormy-Sunrise_6604.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 cumulus cloud grows larger and turns dark as a storm develops over Snohomish County, Washington. About a half hour after this image was taken, it began to hail. Cumulus means "heap" or "pile" in Latin.
    Clouds_Cumulus_SnohomishCounty_6243.jpg
  • Lightning strikes over the Toroweap Valley during a fall thunderstorm in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Vulcan's Throne, a 73,000-year-old volcanic cinder cone, is visible as a dark mound on the horizon on the left side of the image.
    GrandCanyon_Toroweap-Valley_Lightnin...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
  • An Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis var. Oregonus) rests on a snow-covered rhododendron. While the birds are named after the state of Oregon, they're actually found along the Pacific Coast from California to southern Alaska. The Oregon junco is one type of dark-eyed junco.
    Junco_Oregon_Snow_8479.jpg
  • A male Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis simillimus) rests on a maple tree that's displaying its red fall color. Oregon juncos, a type of dark-eyed juncos, are a unique type of sparrow that nests on or near the ground.
    Junco_Oregon_FallColor_Lynnwood_4865.jpg
  • An Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis), a Pacific Northwest variation of the dark-eyed junco, exhibiting leucism rests on a rhododendron branch. Leucism is a mutation that prevents melanin, a pigment, from being produced in parts of the bird's body. The condition is related to albinism where the animal is entirely unable to produce pigment.
    Junco_Oregon_Leucism_3219.jpg
  • A male Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis simillimus) rests on a maple tree that's displaying its red fall color. Oregon juncos, a type of dark-eyed juncos, are a unique type of sparrow that nests on or near the ground.
    Junco_Oregon_FallColor_Lynnwood_5077.jpg
  • A male Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis simillimus) rests on a maple tree that's displaying its red fall color. Oregon juncos, a type of dark-eyed juncos, are a unique type of sparrow that nests on or near the ground.
    Junco_Oregon_FallColor_Lynnwood_5247.jpg
  • Thousands of stars light the sky over in the North Cascades of Washington state on a moonless night. Mount Sefrit, a 7,191 foot (2,190 meter) mountain, is visible in the background on the left side of the image.
    North-Cascades_Night-Sky_6440.jpg
  • A tiny hole in thick storm clouds allows the late afternoon sun to illuminate Bear Mountain while the other peaks near Sedona, Arizona remain in deep shade. This scene was captured from the summit of Doe Mountain.
    AZ_BearMountain.jpg
  • A murder of thousands of crows takes flight at the first light of day from their roost in Bothell, Washington. The full moon is beginning to set behind a forested ridge.
    Crows_Murder-In-Flight_Moon_Bothell_...jpg
  • A murder of thousands of crows takes flight at the first light of day from their roost in Bothell, Washington. The full moon is beginning to set behind a forested ridge.
    Crows_Murder-In-Flight_Moon_Bothell_...jpg
  • Light shines into a section of the Balconies Cave, a talus cave in Pinnacles National Park, California. The park's high peaks are partial remnants of the ancient Pinnacles volcano, shifted 190 miles north of its original location due to movement of the San Andreas Fault. Talus caves, like Balconies Cave, are narrow passages in the piles of large rocks that have broke off and landed at the base of the peaks.
    Pinnacles-NP_Balconies-Cave_5649.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
  • Heavy rain and hail streak across the golden sky over Hogwallow Flats at daybreak in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
    Shenandoah_Hogwallow-Flats_Storm_375...jpg
  • The light of the crescent mon shines on the water of Puget Sound at night in this view from Golden Gardens in Seattle, Washington.
    Puget-Sound_Glint_Moon_Golden-Garden...jpg
  • Hundreds of stars in the night sky shine over Mount Si and Borst Lake in this scene from Snoqualmie, Washington. Mount Si is a 4167 ft (1270 m) mountain that is located in neighboring North Bend. Mount Si is a remnant of an oceanic plate volcano. Its summit is a class 3 rock scramble known as the Haystack.
    MountSi_BorstLake_Night_0296.jpg
  • Foxfire is visible on decaying driftwood at midnight on Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington. Foxfire is a natural phonemonon produced by bioluminescent fungi typically found on rotting bark. The purpose of the glow is unknown, but it may help the fungus attract insects, which then disperse its spores.
    OlympicNP_Ruby-Beach_Night_Foxfire_9...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • The golden light of the late day sun shines across the top of small waves on Puget Sound as viewed from Edmonds, Washington.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Sunset-Contrast_...jpg
  • An American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) perched at the top of a snag watches over hundreds of others that are perched in the trees along North Creek in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 10,000 crows roost in a small area of the city each night.
    Crows_Perched_Snag_Sunset_North-Cree...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • A large sandstone rock formation that's part of group known as the Parade of Elephants is rendered in silhouette at dusk in Arches National Park, Utah.
    Arches_Parade-Elephants_Silhouette_4...jpg
  • An aspen tree displays its autumn colors on a ridge in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, as a heavy rainstorm approaches.
    Bryce-Canyon_Autumn-Rainstorm_0847.jpg
  • The Ape Cave makes a sharp bend 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_Bend_5094.jpg
  • The ceiling of the Ape Cave, a lava tube in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Washington state, somewhat mimics the shape of the passage below. 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_Ceiling_5110.jpg
  • As the sun sets behind the Olympic Mountains, the red last light of day lights up the underside of clouds over Puget Sound and Marina Beach in this view from Edmonds, Washington.
    Edmonds_Marina-Beach_Stormy-Sunset_8...jpg
  • Stars fill the twilight sky over Mount Rainier, which is reflected in one of the Reflection Lakes in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. The seven stars that make up the Big Dipper are visible just to the left of the volcano's summit. 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_Night-Sky_Stars_Reflection-L...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 16,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Murder_Sky-Full_Motion_Bothell...jpg
  • Stars are visible in the sky as Old Faithful erupts at dusk in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. When Old Faithful erupts, it can launch as much as 8,400 gallons (32,000 liters) of boiling water as high as 185 feet (56 meters), although the average eruption height is 145 feet (44 meters). The time between eruptions is growing longer on average, possibly because earthquakes have affected underground water levels. The current interval is either 65 or 91 minutes depending on attributes of the prior eruption.
    Old-Faithful_Eruption_Dusk_Yellowsto...jpg
  • A band of clouds, showing a hint of pink at dusk, passes over Cathedral Rock near Sedona, Arizona. Cathedral Rock is a 4,967 foot (1,514 meter) sandstone butte that is located in the Coconino National Forest.
    AZ_Cathedral-Rock_Sedona_Clouds_Dusk...jpg
  • The full moon falls into total eclipse, becoming what is popularly referred to as a blood moon on January 20, 2019. Lunar eclipses occur when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, blocking direct sunlight from reaching the moon's surface. A small amount of red-orange light, however, bends around the Earth and passes through its atmosphere, a phenomenon known as Rayleigh scattering, causing the moon to glow red during the totality phase of the eclipse.
    Moon_Eclipse_Totality_4219.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
  • 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.
    Solar-Eclipse_Malheur_Butte_4026.jpg
  • The golden glint cast by the setting sun stretches across a small wave on Puget Sound near the Edmonds, Washingotn, waterfront.
    Puget-Sound_Glint_Wave_1920.jpg
  • The golden light of the setting sun streaks across portions of a few ripples and some small bubbles on the water of Puget Sound off the shoreline of Edmonds, Washington.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Bubbles_1088.jpg
  • An elongated glint — a line of sunlight reflected across wavy water — stretches across Puget Sound at sunset from the Edmonds, Washington, waterfront.
    Puget-Sound_Elongated-Glint_1515.jpg
  • The golden light of the late-day sun streaks across the tops of small Puget Sound waves near the Edmonds, Washington, shoreline.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Sunset-Contrast_...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
  • The golden light of the setting sun streaks across portions of a few ripples on the water of Puget Sound off the shoreline of Edmonds, Washington.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Last-Light_1776.jpg
  • A murder of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) roosts in a tree at twilight.
    Crows_Perched_Twilight_Kenmore_6781.jpg
  • The golden light of the setting sun lights up the top of a cumulonimbus cloud as a storm moves in over Bothell, Washington
    Storm-Cloud_Sunset_Bothell_5127.jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • A large flock of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos), known as a murder, circles against the night sky as the birds look for a place to roost in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 10,000 crows roost in a small area in the city each night.
    Crows_Murder_Sky-Full_Flash_Bothell_...jpg
  • The northern lights or aurora borealis faintly shine over the North Cascades of Washington state as the twilight colors fade from the sky.
    North-Cascades_Northern-Lights_0826.jpg
  • Several lightning flashes light up the night sky during a thunderstorm over Snohomish County, Washington. Lightning is usually produced by towering cumulonimbus clouds, which can climb to heights of more than 9 miles (15 km); the lightning flashes temporarly balance the electrical charge in the cloud. Only about 25 percent of all lightning flashes reach the ground; those flashes are known as strikes.
    Lightning_SnohomishCounty_8479.jpg
  • 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.
    MeteorShower_Camelopardalid_SwakaneC...jpg
  • A few stars shine above Mitten Ridge, which is rendered in silhouette just before sunrise near Sedona, Arizona.
    AZ_MittenRidge_Dawn_Sedona_8908.jpg
  • A western gull (Larus occidentalis) rests on a snag during a storm day at North Creek, Snohomish County, Washington.
    Gull_Western_StormySky_NorthCreek_58...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
  • A shorebird runs along the beach near Santa Cruz, California as the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean.
    CA_Beach_ShorebirdSunset_NaturalBrid...jpg
  • A murder of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) roosts in a tree at twilight. A projected flash causes the birds' eyes to glow. A flock of crows is known as a murder.
    Crows_GlowingEyes_Perched_6780.jpg
  • Comet Falls, so named because it resembles a comet's tail, glows underneath the night sky. The waterfall, which is located in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, is lit by the full moon. Comet Falls, at 320 feet (98 meters), is one of the tallest waterfalls in the park.
    Rainier_CometFallsNight_9233.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
  • Clouds, lit by the full moon, streak by Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. Thinner parts of the clouds caught the moons light; the streaks are the result of a four-minute exposure.
    DevilsTowerStreaks.jpg
  • Foxfire is visible on decaying driftwood at midnight on Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington. Foxfire is a natural phonemonon produced by bioluminescent fungi typically found on rotting bark. The purpose of the glow is unknown, but it may help the fungus attract insects, which then disperse its spores.
    OlympicNP_Ruby-Beach_Night_Foxfire_9...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • Several lava rocks hang over the floor of the Ape Cave in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Washington state. The Ape Cave is a lava tube, formed during an eruption of Mount St. Helens 2,000 years ago. Lava cools from the outside-in, so the flow became like a straw, allowing lava to continue to flow through a hardened crust. The rocks once hung from the ceiling of the cave, but broke off while lava was still flowing through the tube. They traveled with the flow until they became wedged in a narrow passage.
    WA_Ape-Cave_Lava-Rocks_5114.jpg
  • The ceiling of the Ape Cave, a lava tube in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Washington state, somewhat mimics the shape of the passage below. 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_Ceiling_5111.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
  • Ripples on Lake Washington near Kenmore, Washington, sparkle as the evening sun casts a glint across the water.
    Lake-Washington_Sun-Glint_Kenmore_91...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in a large flock, known as a murder, fill the sky over Bothell, Washington, at dusk. An estimated 16,000 crows roost in a small area there each night.
    Crows_Murder_Sky-Full_Motion_Bothell...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 16,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 16,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • A few stars are visible in the sky as Old Faithful erupts at dawn in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. When Old Faithful erupts, it can launch as much as 8,400 gallons (32,000 liters) of boiling water as high as 185 feet (56 meters), although the average eruption height is 145 feet (44 meters). The time between eruptions is growing longer on average, possibly because earthquakes have affected underground water levels. The current interval is either 65 or 91 minutes depending on attributes of the prior eruption.
    Old-Faithful_Eruption_Dawn_Yellowsto...jpg
  • The summit of Dead Indian Ridge, located in Washington County Idaho, is in deep shadow as a band of altostratus clouds pass overhead in this view from near Huntington, Oregon.
    ID_Dead-Indian-Ridge_Shadow_3959.jpg
  • The golden light of the late-day sun streaks across the tops of small Puget Sound waves near the Edmonds, Washington, shoreline.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Sunset-Contrast_...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • Glowing embers shoot up in the midst of the flames of a fire at night.
    Flames_Night_3195.jpg
  • Flames from a fire glow at night.
    Flames_Night_2645.jpg
  • The full moon shines against the night sky. Captured during the "super moon" on August 9, 2014. A supermoon occurs when the moon is full at the same time as it makes its closest approach to Earth, a part of the moon's elliptical orbit known as perigee. The moon's distance from Earth varies between 222,000 and 252,000 miles (357,000 to 406,000 km). A supermoon can be up to 14 percent larger and 30 percent brigher than a full moon at apogee, or the farthest point from Earth.
    Moon_Full_Supermoon_2094.jpg
  • Storm clouds gather over the multi-colored Elkheart Cliffs, located near Mt. Carmel Junction, Utah.
    UT_ElkheartCliffs_StormClouds_0298.jpg
  • The Milky Way shines over the icebergs floating in Jökulsárlón, the glacial lagoon in southeast Iceland. The icebergs floating in the lake calved off from the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier with some of the ice being more than 1,000 years old. Jökulsárlón covers an area of about 18 square kilometers (6.9 square miles) and ranks as the deepest lake in Iceland.
    Iceland_Jokulsarlon_MilkyWay_3427.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.
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  • The full moon shines between layers of storm clouds that are developing over Mount Adams, a volcano in Washington state. Mount Adams, at 12,280 feet (3,743 meters), is the second-tallest mountain in Washington and is still considered potentially active even though it last erupted in 550 BC.
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  • 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.
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  • Comet Falls, so named because it resembles a comet's tail, glows underneath the night sky. The waterfall, which is located in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, is lit by the full moon. Comet Falls, at 320 feet (98 meters), is one of the tallest waterfalls in the park..
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