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  • Slightly more than half the moon is illuminated in this view of the night sky. Half moons are typically called quarters - first quarter and last quarter - and coincide with neap tides, the mildest tidal changes of the month. During neap tides, the difference between high tide and low tide is the least. The sun and moon are at right angles to Earth, weakening their combined gravitational pull.
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  • A half moon, technically known as the first quarter moon, rises in the sky above Half Dome 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 also believe the missing granite also eroded away as fast as it was exposed, rather than falling off in a dramatic event.
    Yosemite_HalfDome_HalfMoon_1081.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
  • A Mule Deer, also known as a Black-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus), crosses a meadow in the Yosemite Valley beneath Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California. Half Dome, a granite peak, rises more than 4,737 feet (1,444 meters) above the valley floor.
    Yosemite_HalfDome_MuleDeer_7930.jpg
  • A colorful fall sunset colors the sky over Half Dome and the glacier-carved Yosemite Valley. The Earth's shadow is visible at the horizon. Geologists now think the missing piece is more like a quarter of the dome than half.
    Yosemite_HalfDome_0824.jpg
  • The half moon prepares to set behind Cutthroat Pass located in the North Cascades of Washington state. The pass is named for Cutthroat Peak, the 8050 foot (2454 meter) peak visible in the right half of this image.
    NorthCascades_CutthroatPass_HalfMoon...jpg
  • A winter snow storm passes over Half Dome, a granite peak that rises more than 4,737 ft (1,444 m) above the valley floor of Yosemite National Park, California.
    Yosemite_HalfDome_Winter_2335.jpg
  • Half Dome, one of the most famous peaks in Yosemite National Park, California, is reflected in the calm waters of mirror lake just before sunset.
    Yosemite_HalfDome_MirrorLake.jpg
  • The sunrise lights up the eastern face of El Capitan, located in Yosemite National Park, California. Half Dome (center) and Bridalveil Fall (far right) are also visible in this view from Tunnel View.
    Yosemite_TunnelView_WinterSunrise_09...jpg
  • The half moon is visible over the summit of Mount Rainier, which pokes out from a thick cloud bank in Washington state. Mount Rainier, with an elevation of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the tallest mountain in Washington and the highest volcano in the Cascade Range.
    Rainier_Moon_Aerial_1484.jpg
  • Golden Larch trees (Pseudolarix amabilis) at the peak of their fall color frame Whistler Mountain (left) and Cutthroat Peak in the North Cascades of Washington state. The half moon begins to set behind Cutthroat Pass. Golden Larches, while not considered true larches, are known for shedding their needles each fall. The needles grow back each spring and transition from deep green to blue green over the course of the summer. In late September or early October, the needles turn golden and drop, just like the leaves on deciduous trees.
    NorthCascades_CutthroatPass_GoldenLa...jpg
  • A winter storm blankets the Yosemite Valley with fresh snow. Yosemite National Park receives the most snow in January and February with an average snow depth of 6.5 inches (16.5 centimeters) on the valley floor during those months. Bridalveil Fall, one of Yosemite's iconic waterfalls, is visible in the right of the image. El Capitan, the largest exposed granite face in the world, is shrouded in snow clouds at the left. Half Dome is visible at the center-right.
    Yosemite_TunnelView_Winter_2213.jpg
  • A winter storm clears over the Yosemite Valley as seen from Tunnel View in Yosemite National Park, California. El Capitan, a 7,573-foot (2,308 meter) granit peak that's one of the most prominent in Yosemite is visible at left. Half Dome, an 8,836-foot (2,693-meter) granite peak that seems to be missing a large section, is in the background, just left of center. Bridalveil Fall, a 620-foot (189-meter) waterfall that's often the first waterfall people see in the park, is visible on the right.
    Yosemite_Tunnel-View_Clearing-Storm_...jpg
  • A lodgepole pine tree (Pinus contorta) grows around a large boulder on Junction Butte in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine_Boulder_5...jpg
  • A chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens) rests on a bare branch in winter. The songbird is found in the northern half of the United States and southern half of Canada. In winter, it primarily feeds on seeds. In summer, it feeds mostly on insects, especially caterpillars.
    Chickadee_BlackCapped_WinterBranch_6...jpg
  • A panning exposure captures the motion of a Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus) walking through tall grass in the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. The ostrich is the largest living bird species and can reach a height of 9 feet, 2 inches (2.8 meters) — about half of the height coming from its neck. The ostrich cannot fly, but can run faster than any other bird, reaching a top speed of 40 miles per hour (70 kilometers per hour).
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Ostrich_Panning_61...jpg
  • A fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) digs its claws into the bark as it climbs an oak tree in Potholes State Park in Grant County, Washington. The fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel native to North America, though its original range consisted of the eastern half of the continent. It was introduced to several western states, including Washington, as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
    Squirrel-Fox_Climbing_Potholes-SP_86...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) arrives on her nest to feed her two young chicks in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. The chicks are about two and a half weeks old and about ready to fledge.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • Balanced Rock (left), a prominent feature of Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, is turned red by the golden light of sunrise. The balanced rock is a cap rock that is 55 feet (17 meters) tall and makes up nearly half the overall height of the formation. The formation is made up of several layers of sandstone, which erode at different rates; the layer between the cap rock and the pedestal erodes at a much faster rate than the others.
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  • Balanced Rock, a prominent feature of Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, is turned red by the golden light of sunrise. The balanced rock is a cap rock that is 55 feet (17 meters) tall and makes up nearly half the overall height of the formation. The formation is made up of several layers of sandstone, which erode at different rates; the layer between the cap rock and the pedestal erodes at a much faster rate than the others.
    ArchesNP_BalancedRock_F02_2576-06.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
  • Comet McNaught, one of the brightest comets to pass by Earth in decades, shines bright against the reddish skies after sunset. The comet passed within 16 million miles of the sun - half the distance of the closest planet to the sun - which is why it's so bright. This image was captured in January 2007 from Pierce County, Washington state.
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  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) takes off from its perch. At the time this image was taken, the eagle had been flying for about a week and a half.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_TakingOff_Motion_...jpg
  • One of the largest solar flares in years resulted in this display of the northern lights (aurora borealis) over Washington's North Cascades on October 30, 2003. The Big Dipper constellation is visible in the right half of the frame. This image was captured from Mount Pilchuck, east of Everett, Washington.
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  • A fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) poses on an oak tree branch in Potholes State Park in Grant County, Washington. The fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel native to North America, though its original range consisted of the eastern half of the continent. It was introduced to several western states, including Washington, as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
    Squirrel-Fox_Potholes-SP_8786.jpg
  • A band of cirrus clouds take on pastel colors at sunset in the sky over Mount Larrabee and the Boulder Peaks in the North Cascades of Washington state. Mount Larrabee, which stands 7,865 feet (2,397 meters) is part of the Skagit Range, which is a sub-range of the North Cascades. It is located less than a mile and a half south of the Canadian border and was originally known as Red Mountain. During the summer months, its red peak, caused by the oxidation of iron in its rock, is distinct.
    North-Cascades_Mount-Larrabee_Pastel...jpg
  • A Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) preens itself in the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge near Kehei, Maui, Hawaii. The Hawaiian stilt, or ae'o in Hawaiian, is an endangered subspecies of the black-necked stilt and has the longest legs in proportion to its body of any bird in the world. Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge is a coastal salt marsh. During the rainy winter season, the pond swells to more than 400 acres. It shrinks to about half that size in the dry summer, leaving a slaty residue behind as it dries out.
    Stilt_Hawaiian_Preening_KealiaPond_M...jpg
  • A Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) wades in the water of the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge near Kehei, Maui, Hawaii. The Hawaiian stilt, or ae'o in Hawaiian, is an endangered subspecies of the black-necked stilt and has the longest legs in proportion to its body of any bird in the world. Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge is a coastal salt marsh. During the rainy winter season, the pond swells to more than 400 acres. It shrinks to about half that size in the dry summer, leaving a slaty residue behind as it dries out.
    Stilt_Hawaiian_KealiaPond_Maui_1786.jpg
  • A bald ealge (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) flies, clutching a mallard duck drake (Anas platyrhynchos) that it caught on Lake Washington near Kirkland, Washington. The mallard is the most common duck in the United States and typically weighs up to 3 pounds (1.4 kilograms). Bald eagles generally weigh between 6 and 14 pounds (3 to 6.3 kilograms) and they are typically capable of lifting up to half of their body weight.
    BaldEagle_CarryingMallard_5296.jpg
  • A sign on the Icelandic island of Grímsey marks the location of the Arctic Circle, as well as the distances to major world cities. Grímsey is the northernmost point in Iceland and approximately half the island lies within the Arctic Circle.
    Iceland_Grimsey_ArcticCircleMarker_7...jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) takes off from its perch. At the time this image was taken, the eagle had been flying for about a week and a half. The fledgling's motion is blurred by a long exposure.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_TakingOff_Motion_...jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) exercises its wings by tightly grabbing a branch with its talons and flapping its wings. The fledgling's motion is blurred by a long exposure. At the time of this image, the young eagle was about two and a half months old and had been flying for a little over a week.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_FlappingWings_Mot...jpg
  • One juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) feeds at the nest while its sibling is forced to wait in the shadow for its turn. The young eagles were about two and a half months old at the time this image was taken and both had been flying for a couple weeks. One of the parents would deliver food to the nest while the young eagles were away and they would race back to the nest to feed. The dominant eagle arrived first and prevented the other juvenile from feeding.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_FeedingAtNest_878...jpg
  • Two bald eagle chicks, estimated to be about a week and a half old, share a nest. The eaglets are in the process of replacing their natal down with thermal down, a process that begins at about 10 days of age. They are hatched with natal down, a light-colored down that has little insulating ability. After its replaced with thermal down, which occurs at about 15 days of age, the eaglets are able to regulate their body temperature on their own.
    BaldEagle_Chicks_NatalDown_9652.jpg
  • The full moon shines above St. Mary Lake, the second largest lake in Glacier National Park, Montana, about a half hour before sunrise. The glint of the full moon falls next to Wild Goose Island.
    StMaryLakeMoon.jpg
  • Subway Cave, located in Lassen National Forest, California, was formed 30,000 years ago by a lava flow in the Hat Creek Valley. During the flow, the top cooled and formed a hard crust while allowing hot lava to continue to flow underneath. Eventually, the lava stopped flowing, leaving behind this shell. Subway Cave is about a third of a mile (half a kilometer) in length.
    CA_SubwayCave_3590.jpg
  • A fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) feasts on an acorn from its perch in an oak tree in Potholes State Park in Grant County, Washington. The fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel native to North America, though its original range consisted of the eastern half of the continent. It was introduced to several western states, including Washington, as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
    Squirrel-Fox_Eating_Potholes-SP_8596.jpg
  • A fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) looks out from its perch high in an oak tree in Potholes State Park in Grant County, Washington. The fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel native to North America, though its original range consisted of the eastern half of the continent. It was introduced to several western states, including Washington, as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
    Squirrel-Fox_Potholes-SP_8560.jpg
  • A Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) wades in the water of the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge near Kehei, Maui, Hawaii. The Hawaiian stilt, or ae'o in Hawaiian, is an endangered subspecies of the black-necked stilt and has the longest legs in proportion to its body of any bird in the world. Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge is a coastal salt marsh. During the rainy winter season, the pond swells to more than 400 acres. It shrinks to about half that size in the dry summer, leaving a slaty residue behind as it dries out.
    Stilt_Hawaiian_KealiaPond_Maui_1330.jpg
  • A red-shafted northern flicker (Colaptes auratus cafer) feeds its young in its nest in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Northern flickers primarily feed on insects; ants make up nearly half their diet. They feed their young by regurgitation. Juvenile flickers typically leave the nest 25 to 28 days after they hatch.
    Flicker_Northern_FeedingYoung_3034.jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), about two and a half months old, takes off from a tree near its nest. At the time of this image, the bald eagle fledgling had been flying for about two weeks.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_TakingOff_9041.jpg
  • The flow over Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, is relatively low before the autumn storms arrive. Here, the flow is about half the annual average. Salish Lodge, a popular tourist resort, is visible on the cliff above the waterfall.
    SnoqualmieFalls_RedSky_6368.jpg
  • Subway Cave, located in Lassen National Forest, California, was formed 30,000 years ago by a lava flow in the Hat Creek Valley. During the flow, the top cooled and formed a hard crust while allowing hot lava to continue to flow underneath. Eventually, the lava stopped flowing, leaving behind this shell. Subway Cave is about a third of a mile (half a kilometer) in length.
    CA_SubwayCave_3606.jpg
  • Several prominent peaks in Zion National Park, Utah, including the Towers of the Virgin, are lit by alpenglow about a half hour before sunrise. The peaks, from left-to-right: The Watchman, The West Temple, The Sundial, The Altar of Sacrifice, The Sentinel, The Streaked Wall, and the East Temple.
    ZionCanyonAlpenglow.jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds one of her two young chicks as the other waits for its turn in their nest in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. The chicks are about two and a half weeks old and about ready to fledge.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • A Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus) walks through tall grass in the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. The ostrich is the largest living bird species and can reach a height of 9 feet, 2 inches (2.8 meters) — about half of the height coming from its neck. The ostrich cannot fly, but can run faster than any other bird, reaching a top speed of 40 miles per hour (70 kilometers per hour).
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Ostrich_Walking_61...jpg
  • A fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) looks out from its perch high in an oak tree in Potholes State Park in Grant County, Washington. The fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel native to North America, though its original range consisted of the eastern half of the continent. It was introduced to several western states, including Washington, as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
    Squirrel-Fox_Potholes-SP_8818.jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) practices soaring over Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington. At the time of this image, the eagle had been flying for only about a week and a half.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_Soaring_Kirkland_...jpg
  • The waterfall Gullfoss flows into a deep gorge bordered by an ice-capped cliff in Iceland. At Gullfoss, which means Golden Falls, the Hvítá River drops 64 meters (210 feet) in three stages; half of that drop, the view shown here, comes in the final stage into the gorge.
    Iceland_Gullfoss_IcePatterns_2025.jpg
  • A 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
  • Several members of the Orca (Orcinus Orca) family J Pod surface together to breathe while sleeping off Blakely Island in Washington's Puget Sound. When sleeping, the whales, also known as killer whales, turn off the half of their brains that are not responsible for regulating breathing. During this time, they tend to cluster, swim slowly in circles, and surface together. The J Pod is one of three families of orcas that are regularly found in the waters around Washington's San Juan Islands.
    Orcas_Sleeping_9680.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
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) arrives on her nest to feed her two young chicks in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. The chicks are about two and a half weeks old and about ready to fledge.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • Wispy cirrus clouds fill the sky over Mount Larrabee and the Boulder Peaks in the North Cascades of Washington state. Mount Larrabee, which stands 7,865 feet (2,397 meters) is part of the Skagit Range, which is a sub-range of the North Cascades. It is located less than a mile and a half south of the Canadian border and was originally known as Red Mountain. During the summer months, its red peak, caused by the oxidation of iron in its rock, is distinct.
    North-Cascades_Mount-Larrabee_Wispy_...jpg
  • A Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus) swims in the open water of Upright Channel between Lopez and Shaw islands in the San Juan Islands of Washington state. In this image, the deer was about a half-mile from land. The deer are native to the San Juan Islands and early Europen explorers reported seeing large herds of them swimming between the islands.
    Deer_Black-Tailed_Swimming_San-Juan-...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
  • 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
  • A Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus) swims in the open water of Upright Channel between Lopez and Shaw islands in the San Juan Islands of Washington state. In this image, the deer was about a half-mile from land. The deer are native to the San Juan Islands and early Europen explorers reported seeing large herds of them swimming between the islands.
    Deer_Black-Tailed_Swimming_San-Juan-...jpg
  • Flatey Lighthouse, located on the small island of Klofningur about a half-mile from Flatey's Harbor, helps to guide vessels on the waters of Breidafjörður, Iceland. The Flatey Lighthouse was built in 1926.
    Iceland_FlateyLighthouse_6823.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
  • 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
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