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  • A female greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) looks out from a grassy area in the Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Several western brackenferns (Pteridium aquilinum) grow from a crack in a steep rock face in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness near Lake Dorothy, Washington.
    WA-Alpine-Lakes_Ferns_Rock-Face_8054.jpg
  • Lichen and moss form patterns on an exposed rock face near Lake Dorothy in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Washington state.
    WA-Alpine-Lakes_Moss-Lichen_8076.jpg
  • Camp Robber Creek cascades over a rock face as it flows from Lake Dorothy in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Washington state.
    WA-Alpine-Lakes_Camp-Robber-Cascades...jpg
  • Pollen streaks across Lake Dorothy, located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Washington state.
    WA-Alpine-Lakes_Lake-Dorothy_Pollen_...jpg
  • Several large cracks, some caused by rocks tumbling from the steep, rocky walls that surround the lake, are visible in the ice on Lake Crowley, located near Mammoth Lakes in Mono County, California.
    CA_Lake-Crowley_Cracks-In-Ice_6761.jpg
  • The large Schultz Lake and thousands of others are visible in the golden light of dusk in this aerial view over Nunavut, Canada. The lakes are in the Kivalliq Region (also spelled Keewatin). The Thelon River carries water into and out of Schultz Lake.
    Canada_Nunavut-Lakes_Aerial_3094.jpg
  • The large Tehek Lake (bottom) and thousands of others are visible in the golden light of dusk in this aerial view over Nunavut, Canada. The lakes are in the Kivalliq Region (also spelled Keewatin).
    Canada_Nunavut-Lakes_Aerial_3149.jpg
  • Mount Rainier, the tallest volcano in Washington state, is reflected on the still water of one of the Reflection Lakes, lined by summer wildflowers, in Mount Rainier National Park.
    RainierNP_Reflection-Lakes_Wildflowe...jpg
  • Basalt cliffs tower over one of the Sage Lakes, located in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington. The wildlife refuge is home to numerous lakes, even though the area receives less than eight inches of rain per year.
    WA_ColumbiaNWR_SageLakes_5767.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
  • Vimy Peak and several other mountains are reflected in Upper Waterton Lake at sunset. The peaks are located in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    WatertonUpperLakeSunset.jpg
  • Strong winds blow across Knight's Lake, located in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada. Vimy Peak is in the background.
    WatertonKnightsLakeVimyPeak.jpg
  • Canada geese feed on one of the Vermillion Lakes as the nearly full moon rises over Mount Rundle in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Banff_RundleMoon_8033.jpg
  • A white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) stands at the base of Cameron Falls in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    WatertonCameronFallsDeer.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1028.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0973.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0964.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0995.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1014.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1049.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1045.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1018.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0977.jpg
  • Steam rises at sunrise from one of the Reflection Lakes in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
    WA_ReflectionLakeFoggySunrise.jpg
  • Several ring-billed and herring gulls fly over Dry Falls in Grant County, Washington, which at one time was believed to be the largest waterfall that ever existed. Geologists believe that during the last ice age, ice dams resulted in giant glacial lakes in eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana. When those dams failed, as they did dozens of times, glacial lakes Columbia and Missoula rapidly drained, creating a cataclysmic flood. During the floods, what is now Dry Falls was a spectacular waterfall, 400 feet high (121 meters), 3.5 miles wide (5.63 kilometers). Water may have raced over its massive cliffs at 65 miles an hour (105 km/hour), a flow that's estimated to be ten times as powerful as all the world's current rivers combined. The cliffs shown here represent a small fraction of the ice age waterfall. Dry Falls Lake is pictured in the foreground; Green Lake is visible in the background.
    WA_DryFalls_Gulls_5825.jpg
  • Dry Falls, located in Grant County, Washington, at one time was believed to be the largest waterfall that ever existed. Geologists believe that during the last ice age, ice dams resulted in giant glacial lakes in eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana. When those dams failed, as they did dozens of times, glacial lakes Columbia and Missoula rapidly drained, creating a cataclysmic flood. During the floods, what is now Dry Falls was a spectacular waterfall, 400 feet high (121 meters), 3.5 miles wide (5.63 kilometers). Water may have raced over its massive cliffs at 65 miles an hour (105 km/hour), a flow that's estimated to be ten times as powerful as all the world's current rivers combined. The cliffs shown here represent a small fraction of the ice age waterfall. Dry Falls Lake is pictured in the foreground; Green Lake is visible in the background.
    WA_DryFalls_DryFallsLake_5898.jpg
  • Mount Rundle is reflected in the still waters of one of the Vermillion Lakes in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Mount Rainier and Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) are reflected on Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 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. Comet NEOWISE is a long-period comet and its current orbital path will take about 6,800 years to complete. Its nucleus is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) across and is covered with sooty, dark particles left over from its formation near the birth of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
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  • Mount Rainier and Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) are reflected on Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 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. Comet NEOWISE is a long-period comet and its current orbital path will take about 6,800 years to complete. Its nucleus is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) across and is covered with sooty, dark particles left over from its formation near the birth of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
    Rainer_Comet-Neowise_Reflection-Lake...jpg
  • A black bear (Ursus americanus) leads her cub through a field of blueberries in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada. It is the most common bear species in North America, found in 41 of the 50 U.S. states and all Canadian provinces except Prince Edward Island.
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  • A black bear (Ursus americanus) watches out for her cub in a meadow in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Mount Rainier is partially reflected in a tarn in a meadow along Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Mount Rainier, with an elevation of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the tallest mountain in Washington and the highest mountain in the Cascade Range.
    Rainier_ReflectionLake_Grasses_3813.jpg
  • Steam fog seems to erupt from a small pool on an island within Sparks Lake in the Deschutes National Forest near Bend, Oregon. The island is covered with yellow spear-leaf arnica (Arnica longifolia) flowers in mid-summer. Broken Top Mountain rises in the back left of the image. Broken Top, which stands 9,177 feet (2,797 meters) tall, is a stratovolcano that last erupted about 100,000 years ago and has since been eroded by glaciers.
    OR_Sparks-Lake_Broken-Top_Wildflower...jpg
  • Mount Rainier, the tallest volcano in Washington state, towers over the steaming Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park.
    RainierReflectionLake.jpg
  • The golden light of sunset colors the rocks at the south edge of Lake Ontario near Niagara On The Lake, Ontario, Canada. Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes, and with a surface area of 7,340 square miles (18,960 km²), it ranks as the 14th largest lake in the world. In the Wyandot (Huron) language, ontarío means "Lake of Shining Waters."
    LakeOntario_NiagaraOnTheLake_9439.jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads show a variety of autumn colors as they float on Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
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  • Numerous water lily pads turn yellow in autumn, mimicking the golden color of a sunset over Lake Sammamish in this view from Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
    WA_Lake-Sammamish_Autumn_Sunset_Mary...jpg
  • Numerous water lily pads turn yellow in autumn, mimicking the golden color of a sunset over Lake Sammamish in this view from Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
    WA_Lake-Sammamish_Autumn_Sunset_Mary...jpg
  • Ice formations and caves are visible on the surface of Lake Michigan in late winter in this view from Tahquamenon Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_IceFormations_Tahquamen...jpg
  • Lake Superior, the largest of the five North American Great Lakes, is covered in late winter ice in view at sunset from Whitefish Point on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
    LakeSuperior_Frozen_Whitefish-Point_...jpg
  • Ice formations and caves are visible on the surface of Lake Michigan in late winter in this at sunrise view from Tahquamenon Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_IceFormations_Tahquamen...jpg
  • Lake Superior, the largest of the five North American Great Lakes, is covered in late winter ice in this twilight view from Whitefish Point on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
    LakeSuperior_Frozen_Whitefish-Point_...jpg
  • Steam fog rises off one of the Reflection Lakes in Mount Rainier National Park as the still waters reflect a dramatic late summer sunrise. Steam fog, also known as evaporation fog, occurs when the air above is colder than the water in a lake or other body of water. Moist air rises from the water and is rapidly cooled to its saturation point, producing fog..
    ReflectionLakeSteam_3859.jpg
  • A coyote (Canis latrans) walks out onto the frozen Crowley Lake near Mammoth Lakes, California.
    Coyote_CrowleyLake_Frozen_6799.jpg
  • The orange post-sunset sky is reflected in the ponds found in the marsh of the Chincoteaque National Wildlife Refuge on Assateague Island, Virginia.
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  • The setting sun shines over a marsh in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Assateague Island, Virginia.
    Assateague-Island_Chincoteague-Marsh...jpg
  • Lassen Peak, a 10,457-foot (3,187-meter) volcano, in the Cascade Range in California, is lit by the first light of day in this aerial view over Lassen Volcanic National Park. Lassen Peak, also known as Mount Lassen, is an active volcano that last erupted in 1917. The area, however, is still volcanically active with hot springs, geysers and boiling mud pots. Lassen Peak itself stands near Mount Tehama, which was a stratovolcano that was once at least 1,000 feet taller than Lassen Peak is now. Mount Tehama is now known as Brokeoff Mountain, and is visible to the left of Lassen Peak in this image.
    Lassen-Peak_Aerial_Sunrise_2407.jpg
  • A crack runs through rhyolite lava in the Inyo National Forest near Mammoth Mountain, California. The crack is part of a feature known as the Mammoth Earthquake Fault, but it's technically an earthquake fissure, resulting from an earthquake that occurred before 1850.
    CA_Mammoth_Earthquake-Fissure_0880.jpg
  • A cluster of fragrant water lily pads float on Lake Washington off Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
    Water-Lilies_Arboretum_6352-BW.jpg
  • A northern river otter (Lontra canadensis) swims in Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Northern river otters can dive to more than 50 feet and swim underwater for several minutes. The aquatic weasel was once common on rivers, lakes and coastal wetlands over much of North America, but is much less common now because of habitat loss.
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  • A pond forms in one of the explosion pits that is part of the Inyo Craters near Mammoth Lakes, California. The pits are part of an especially active volcanic area that stretches from Mono Lake to Mammoth Mountain. The activity that produced the Inyo Craters dates from 500 to 5,000 years ago, with some of the pits being 200 feet (60 meters) deep.
    CA_Inyo-Craters_Pond_0893.jpg
  • A red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) rests on cattails at the edge of the Sage Lakes in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington.
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  • A red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) sits on its nest located on a small pond in southern Iceland. Red-throated divers breed all along the Icelandic coast by ponds, lakes, and rivers, wherever fish is plentiful.
    RedThroatedDiver_Nest_Iceland_9967.jpg
  • Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis) grows under a fiery sunrise at the edge of Mono Lake in Mono County, California. Mono Lake has no outlet, so salt accumulates and makes the water alkeline. Limestone columns called tufa towers are visible in the lake. Tufa towers form under water. They were exposed when Los Angeles diverted some of the fresh water that feeds the lake, causing the lake level to drop.
    Mono-Lake_Rabbitbrush_Sunrise_0748.jpg
  • The deep blue color of Crater Lake is visible in this early spring aerial view over Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Crater Lake, located in the caldera of what was once Oregon's Mount Mazama, is the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh deepest in the world. Its deep blue color results from the clarity of the water. The water is so clear that sunlight travels deep into the lake, losing all but the blue wavelengths in the process. Crater Lake has a maximum depth of 1,946 feet (593 meters). Wizard Island, a volcanic cinder cone that rises about 755 feet (230 meters) above the lake, is visible at the bottom-center of the lake in this image.
    OR_CraterLake_Aerial_EarlySpring_882...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 sunrise colors the storm clouds passing over the mountains along Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana. Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Glacier National Park, approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, and over a mile (1.6 km) wide. Filling a valley that was carved by glaciers, the lake is 472 feet (130 m) deep.
    GlacierNP_LakeMcDonaldSunrise_F03-52...jpg
  • The sunrise colors the storm clouds passing over the mountains along Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana. Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Glacier National Park, approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, and over a mile (1.6 km) wide. Filling a valley that was carved by glaciers, the lake is 472 feet (130 m) deep.
    Glacier_LakeMcDonald_StormySunrise_1...jpg
  • The rising sun clears the eastern caldera rim of Crater Lake, Oregon. Wizard Island, a dormant volcanic cone formed after the cataclysmic eruption of the ancient Mount Mazama, is visible in the foreground. Crater Lake, protected as a national park, is the deepest freshwater lake in North America.
    CraterLake_Sunrise_9990.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
  • The sunrise lights up Eagle Falls which flows high above Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe on the border of California and Nevada. Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United States and the sixteenth deepest in the world, with a maximum depth of 1,645 feet (501 meters). The lake was formed by a fracture in the Earth's crust that resulted in the Sierra Nevada mountains and Carson Range (visible in the background).
    CA_LakeTahoe_EagleFalls_Sunrise_9457.jpg
  • Several mountains in the Canadian Rockies reflect in the turquoise-colored Moraine Lake, located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, at sunrise. This area is known as the Valley of the Ten Peaks, named for the ten tall mountains at the lake's edge. Moraine Lake has a unique aqua color that results from the silt deposited by glaciers.
    Banff_MoraineLake_Sunrise_8278.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 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.
    CraterLake_ZodiacalLight_9620.jpg
  • Ripples spread across Soda Lake after a fish jumped out of the water in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. The sunrise bathes the basalt cliffs on the opposite side of the lake in golden light.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Soda-Lake_Ripples_09...jpg
  • The sunrise colors the storm clouds passing over the mountains along Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana. Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Glacier National Park, approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, and over a mile (1.6 km) wide. Filling a valley that was carved by glaciers, the lake is 472 feet (130 m) deep.
    GlacierNP_LakeMcDonaldSunrise_1047.jpg
  • Thousands of stars and the planet Venus shine over Crater Lake in Oregon just before sunrise. The planet Venus is the brightest object in the sky and is visible near the center of the image and reflected in the lake. 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_Stars_Dawn_9769.jpg
  • The sunrise colors the storm clouds passing over the mountains along Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana. Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Glacier National Park, approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, and over a mile (1.6 km) wide. Filling a valley that was carved by glaciers, the lake is 472 feet (130 m) deep.
    GlacierNP_LakeMcDonaldSunrise_F03-52...jpg
  • The sun sets behind the rim of Crater Lake in this view from the Cloud Cap Overlook in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. 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 cone, is visible in the lake just beneath the sun; Phantom Ship, another remnant of volcanic activity, is visible as an island on the left side of the image.
    CraterLake_CloudCap_Sunset_9744.jpg
  • An osprey (Pandion haliaetus) takes off with a scrap of food from a tufa in Mono Lake, California. Tufa are limestone columnns that form naturally due to a chemical reaction in the lake. They form underwater and were exposed when the lake level dropped.
    Osprey_MonoLake_Tufa_0867.jpg
  • Several tufa columns are turned golden by the rising sun at Mono Lake, California. Tufa forms only underwater. When calcium-rich springs flow up through the lake bottom, the calcium bonds to the carbonates in the lake water, forming calcium carbonate, a type of limestone. The solid material builds on itself, gradually forming a tufa tower. The tufa towers form only underwater; they were exposed when the lake was drained to provide drinking water for cities. After environmental groups took legal action, less water is being diverted for cities and the lake is slowly refilling.
    CA_MonoLake_Tufas_Golden_9336.jpg
  • Ruby Peak (left) and Mount Owen are reflected in Lake Irwin, located near Crested Butte, Colorado, at sunrise. Located in Gunnison County, Ruby Peak has an elevation of 12641 feet (3853 meters); Mount Owen is slightly taller with an elevation of 13058 feet (3980 meters). Lake Irwrin, also known as Lake Brennand, was formed in 1963 with the completion of the Lake Brennand Dam.
    CO_LakeIrwin_2076.jpg
  • Thick fog seems to originate from the volcanic cone of Wizard Island, located in Crater Lake, 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.
    CraterLakeFog.jpg
  • Snags rise above the frozen surface of Earthquake Lake in the Gallatin National Forest in Montana. The lake, located west of Yellowstone, was formed in 1959 after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake triggered an 80-million ton landslide, damming the Madison River. The snags here are trees that perished when their roots were flooded.
    MT_Earthquake-Lake_Snags_Winter_2805.jpg
  • A pair of American coots (Fulica americana) swim among bulrush stalks as the sun sets over Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
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  • Fragrant water lily pads begin to take on golden autumn color as they float on Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
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  • American coots (Fulica americana) begin to take flight from an area where they were feeding on Lake Sammamish in Redmond, Washington. The American coot is also sometimes called a mud hen or pouldeau. This image was captured from Marymoor Park, a King County park that attracts more than 3 million visitors each year.
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  • Fog rises off Alder Lake and is turned red by the rising sun near Eatonville, Washington. Alder Lake is a reservoir created by a dam on the Nisqually River.
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  • A maple tree frames Eagle Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Acadia National Park, Maine. Eagle Lake is 436 acres in size and as much as 110 feet deep. Acadia National Park is located on Mount Desert Island.
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  • A triangular iceberg floats in Frozen Lake, located in the Sunrise area of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. While the lake surface thaws in the summer, it's usually surrounded by large packs of snow and ice year-round. The lake serves as the water supply for the Sunrise area of the park.
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  • Low-level clouds frame a towering cumulonimbus cloud during a severe thunderstorm over Lake Michigan in this view from Chicago, Illinois.
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  • The gnarled, twisted stump of a dead tree submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, is exposed after a prolonged drought caused the lake to lose nearly all of its water.
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  • Rough bark was mostly preserved on a log submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The log reemerged after a prolonged drought caused the lake to lose nearly all of its water.
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  • Some bark remains intact around the base of a dead tree that had been submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The lake level dropped after a prolonged flood, exposing the stump and the preserved bark that's pulling away from it.
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  • Several rocks are trapped in the roots of a dead tree that was submerged in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, for 100 years. The lake level dropped after most of the water was lost in a prolonged drought.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Stump-Rocks-Roots_8...jpg
  • Bighorn Lake and Bighorn Canyon, part of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, are visible in this aerial view captured southwest of Yellowtail, Montana. Bighorn Lake is a reservoir formed by Yellowtail Dam, which was finished in 1965. When the reservoir is full, the lake extends 72 miles (115 kilometers) — the entire length of Bighorn Canyon — into Wyoming.
    Montana_Bighorn-Lake_Aerial_3759.jpg
  • The rising sun clears the eastern caldera rim of Crater Lake, Oregon. Wizard Island, a dormant volcanic cone formed after the cataclysmic eruption of the ancient Mount Mazama, is visible near the center of the image. Crater Lake, protected as a national park, is the deepest freshwater lake in North America.
    CraterLakeSunrise.jpg
  • Crater Lake, located in the caldera of what was once Oregon's Mount Mazama, is the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh deepest in the world. Its deep blue color results from the clarity of the water. The water is so clear that sunlight travels deep into the lake, losing all but the blue wavelengths in the process.
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  • A raccoon (Procyon lotor) looks up from its perch on a log floating on Lake Washington in Renton, Washington.
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  • A raccoon (Procyon lotor) carefully walks out onto a floating log to forage in Lake Washington in Renton, Washington.
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  • A pair of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) splash water as they land on Hayden Lake in Idaho.
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  • A band of clouds is reflected on the water of Soda Lake, located in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
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  • American coots (Fulica americana) begin to take flight from an area where they were feeding on Lake Sammamish in Redmond, Washington. The American coot is also sometimes called a mud hen or pouldeau. This image was captured from Marymoor Park, a King County park that attracts more than 3 million visitors each year.
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  • American coots (Fulica americana) begin to take flight from an area where they were feeding on Lake Sammamish in Redmond, Washington. The American coot is also sometimes called a mud hen or pouldeau. This image was captured from Marymoor Park, a King County park that attracts more than 3 million visitors each year.
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  • Golden Larch trees (Pseudolarix amabilis) at the peak of their fall color surround Blue Lake near Washington Pass in the North Cascades of Washington state. 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. Several peaks are visible above the lake. From left to right, the peaks are Liberty Bell and the Early Winters Spires.
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  • Rocks on the the bed of Rattlesnake Lake in King County, Washington, are visible through clear windows on the otherwise frosted frozen lake surface.
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  • The rocky bed of Rattlesnake Lake in King County, Washington, is visible through a hole in the ice that covers the lake.
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  • The gnarled, twisted stump of a dead tree submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, is exposed after a prolonged drought caused the lake to lose nearly all of its water.
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  • Some bark remains intact around the base of a dead tree that had been submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The lake level dropped after a prolonged flood, exposing the stump and the preserved bark that's pulling away from it.
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  • Colorful swirls and streaks stand out from the bleached remains of a tree that had been submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The log reemerged after a prolonged drought caused the lake to lost nearly all of its water.
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