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  • A projected flash causes the eyes of two American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) to glow. The birds on a bare tree are otherwise rendered in silhouette as the sky is colored by the sunset.
    Crows_GlowingEyes_5277.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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, shine over the Central Cascades in Washington state after a severe solar storm. This image was captured on Green Mountain, near the town of Granite Falls.
    NorthernLights_GreenMountain_6204.jpg
  • The sun shines on wet maple seeds after a rainstorm passes over Snohomish County, Washington.
    MapleSeeds_Raindrops_8449.jpg
  • Millions of microscopic organisms called dinoflagellates briefly emit a blue light when they are disturbed in the calm waters of Mosquito Bay on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Mosquito Bay — also known as Puerto Mosquito, Caño Hondo and Bahía Bioluminiscente — is the brightest bioluminescent bay in the world with 2.4 million dinoflagellates per gallon of water at the time of this image. The dinoflagellates in Mosquito Bay are Pyrodinium bahamense and are a type of plankton, a subgroup of algae, that are found in Atlantic seawater warmer than 68 °F (20 °C). Mosquito Bay has a number of features that allow these dinoflagellates to exist in record concentrations. First, the bay has a very narrow opening to the Caribbean Sea, so when they are washed into the bay, they tend to get stuck. Mosquito Bay is also lined with mangrove trees, which provide abundant food for the dinoflagellates as they decompose.
    Puerto-Rico_Vieques_Mosquito-Bay_Bio...jpg
  • The golden light of sunset reflects off several Yosemite peaks, including the Leaning Tower and Dewey Point, onto the Merced River at Valley View in Yosemite National Park, California. Bridalveil Fall, a 620-foot (189-meter) waterfall, is visible across Bridalveil Meadow on the left side of the image beneath the Cathedral Rocks.
    Yosemite_Valley-View_Spring-Sunset_7...jpg
  • The northern lights, or aurora borealis, shine over and are reflect in Lake Mývatn  in northern Iceland. The lake, formed during a lava eruption 2,300 years ago, contains numerous lava pillars and rootless vents, called pseudocraters. Mývatn is Icelandic for "midge lake," and denotes the tremendous number of midge flies found in the area. The aurora borealis, frequently visible during the winter months in Iceland, is caused by charged particles from the sun crashing into the Earth's atmosphere.
    Iceland_Myvatn_NorthernLights_2983.jpg
  • The full moon rises over Mount Rainier in this wintertime view from near Elbe, Washington. Mount Rainier, lit by alpenglow, is 14,411 feet (4,392 meters) tall, making it the highest point in Washington state and the highest volcano in the Cascade Range.
    Rainier_FullMoon_Alpenglow_Elbe_5223.jpg
  • The golden light of sunset reflects off several Yosemite peaks, including the Cathedral Rocks and Leaning Tower, onto the Merced River at Valley View in Yosemite National Park, California. Bridalveil Fall, a 620-foot (189-meter) waterfall, is visible across Bridalveil Meadow.
    Yosemite_Valley-View_Spring-Sunset_7...jpg
  • The peaks that comprise the Towers of the Virgin in Zion National Park, Utah, are illuminated by alpenglow, about a half hour before sunrise. The peaks, including the West Temple, Sundial and Altar of Sacrifice, all rise more than 3,500 feet from the Zion Canyon valley floor. The West Temple, the tallest, is 7,810 feet tall.
    ZionTowersVirgin.jpg
  • The sun shines on wet maple seeds after a rainstorm passes over Snohomish County, Washington.
    MapleSeeds_Raindrops_8636.jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunts at sunrise from a perch in a tree in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    Bald-Eagle_Perched_Sunrise_5983.jpg
  • Flames surround a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cone in King 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.
    Fir_Douglas_Cone_Fire_2129.jpg
  • Flames surround a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cone in King 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.
    Fir_Douglas_Cone_Fire_1581.jpg
  • Flames surround a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cone in King 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.
    Fir_Douglas_Cone_Fire_2174.jpg
  • Flames surround a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cone in King 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.
    Fir_Douglas_Cone_Fire_2329.jpg
  • Flames surround a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cone in King 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.
    Fir_Douglas_Cone_Fire_1726.jpg
  • Flames surround a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cone in King 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.
    Fir_Douglas_Cone_Fire_2040.jpg
  • The sun rises over a fog bank over Oyster Bay on Vancouver Island, Canada.
    Sunrise_Fogbank_OysterBay_VancouverI...jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunts at sunrise from a perch in a tree in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    Bald-Eagle_Perched_Sunrise_6006.jpg
  • Flames surround a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cone in King 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.
    Fir_Douglas_Cone_Fire_2248.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
  • A small starfish is on a rock that seems to glow when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide on Puget Sound in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Starfish_Des-Moines_2059.jpg
  • Invertebrates appear to glow blue and purple as they feed among strands of kelp when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide at the edge of Puget Sound in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Invertebrates_Ke...jpg
  • Barnacles glow under ultraviolet light at low tide off Fidalgo Head near Anacortes, Washington. The glow is fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light at Sunset Beach in Washington Park.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Barnacles_Fidalg...jpg
  • Barnacles mostly cover the surface of an empty oyster shell, which seems to glow red when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide on a Puget Sound beach in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Shell_Barnacles_...jpg
  • A heart cockle (Clinocardium nuttallii) and kelp both appear to glow red when under ultraviolet light at low tide at the edge of Puget Sound in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Heart-Cockle_Des...jpg
  • A rock exposed at low tide seems to glow when exposed to ultraviolet light at the edge of Puget Sound in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Rock_Des-Moines_...jpg
  • Barnacles, algae, and other sea life seem to glow under ultraviolet light at low tide off Fidalgo Head near Anacortes, Washington. The glow is fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light at Sunset Beach in Washington Park.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Barnacles_Fidalg...jpg
  • A red sea fan (Callophyllis flabellulata) appears bright orange when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide at the edge of Puget Sound in Des Moines, Washington. The red sea fan, a type of algae, normally appears dark red or brown. Strands of kelp glow bright red in this scene. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Red-Sea-Fan_Des-...jpg
  • An empty shell and kelp glow red when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide at the edge of Puget Sound in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Shell_Kelp_Des-M...jpg
  • Seaweed and debris from Puget Sound seems to glow when exposed to ultraviolet light on a beach in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Debris_Des-Moine...jpg
  • A rock exposed at low tide seems to glow when exposed to ultraviolet light at the edge of Puget Sound in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Rock_Des-Moines_...jpg
  • Sea lettuce glows in unusual colors under ultraviolet light during a nighttime low tide at the edge of Puget Sound in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Sea-Lettuce_Des-...jpg
  • Plant and animal life in a tide pool glows under ultraviolet light at the edge of Puget Sound in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Pool_Des-Moines_...jpg
  • Sea life growing on a cracked rock exposed at low tide glows when exposed to ultraviolet light at the edge of Puget Sound in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Cracked-Rock_Des...jpg
  • A purple sea star (Pisaster ochraceus), shown under ultraviolet light, is among strands of eelgrass at low tide at the edge of Puget Sound in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Sea-Star_Des-Moi...jpg
  • Mottled anemone (Urticina crassicornis), shown under ultraviolet light, stretches down from the ceiling in a rocky cave exposed at low tide at the edge of Puget Sound in Des Moines, Washington. The glow is the result of phosphors that convert ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to human eyes, into wavelengths that are visible. This scene was captured under black light.
    Blacklight_Low-Tide_Mottled-Anemone_...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 full moon rises over Nooksack Ridge in Washington's North Cascades just after sunset. The mountain is lit by alpenglow, a natural lighting phenomenon that causes mountains to glow white shortly after sunset and before sunrise.
    NooksackRidgeMoon.jpg
  • Whitehorse and Three Fingers mountains tower over a wetland on Spencer Island, Everett, Washington. The mountains, capped in winter snow, are prominent peaks in the Cascade mountain range. The peaks are lit by alpenglow, a natural lighting phenomenon that causes mountains to glow after sunset. The Earth's shadow is visible as the dark blue band just above the mountains. The bright red band is known as the Belt of Venus.
    WhitehorseThreeFingersAlpenglow.jpg
  • Red oak leaves, rimmed by hoar frost, sparkle and glow in the low-angle sunlight on a cold winter morning.
    OakLeaves_Red_FrostLined_0769.jpg
  • Half Dome, turned red by the twilight glow, towers over the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California. Half Dome, 8836 feet (2693 meters) tall, is a granite dome that seems to be missing a large section. While named Half Dome, the missing piece is likely a quarter, rather than half. Scientists believe the missing granite also eroded away as fast as it was exposed, rather than falling off in a dramatic event.
    Yosemite_HalfDome_MercedRiver_Alpeng...jpg
  • Flames from a fire glow at night.
    Flames_Night_2645.jpg
  • Lower Yellowstone Falls seems to glow in the first light of day as it empties into the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. The Yellowstone River drops 308 feet (98 meters) at Lower Yellowstone Falls; the upper waterfall is roughly one-third the size. It is the largest volume waterfall in the Rocky Mountains of the United States.
    Yellowstone_LowerFalls_Sunrise_1141.jpg
  • Common rockweed, which normally appears greenish-brown, is bright red and green when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide off Fidalgo Head near Anacortes, Washington. The glow is fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light at Sunset Beach in Washington Park.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Rockweed_Fidalgo...jpg
  • A giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) seems to glow when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide on Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Anemone_Tongue-P...jpg
  • A pair of sea snails appear deep red under ultraviolet light at low tide off Fidalgo Head near Anacortes, Washington. The glow is fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light at Sunset Beach in Washington Park.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Snails_Fidalgo-H...jpg
  • Just before sunrise, clouds color the sky above Mount McDowell and the Salt River in the Granite Reef Recreational Area in the Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Mount McDowell is also known as Red Mountain or Fire Rock due to its dramatic glow at sunset.
    AZ-Tonto-NF_Granite-Reef_Sunrise_475...jpg
  • Bright molten lava flows into the Pacific Ocean at twilight at Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. The hot lava vaporizes the crashing waves, which reflect the lava's glow. The lava arrived at the ocean through an underground lava tube connected to the Pu'u O'o vent.
    LavaPacificOcean.jpg
  • Glowing embers shoot up in the midst of the flames of a fire at night.
    Flames_Night_3195.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
  • The moon glows behind a coconut palm tree (Cocos nucifera) as thousands of stars shine above Makena Beach on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Several major stars are visible in this image, including Pleiades, a tight cluster of blue stars that is visible just left of the largest palm tree on the right side of the image, and Aldebaran, a bright orange star near the top-center of the frame. Pleiades is also known as the Seven Sisters even though the cluster contains more than 1,000 stars; the nine brightest stars are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology and their parents. The star cluster is one of the closest to Earth and it formed within the last 100 million years. Both Aldebaran and Pleiades are located in the constellation Taurus.
    Hawaii_PalmTrees_Stars_Makena_6317.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_9237.jpg
  • New Zealand's Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, capped by a lenticular cloud, glows by the light of the full moon under the night sky. The Southern Cross is visible near the top left.
    NZ_TaranakiNight_0918.jpg
  • Mount St. Helens glows bright white in the alpenglow after sunset. The Toutle River winds through the blast zone created during the May 18, 1980 eruption. That eruption reduced the Washington mountain's summit from9,677 feet (2,950 m) to 8,365 feet (2,550 m).
    MountStHelens_Alpenglow_6841.jpg
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