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  • The West Point Light, also known as the Discovery Park Lighthouse, shines above a beach full of driftwood in Discovery Park, Seattle, Washington. West Point Light was the first manned light station on Puget Sound and was activated on November 15, 1881.
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  • The West Point Light, also known as the Discovery Park Lighthouse, shines as a winter sunset colors the sky above the Olympic Mountains in Washington state. West Point Light was the first manned light station on Puget Sound and was activated on November 15, 1881. It is located in Discovery Park, Seattle, Washington.
    WA_Discovery-Park_West-Point-Light_O...jpg
  • An American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) rests on a street light in Bothell, Washington, as the sun begins to set. During the fall and winter months as many as 15,000 crows roost each night in the city.
    Crow_Street-Light_Bothell_5221.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
  • 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_1830.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_2125.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_2043.jpg
  • The golden light of the late-day sun streaks across the tops of numerous small Puget Sound waves off Edmonds, Washington.
    Puget-Sound_Golden-Light_Edmonds_711...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_1878.jpg
  • A flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) bud fluoresces under ultraviolet light in Snohomish County, Washington. Under white light, this bud would appear brownish-red and green. The bright red and violet 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_Flowering-Currant_Bud_363...jpg
  • Viewed under ultraviolet light, a long exposure captures the motion of giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) tentacles 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_Motion_T...jpg
  • Rockweed, algae, snails, and other tide pool inhabitants appear in vibrant colors when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide off Fidalgo Head near Anacortes, Washington. The color shift 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_Tide-Pool_Fidalg...jpg
  • The Mukilteo Light, decorated for the holidays, stands next to the Washington State Ferry terminal at Mukilteo, Washington. The lighthouse began operating in 1906. One of the few lighthouses made out of wood, the Mukilteo Light lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and automated two years later. The lighthouse is now maintained by the Mukilteo Historical Society.
    Mukilteo_Lighthouse_Christmas_2248.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.
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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 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 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
  • Mussels, anemones, barnacles, crabs, and other tide pool creatures take on vivid colors under ultraviolet light at low tide at Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area west of 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_Tide-Pool_Tongue...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
  • A flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) bud fluoresces under ultraviolet light in Snohomish County, Washington. Under white light, this bud would appear brownish-red and green. The bright red and violet 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_Flowering-Currant_Bud_362...jpg
  • Viewed under ultraviolet light, a long exposure captures the motion of giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) tentacles 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_Motion_T...jpg
  • Mussels, acorn barnacles, and Pacific Goose barnacles show vivid colors when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide at 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_Barnacles_Mussel...jpg
  • Mussels, acorn barnacles, and Pacific Goose barnacles show vivid colors when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide at Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. The tide pool also contains limpets, snails and crabs. 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_Barnacles_Mussel...jpg
  • Eelgrass (genus Zostera), which normally appears green, takes on vibrant colors 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_Eelgrass_Tongue-...jpg
  • Under ultraviolet light, vegetation and small snails display dramatic colors in a tide pool at 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_Rockweed_Tongue-...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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 Point Wilson Light stands at the edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Port Townsend, Washington. The lighthouse was activated December 15, 1879. Its present structure was finished in 1913. The Point Wilson Light was automated in November 1976.
    PointWilson_Lighthouse_8431.jpg
  • A vibrant shaft of light illuminates a tumbleweed on the floor of Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon that was carved by violent flash floods. Beams of light form only when the sun is nearly overhead, lighting up the blowing sand that fills the canyon, which is dozens of feet deep. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    AntelopeCanyon_Beam_Tumbleweed_0493.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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • A vibrant shaft of light shines like a spotlight on the floor of Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon that was carved by violent flash floods. Beams of light form only when the sun is nearly overhead, lighting up the blowing sand that fills the canyon, which is dozens of feet deep. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon-Beam_S2574-09.jpg
  • The Point Wilson Light stands at the edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Port Townsend, Washington. The lighthouse was activated December 15, 1879. Its present structure was finished in 1913. The Point Wilson Light was automated in November 1976.
    PointWilson_Lighthouse_8418.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
  • 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 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
  • The Mukilteo Light, shown here decorated for the holidays, began operating in 1906 in Mukilteo, Washington. One of the few lighthouses made out of wood, the Mukilteo Light lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and automated two years later. The lighthouse is now maintained by the Mukilteo Historical Society.
    Mukilteo_Lighthouse_Christmas_2255.jpg
  • A Washington State ferry passes by the Mukilteo Light, a lighthouse that began operating in 1906 in Mukilteo, Washington. The lighthouse, one of the few made out of wood, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and automated two years later. The lighthouse is now maintained by the Mukilteo Historical Society.
    Mukilteo_Lighthouse_Ferry_3092.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
  • 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
  • Three shafts of sunlight illuminate Skylight Cave in the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon. Skylight Cave is a lava tube and light enters through three skylights. Two of the skylights are hornito skylights, formed where lava was ejected through the crust of a flow some distance from the source of the magma.
    Skylight-Cave_Three-Beams_2771.jpg
  • Three shafts of sunlight illuminate Skylight Cave in the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon. Skylight Cave is a lava tube and light enters through three skylights. Two of the skylights are hornito skylights, formed where lava was ejected through the crust of a flow some distance from the source of the magma.
    Skylight-Cave_Three-Beams_2761.jpg
  • Three shafts of sunlight illuminate Skylight Cave in the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon. Skylight Cave is a lava tube and light enters through three skylights. Two of the skylights are hornito skylights, formed where lava was ejected through the crust of a flow some distance from the source of the magma.
    Skylight-Cave_Three-Beams_2749.jpg
  • A vibrant shaft of light shines on the floor of a particularly narrow section of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo tribal land in Page, Arizona. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks." The slot canyon is formed primarily by erosion during flash floods; torrents of water race through the canyon and sculpt the sandstone.
    Antelope-Canyon_Beam_S2574-02.jpg
  • 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
  • Three shafts of sunlight illuminate Skylight Cave in the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon. Skylight Cave is a lava tube and light enters through three skylights. Two of the skylights are hornito skylights, formed where lava was ejected through the crust of a flow some distance from the source of the magma.
    Skylight-Cave_Three-Beams_2740.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
  • A vibrant shaft of light shines on the floor of a particularly narrow section of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo tribal land in Page, Arizona. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks." The slot canyon is formed primarily by erosion during flash floods; torrents of water race through the canyon and sculpt the sandstone.
    Antelope-Canyon-Beam_S02-01-04.jpg
  • A Chincoteague pony (Equus caballus), also known as an Assateague horse, is illuminated by the first light of day in a marsh on Assateague Island in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. About 300 wild — technically feral — ponies roam the island on the Atlantic coast. There is some dispute as to how the ponies ended up on the island. Some researchers believe the ponies are survivors of the wreck of a Spanish galleon, La Galga, which sank just off the coast in 1750; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes they are descendants of horses owned by early colonial settlers.
    Assateague-Island_Chincoteague-Pony_...jpg
  • An extreme macro view — approximately five times magnification — contrasts the leg of a garden spider against a spiderweb in high-contrast light. The colorful streaks on the web are the result of iridescence — light being bent into different wavelengths by the tiny droplets on the threads.
    Spider_Leg_Web_Iridescence_Macro_235...jpg
  • Three vibrant shafts of light appear in a narrow passage in Antelope Canyon, a slot canyon carved by violent flash floods in Page, Arizona. The beams form only when the sun is nearly overhead, lighting up the blowing sand that fills the canyon, which is dozens of feet deep. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    AntelopeCanyonBeams.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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The golden light of the evening sun illuminates the top of waves on Saratoga Passage just before they crash onto the beach at Camano Island State Park, Camano Island, Washington.
    Saratoga-Passage_Ripples_Sunset_4378.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 evening sun illuminates the top of waves on Saratoga Passage just before they crash onto the beach at Camano Island State Park, Camano Island, Washington.
    Saratoga-Passage_Ripples_Sunset_4058.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
  • A bright moonbow forms at the base of Upper Yosemite Fall during a full moon in Yosemite National Park, California. Yosemite Falls, height of 2,425 feet (739 meters), is the highest measured waterfall in North America and the fifth-highest in the world. During the late spring when the water flow is at its peak, the light of the full moon and spray of the waterfall result in nighttime rainbows.
    YosemiteFalls_Night_Moonbow_8181.jpg
  • The golden light of the evening sun illuminates the top of waves on Saratoga Passage just before they crash onto the beach at Camano Island State Park, Camano Island, Washington.
    Saratoga-Passage_Ripples_Sunset_4679.jpg
  • The golden light of the evening sun illuminates the top of waves on Saratoga Passage just before they crash onto the beach at Camano Island State Park, Camano Island, Washington.
    Saratoga-Passage_Ripples_Sunset_4321.jpg
  • The golden light of the evening sun illuminates the top of waves on Saratoga Passage just before they crash onto the beach at Camano Island State Park, Camano Island, Washington.
    Saratoga-Passage_Ripples_Sunset_4296.jpg
  • Light filters into a lava tube known as Skylight Cave in Deschutes National Forest in Oregon, revealing the texture of its walls.
    Skylight-Cave_Texture_2686.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
  • The golden light of the evening sun illuminates the top of waves on Saratoga Passage just before they crash onto the beach at Camano Island State Park, Camano Island, Washington.
    Saratoga-Passage_Ripples_Sunset_4024.jpg
  • The golden light of the evening sun illuminates the top of waves on Saratoga Passage just before they crash onto the beach at Camano Island State Park, Camano Island, Washington.
    Saratoga-Passage_Ripples_Sunset_4080.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_1310.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
  • The golden light of sunrise shines on pools of water on the volcanic terrace below Strokkur, one of Iceland's most famous geysers.
    Iceland_Strokkur_GoldenPools_2775.jpg
  • Strong Pacific Ocean waves pound the rock that is home to Tillamook Rock Lighthouse near Cannon Beach, Oregon. Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, also known as Tillamook Rock Light, operated from 1881 to 1957. It was the most expensive lighthouse in the United States to operate because of strong storms that hampered construction and signficantly damaged the lighthouse after it was completed. Sometimes called the Tillamook Head Lighthouse, it is now privately owned and is unofficially used as a columbarium.
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  • A circumzenithal arc appears to stretch across the tops of trees on Cougar Mountain near Bellevue, Washington. Circumzenithal arcs appear as upside-down rainbows and are the brightest and most colorful of all the solar halos. They appear when the sun is relatively low on the horizon, less than 32 degrees above the horizon and ideally 20°, and cirrus clouds are overhead. Circumzenithal arcs are especially bright and vibrant because the ice crystals in the cirrus clouds are perfectly aligned, passing through almost parallel bands of light.
    Circumzenithal_Arc_3523.jpg
  • A shaft of light, mimicking the shape of an arrowhead, shines through the window of a sandstone formation located near the Arrowhead Trail in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.
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  • 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
  • Many of the skyscrapers in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, are visible at night over the colorful, lighted water feature called Childhood Muse in Romare Bearden Park.
    NC_Charlotte_Skyline_Romare-Bearden_...jpg
  • A colorful Christmas tree mimics the shape of the Space Needle on the Seattle Center grounds in Seattle, Washington.
    Space-Needle_Christmas-Tree_2269.jpg
  • Crepuscular rays, also known as God beams, shine down on the Stillaguamish River on a foggy morning on Leque Island near Stanwood, Washington.
    Stillaguamish-River_God-Beams_Eide-R...jpg
  • A gull appears in silhouette as it flies across the face of the sun, reddened by the smoke from extensive wildfires, in this view from Edmonds, Washington.
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  • An elongated glint — a line of sunlight reflected across wavy water — stretches across Puget Sound at sunset from the Edmonds, Washington, waterfront.
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  • A narrow band of sunlight illuminates on band of rolling hills in the Antelope Valley of California near Liebre Mountain.
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  • A 22° halo forms around the sun over Snohomish County, Washington. The 22° solar halo forms when the sun shines into thin, ice-filled cirrus clouds. The hexagonal ice crystals serve as tiny prisms to create the full-circle rainbow around the sun.
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  • Sunlight highlights the spray from Athabasca Falls, a powerful waterfall located in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. Shown here is one channel of the waterfall, which drops 80 feet (24 meters).
    AthabascaFalls_Sunbeams_7115.jpg
  • Solar rays cut through the last traces of fog in the Federation Forest east of Enumclaw, Washington.
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  • Small patches of morning sunlight shine through holes in the clouds, forming crepuscular rays, also known as God beams, over the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. A solitary antelope is visible on the horizon.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Crepuscular-Rays_0...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) rendered in near silhouette drills holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
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  • Ripples on Lake Washington near Kenmore, Washington, sparkle as the evening sun casts a glint across the water.
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  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), backlit in the evening sun, drills holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Backlit_Lynnw...jpg
  • A rainbow stretches across the sky over Mont Saint-Michel Bay over the tidal island of Tombelaine in Normandy, France.
    MontSaintMichel_Tombelaine_Rainbow_5...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 glint cast by the setting sun stretches across a small wave on Puget Sound near the Edmonds, Washingotn, waterfront.
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  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Van Zandt, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Van-Zandt_6755.jpg
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