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  • Hundreds of stars in the night sky shine over Mount Si and Borst Lake in this scene from Snoqualmie, Washington. Mount Si is a 4167 ft (1270 m) mountain that is located in neighboring North Bend. Mount Si is a remnant of an oceanic plate volcano. Its summit is a class 3 rock scramble known as the Haystack.
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  • Large rock spires point to the night sky above the Superstition Mountains in the Superstition Wilderness, Arizona.
    Superstition-Wilderness_Spires_Night...jpg
  • Thousands of stars light the sky over in the North Cascades of Washington state on a moonless night. Mount Sefrit, a 7,191 foot (2,190 meter) mountain, is visible in the background on the left side of the image.
    North-Cascades_Night-Sky_6440.jpg
  • 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
  • The moon shines over the golden Makena Beach on the Hawaiian island of Maui at night.
    Maui_MakenaBeach_Night_6306.jpg
  • Glowing embers shoot up in the midst of the flames of a fire at night.
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  • Flames from a fire glow at night.
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  • 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
  • The full moon shines over Makena Beach, located on the Hawaiian island of Maui at night.
    Maui_Makena-Beach_Night_6304.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 black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) rests in a tree near the Flamingo Marina in the Everglades National Park, Florida. Night herons hunt mainly at night, standing at the water's edge to catch small fish, frogs, and insects..
    Heron_BlackCrownedNight_3356.jpg
  • Several lightning flashes light up the night sky during a thunderstorm over Snohomish County, Washington. Lightning is usually produced by towering cumulonimbus clouds, which can climb to heights of more than 9 miles (15 km); the lightning flashes temporarly balance the electrical charge in the cloud. Only about 25 percent of all lightning flashes reach the ground; those flashes are known as strikes.
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  • Several lightning flashes light up the night sky during a thunderstorm over Snohomish County, Washington. Lightning is usually produced by towering cumulonimbus clouds, which can climb to heights of more than 9 miles (15 km); the lightning flashes temporarly balance the electrical charge in the cloud. Only about 25 percent of all lightning flashes reach the ground; those flashes are known as strikes.
    Lightning_SnohomishCounty_8470.jpg
  • Comet Falls, so named because it resembles a comet's tail, glows underneath the night sky. The waterfall, which is located in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, is lit by the full moon. Comet Falls, at 320 feet (98 meters), is one of the tallest waterfalls in the park.
    Rainier_CometFallsNight_9233.jpg
  • New Zealand's Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, capped by a lenticular cloud, glows by the light of the full moon under the night sky. The Southern Cross is visible near the top left.
    NZ_TaranakiNight_0918.jpg
  • Comet Falls, so named because it resembles a comet's tail, glows underneath the night sky. The waterfall, which is located in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, is lit by the full moon. Comet Falls, at 320 feet (98 meters), is one of the tallest waterfalls in the park..
    Rainier_CometFallsNight_9237.jpg
  • Stars fill the sky above the Superstition Mountains, which are surrounded by saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea) in the Superstition Wilderness in Arizona. The saguaro is a large cactus noted for its "arms" that is native to the Sonoran Desert.
    Superstition-Wilderness_Saguaros_Nig...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
  • A garden spider (Araneus diadematus) waits for prey to get trapped in its web. Garden spiders are one of the largest orb weavers. They spin new webs each night and eat the remains of the previous night's web.
    GardenSpider_web_night_9898.jpg
  • Rain water collects in several potholes in the hard, sandstone desert landscape at Tuweep in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Tuckup Point is visible in the background. This image was captured at night; the landscape was lit by the full moon.
    AZ_Tuweep_Tuckup_Potholes_Night_4757.jpg
  • As night falls, an elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi) hunts from a perch in the woods of Miller Canyon at the base of the Huachuca Mountains in southern Arizona. The elf owl is the smallest owl in the Sonoran Desert, about the size of a sparrow and weighing just 1.4 ounces. The owl can see well in low light, but can catch prey in complete darkness by pinpointing it with its ears. The elf owl feeds primarily on invertebrates, such as moths, crickets, scorpions, centipedes and beetles.
    Owl-Elf_Night_Miller-Canyon_7081.jpg
  • Rain water collects in several potholes in the hard, sandstone desert landscape at Tuweep, Arizona. Tuckup Point is visible in the background. This image was captured at night; the landscape was lit by the full moon.
    AZ_Tuckup_Potholes_Night_4742.jpg
  • The full moon begins to set behind the Teton Range as fog forms at night in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The Teton Range is the youngest mountain range in the Rocky Mountains, forming between 6 to 9 million years ago. The peaks are fault-block mountains, caused by tilting along the fault where they formed. Grand Teton, visible to the left of the moon, is 13,775 feet (4,199 meters) high. Grand Teton National Park contains another nine peaks that are at least 12,000 feet (3,658 meters) above sea level.
    Tetons_FullMoon_Night_3124.jpg
  • Rain water collects in several potholes in the hard, sandstone desert landscape at Tuweep, Arizona. This image was captured at night; the landscape was lit by the full moon.
    AZ_Tuweep_Potholes_Night_4737.jpg
  • Potholes in the red rock sandstone at Tuweep in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, are filled with water after a rainstorm passed at night. The nightime landscape was lit by the full moon.
    AZ_Tuweep_Potholes_Night_4748.jpg
  • Stars shine above the steep walls of the Tuweep Overlook, also spelled Toroweap, which provides one of the most dramatic views of teh Grand Canyon in Arizona. Lit by the full moon, the walls of the canyon are 3,000 feet tall. Here, the canyon is also a mile wide. It's one of the few places on the Grand Canyon rim where you can see both the Colorado River and the other side of the canyon.
    GrandCanyon_Tuweep_Night_4774.jpg
  • A large flock of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos), known as a murder, circles against the night sky as the birds look for a place to roost in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 10,000 crows roost in a small area in the city each night.
    Crows_Murder_Sky-Full_Flash_Bothell_...jpg
  • A large flock of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos), known as a murder, circles against the night sky as the birds look for a place to roost in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 10,000 crows roost in a small area in the city each night.
    Crows_Murder_Sky-Full_Flash_Bothell_...jpg
  • A large flock of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos), known as a murder, circles against the night sky as the birds look for a place to roost in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 10,000 crows roost in a small area in the city each night.
    Crows_Murder_Sky-Full_Flash_Bothell_...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 16,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Murder_Sky-Full_Motion_Bothell...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 16,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 16,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • The light of the crescent mon shines on the water of Puget Sound at night in this view from Golden Gardens in Seattle, Washington.
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  • American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) come in to land on a roost in Bothell, Washington, that is home to as many as 15,000 crows each night during the winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Bothell_0163.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) flying to their nightly roost in Bothell, Washington. During the winter months, up to 15,000 crows use the roost each night.
    Crows_Murder_Flight_Long-Exposure_Bo...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • Dozens of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) fly to join thousands of others that are roosting in trees along North Creek in Bothell, Washington.
    Crows_Murder_Roosting_North-Creek_02...jpg
  • Dozens of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) fly to join thousands of others that are roosting in trees along North Creek in Bothell, Washington.
    Crows_Murder_Roosting_North-Creek_02...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) roost together in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington. As many as 15,000 crows use the roost each night during the winter months.
    Crows_Roost_Dusk_Bothell_1523.jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) approach their nightly roosting location in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months. A long camera exposure captures the motion of the crows as they approach the roost.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • 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.
    Moon_Half_5157.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • A large flock of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos), known as a murder, flies over trees lining the Sammamish River in Bothell, Washington. During the winter months, about 16,000 crows roost each night in the area in restored wetlands.
    Crows_Murder_Trees_Bothell_3398.jpg
  • A large flock of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos), known as a murder, flies over trees lining the Sammamish River in Bothell, Washington, as the moon rises. During the winter months, about 16,000 crows roost each night in the area in restored wetlands.
    Crows_Murder_Trees_Moon_Bothell_0963.jpg
  • Hundreds of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) take off at moonrise from their temporary perch along the Sammamish River in Bothell, Washington. They spend the day in small groups of up to a dozen, but gather in large groups near sunset. At night, they all fly to one large roost that is home to more than 10,000 crows.
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  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) and a meteor shine in the night sky over Mount Rainier in Washington state. 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. 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_Comet-Neowise_High-Rock_8277.jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in a large flock, known as a murder, fill the sky over Bothell, Washington, at dusk. An estimated 16,000 crows roost in a small area there each night.
    Crows_Murder_Sky-Full_Motion_Bothell...jpg
  • Three American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) perched in a bare winter tree watch as a large flock of crows, known as a murder, fly past at dusk on their way to roosting grounds. An estimated 10,000 crows roost each night in the area.
    Crows_Murder_Perched-Fly-By_North-Cr...jpg
  • Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 passes about 50 million miles from Earth in this view of the night sky from North Bend, Washington. The comet's green coma results from molecules of diatomic carbon flourescing in ultraviolet sunlight. The tail is faint because this comet is producing very little dust. It's a long-period comet; it won't be seen again from Earth for about 8,000 years. Pleiades is the bright star cluster in the upper left corner of the image.
    CometLovejoy_C2014+Q2_2576.jpg
  • The full moon shines against the night sky. Captured during the "super moon" on August 9, 2014. A supermoon occurs when the moon is full at the same time as it makes its closest approach to Earth, a part of the moon's elliptical orbit known as perigee. The moon's distance from Earth varies between 222,000 and 252,000 miles (357,000 to 406,000 km). A supermoon can be up to 14 percent larger and 30 percent brigher than a full moon at apogee, or the farthest point from Earth.
    Moon_Full_Supermoon_2094.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in flight as they approach their roost in the wetlands of Bothell, Washington, at dusk in autumn. An estimated 15,000 crows use the roost each night in the fall and winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Long-Exposur...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in a large flock, known as a murder, fill the sky over Bothell, Washington, at dusk. An estimated 16,000 crows roost in a small area there each night.
    Crows_Murder_Sky-Full_Motion_Bothell...jpg
  • A large flock of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos), known as a murder, flies over trees lining the Sammamish River in Bothell, Washington, as the moon rises. During the winter months, about 16,000 crows roost each night in the area in restored wetlands.
    Crows_Murder_Trees_Moon_Bothell_0977.jpg
  • A murder of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) flies low over the trees in wetlands in Bothell, Washington, as they prepare to roost for the night.
    Crows_Roost-Fly-By_Bothell_0277.jpg
  • American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) come in to land on a roost in Bothell, Washington, that is home to as many as 15,000 crows each night during the winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Bothell_0290.jpg
  • American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) come in to land on a roost in Bothell, Washington, that is home to as many as 15,000 crows each night during the winter months.
    Crows_Approaching-Roost_Bothell_0286.jpg
  • An American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) flies to join hundreds of other crows that are roosting in trees along North Creek in Bothell, Washington. An estimated 10,000 crows roost each night in a small area of the city.
    Crows_One-Flying_One-Tree_North-Cree...jpg
  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in a large flock, known as a murder, fill the sky over Bothell, Washington, at dusk. An estimated 16,000 crows roost in a small area there each night.
    Crows_Murder_Sky-Full_Motion_Bothell...jpg
  • Hundreds of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in a large flock, known as a murder, fly over bare winter trees along the Sammamish River in Bothell, Washington, on a dark, cloudy day. An estimated 10,000 crows roost in a small area in the city each night.
    Crows_Murder_Forest_Moon_Bothell_333...jpg
  • Two bright Perseid meteors streak across the night sky above Table Mountain in the North Cascades of Washington state. The Perseids are an annual meteor shower that occurs in August when Earth passes through the debris of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The meteors are comet debris burning up in the Earth's atmosphere. Table Mountain is a 5,742-foot (1,750-meter) peak that is comprised of an ancient, thick lava flow that pre-dates flows from the neighboring active volcano, Mount Baker.
    Table-Mountain_Perseid-Meteor_1093.jpg
  • American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) circle over trees where hundreds of others have already landed along North Creek in Bothell, Washington. At least 10,000 crows roost each night in a small area of the city. This is a staging area where crows gather at sunset before moving as a large flock, or murder, to their roost.
    Crows_Circling-Roost_North-Creek_450...jpg
  • The moon glows behind a coconut palm tree (Cocos nucifera) as thousands of stars shine above Makena Beach on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Several major stars are visible in this image, including Pleiades, a tight cluster of blue stars that is visible just left of the largest palm tree on the right side of the image, and Aldebaran, a bright orange star near the top-center of the frame. Pleiades is also known as the Seven Sisters even though the cluster contains more than 1,000 stars; the nine brightest stars are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology and their parents. The star cluster is one of the closest to Earth and it formed within the last 100 million years. Both Aldebaran and Pleiades are located in the constellation Taurus.
    Hawaii_PalmTrees_Stars_Makena_6317.jpg
  • Stars are visible over the Canadian Rockies and Lake Louise about two hours before sunrise. Lake Louise is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Banff_LakeLouise_Stars_7782.jpg
  • A bright lava flow illuminates full-size trees as it flows past them at night at Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. The hot lava flows from the Pu'u O'o vent, which has erupted continuously since 1983.
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  • Thousands of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) fill the twilight sky over Bothell, Washington, as they approach their nightly roost. As many as 15,000 crows use the roost during the winter months. A flock of crows is known as a murder.
    Crows_Murder_Bare-Tree_Bothell_3122.jpg
  • Stars fill the twilight sky over Mount Rainier in this view from near Paradise 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.
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  • A band of altocumulus clouds, partially illuminated by city lights, pass over rugged cliffs that are remnants of ancient lava flows in Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington.
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  • Foxfire is visible on decaying driftwood at midnight on Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington. Foxfire is a natural phonemonon produced by bioluminescent fungi typically found on rotting bark. The purpose of the glow is unknown, but it may help the fungus attract insects, which then disperse its spores.
    OlympicNP_Ruby-Beach_Night_Foxfire_9...jpg
  • Foxfire is visible on decaying driftwood at midnight on Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington. Foxfire is a natural phonemonon produced by bioluminescent fungi typically found on rotting bark. The purpose of the glow is unknown, but it may help the fungus attract insects, which then disperse its spores.
    OlympicNP_Ruby-Beach_Night_Foxfire_9...jpg
  • 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 Milky Way is visible in the midnight sky over the eastern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington state. The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system and is comprised of as many as 400 billion stars and 100 billion planets. Its name comes from the appearance of a band of stars that from Earth are so close together that they cannot be distinguished as individual stars with the naked eye. Mount Rainier, which has a summit of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the highest mountain in Washington state and largest volcano in the Cascade Range. This view was captured from Sunrise in Mount Rainier National Park.
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  • The Milky Way is visible in the midnight sky over the eastern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington state. The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system and is comprised of as many as 400 billion stars and 100 billion planets. Its name comes from the appearance of a band of stars that from Earth are so close together that they cannot be distinguished as individual stars with the naked eye. Mount Rainier, which has a summit of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the highest mountain in Washington state and largest volcano in the Cascade Range. This view was captured from Sunrise in Mount Rainier National Park.
    Rainier_Milky-Way_Sunrise_0095PC.jpg
  • A band of clouds stretches from the summit of Mount Rainier across the Milky Way after midnight in this view from near Sunrise 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.
    Rainier_Midnight-Clouds_8767.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.
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  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) shines in the twilight sky over Skagit Bay in this view from Camano Island, Washington. 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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  • A 10-minute exposure captures a nighttime lightning storm, visible through Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
    Canyonlands_MesaArch_Lightning_1148.jpg
  • The last light of day illuminates the winter snow pack on Mount Rainier in this view from High Rock.
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  • 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
  • A bright fireball meteor from the Perseid meteor shower streaks across the sky over Mount Shuksan in the North Cascades of Washington state. The Perseids are an annual meteor shower that occurs in August when Earth passes through the debris of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The meteors are comet debris burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
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  • Several Perseid meteors, including two especially bright ones, streak across the sky over Mount Shuksan in the North Cascades of Washington state. The Perseids are an annual meteor shower that occurs in August when Earth passes through the debris of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The meteors are comet debris burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
    Shuksan_Perseid-Meteor_0898.jpg
  • The nearly full moon shines over Mount Shuksan, a 9,131 foot (2,783 meter) mountain in Washington's North Cascades, which is reflected in Picture Lake. Shown here at about midnight, Mount Shuksan was formed about 120 million years ago when two of Earth's plates collided and were thrust upward in an event known as the Easton collision.
    Shuksan_Moon_Midnight_9616.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.
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  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) shines bright in the morning sky near a tall mountain hemlock tree in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 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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  • The full moon falls into total eclipse, becoming what is popularly referred to as a blood moon on January 20, 2019. Lunar eclipses occur when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, blocking direct sunlight from reaching the moon's surface. A small amount of red-orange light, however, bends around the Earth and passes through its atmosphere, a phenomenon known as Rayleigh scattering, causing the moon to glow red during the totality phase of the eclipse.
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  • The Milky Way stretches across the sky over the Mormon Basin in Malheur County, Oregon. The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system and is comprised of as many as 400 billion stars and 100 billion planets. Its name comes from the appearance of a band of stars that from Earth are so close together that they cannot be distinguished as individual stars with the naked eye.
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  • The crescent moon and the planets Venus (bottom) and Mars form a conjunction in the sky just after sunset on February 20, 2015.
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  • The full moon rises over Mount Rainier in this wintertime view from near Elbe, Washington. Mount Rainier, lit by alpenglow, is 14,411 feet (4,392 meters) tall, making it the highest point in Washington state and the highest volcano in the Cascade Range.
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  • The full moon shines over the Conata Basin, located in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Badlands National Park protects nearly 250,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires, as well as the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United States.
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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.
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  • The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, shine over the Central Cascades in Washington state after a severe solar storm. This image was captured on Green Mountain, near the town of Granite Falls.
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  • The nearly full moon rises through the North Window in Arches National Park, Utah.
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  • 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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