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  • Moss drapes from the thick brances of old-growth bigleaf maple trees (Acer macrophyllum) that are beginning to show their fall colors in the Hall of Mosses, part of the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park, Washington. The Hoh Rain Forest is a temperate forest, receiving between 140 and 170 inches (355 to 432 centimeters) of rain per year. The lush forest has been named by UNESCO as both a World Heritage Site and a Biosphere Reserve.
    Hoh-Rain-Forest_Hall-Of-Mosses_Autum...jpg
  • Backlit clubmoss contrasts with the vibrant fall colors of the leaves on a bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) tree in the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park, Washington. These trees are in the Hall of Mosses, an old-growth section of the forest.
    Hoh-Rain-Forest_Maple-Leaves_Clubmos...jpg
  • Rain falls and drips from the leaves of a vine maple tree in Twin Falls State Park near North Bend, Washington.
    Rain_VineMapleLeaves_7160.jpg
  • Heavy moss hangs from four old-growth sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) trees in the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park, Washington. The Hoh Rain Forest is one of the largest temperate rain forests in the United States. The sitka spruce trees can grow to be 300 feet (100 meters) tall, with a diameter of 16 feet (5 meters). Trees in the Hoh Rain Forest can grow to tremendous size as the area receives an average of 150 inches (4 meters) of rain annually.
    OlympicNP_Hoh_FourMossyTrees_2269.jpg
  • Plants and fallen leaves are visible in the water of a clear stream in the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park, Washington. Fine grains of sand cleanse the streams of the rain forest, resulting in clear, pure water.
    OlympicNP_Hoh_ClearStream_0105.jpg
  • A burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) closes its eyes to shield them from heavy rain in Grant County, Washington.
    Owl-Burrowing_Wet_Ephrata_9029.jpg
  • Heavy rain drops cause the seeding stalks of the blue wildrye (Elymus glaucus) grasses to bend on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Blue wildrye is a grass that is common in praries and open woods in southern Canada and the northwestern United States.
    GrassInRain_BlueWildrye_Bloedel_2427.jpg
  • A heavy rain storm passes over the Pacific Ocean near Manzanita, Oregon.
    OR_Manzanita_OceanStorm_1816.jpg
  • This is the view inside a 2,000-year-old Western Red Cedar tree, still living in the Quinault Rain Forest, Washington. As cedar trees age, they hollow out to allow fierce winds to blow through them, rather than toppling during storms. The only living part is a vein that's two feet in diameter. The tree, located in Olympic National Park, however, is so huge another tree grows out of its top.
    QuinaultGiantCedar.jpg
  • A long camera exposure captures heavy raindrops falling with a Japanese maple tree at the peak of its red fall color in the background.
    Rain_RaindropStreaks_FallColor_Lynnw...jpg
  • A long camera exposure captures heavy raindrops falling with a Japanese maple tree at the peak of its red fall color in the background.
    Rain_RaindropStreaks_FallColor_Lynnw...jpg
  • Mount Olympus, at just under 8000 feet, is the tallest of the Olympic mountains. This aerial view shows how the mountain range blocks rain storms from the Pacific Ocean, resulting in a temperate rain forest, the only one in North America.
    Olympus_Aerial7565.jpg
  • A burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) braves a rainstorm from its perch in a field of rocks in Grant County, Washington.
    Owl-Burrowing_Raining_Ephrata_9117.jpg
  • A burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) braves a rainstorm from its perch in a field of rocks in Grant County, Washington.
    Owl-Burrowing_Raining_Ephrata_9002.jpg
  • Storm clouds dump heavy rain and hail over the Blue Ridge Mountains in this view from Ridge View in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
    Shenandoah_Ridge-View_Sunrise-Storm_...jpg
  • A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) sits at the top of a snag in the Hoh Rain Forest in Washington's Olympic National Park.
    Olympics_Heron_Snag_9833.jpg
  • Heavy rain and hail drop from a storm passing over the Blue Ridge Mountains at daybreak in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
    Shenandoah_Mountain-Storm_Daybreak_9...jpg
  • A captive brown bear (Ursus arctos) climbs on a rock during a rain storm in a forested area of the Pacific Northwest. Brown bears are the largest land-based preditors and are found across northern North America, Europe and Asia.
    Bear_Brown_Captive_Woodland_3403.jpg
  • Heavy rain and hail streak across the golden sky over Hogwallow Flats at daybreak in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
    Shenandoah_Hogwallow-Flats_Storm_375...jpg
  • Late summer wildflowers are mixed in with the grassland as a rain storm approaches at the edge of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in Arizona.
    Grand-Canyon_Rainstorm_Grassland_491...jpg
  • A bright rainbow stretches across the rugged eastern slope of the dormant Haleakalā volcano on the island of Maui, Hawai`i. Haleakalā, the eastern of the two volcanoes on Maui, last erupted sometime between 1480 and 1600 AD. On average, Haleakala National Park receives about 50 inches (1263 millimeters) of rain per year.
    Maui_Haleakala_Rainbow_6967.jpg
  • A male varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius) rests on a branch as light rain falls in Snohomish County, Washington. Varied thrushes are found in western North America from Alaska to northern California.
    VariedThrush_Perched_Raining_8615.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
  • A storm crosses over Mount Emma bringing rain to the desert in northern Arizona. Mount Emma, 7698 feet tall (2346 meters), is part of the Uinkaret Mountains in the Kaibab National Forest.
    AZ_MountEmma_Storm_4918.jpg
  • Numerous drops of rain stick to a blade of grass in a yard in Snohomish County, Washington. A yellow buttercup flower is rendered out of focus in the background.
    Raindrops_Grass_Lynnwood_7417.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 sun shines into a heavy rain storm, forming rainbows over the crater in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii.
    maui-haleakala-rainbow_2474.jpg
  • The late afternoon sun shines into a heavy rain storm, forming rainbows over the crater at Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii.
    maui-haleakala-rainbow_2461.jpg
  • A vibrant rainbow forms during a late-afternoon rainstorm over Waimea Canyon on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The canyon is 10 miles long and more than 3,500 feet deep. It was carved by runoff from Mount Waialeale, which gets more rain than any other spot on Earth.
    kauai-waimea-rainbow-wide.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
  • After a rain shower passes, a burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) hunts from its perch atop a rock in Grant County, Washington, against a rainbow backdrop.
    Owl-Burrowing_Rainbow_Ephrata_1388.jpg
  • The setting sun illuminates the virga from a cumulonimbus cloud over Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington. Cumulonimbus clouds always produce rain, but sometimes it evaporates before reaching the ground, which is known as virga.
    Virga_DiscoveryTreeLight_2985.jpg
  • A bright rainbow falls on the roof of the Cunningham Cabin, a historic feature of the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The cabin was build in 1890 by Pierce and Margaret Cunningham as part of a 160 acre homestead.
    CunninghamCabin.jpg
  • Several temporary waterfalls cascade down Paria Point during a heavy storm in the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park, Utah.
    Zion_Kolob_EphemeralFalls_5820.jpg
  • Sunlight streaks through a break in the dark clouds during a rainstorm over the Hengill mountains in southwestern Iceland.
    Iceland_Hengill_Rainstorm_3256.jpg
  • The red light of sunrise shines through a heavy rainstorm that partially obscures the view of the Blue Ridge Mountains from Ridge View in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
    Shenandoah_Ridge-View_Sunrise-Storm_...jpg
  • Autumn color lines the base of a large granite rock formation in the City of Rocks National Reserve in Idaho as a heavy rainstorm passes.
    Idaho_CityOfRocks_Autumn-Rainstorm_0...jpg
  • A bright rainbow stretches across a forested valley in Egmont National Park located in the Taranaki District on the North Island of New Zealand.
    NZ_EgmontNP_Rainbow_0999.jpg
  • Lightning strikes over the Toroweap Valley during a fall thunderstorm in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Vulcan's Throne, a 73,000-year-old volcanic cinder cone, is visible as a dark mound on the horizon on the left side of the image.
    GrandCanyon_Toroweap-Valley_Lightnin...jpg
  • A bright double rainbow connects the mountains on both sides of Logan Pass, located in Glacier National Park, Montana. The rainbow formed as a heavy afternoon thunderstorm moved along the Going-To-The-Sun Road, which passes through the valley at the center of this image.
    Glacier_LoganPassRainbow_0074.jpg
  • A bright double rainbow connects the mountains on both sides of Logan Pass, located in Glacier National Park, Montana. The rainbow formed as a heavy afternoon thunderstorm moved along the Going-To-The-Sun Road, which passes through the valley at the center of this image.
    Glacier_LoganPassRainbow_0081.jpg
  • A rainstorm sits at the summit of Mount Si, resulting in a rainbow that falls at the mountain's base in North Bend, Washington. Mount Si is a 4,167-foot (1,270 meter) mountain that is a remnant of an oceanic plate volcano. It lies at the western edge of the Cascade Range of mountains.
    MountSi_Rainstorm_Rainbow_9440.jpg
  • A rainbow rises from a carpet of fall color as a heavy rainstorm passes over the Bear Rocks in the Dolly Sods Wilderness, West Virginia.
    WV_Dolly-Sods_Bear-Rocks_Rainbow_434...jpg
  • A carpet of yellow and violet spring wildflowers grow at the base of the Tehachapi Mountains in California, as an April rainstorm passes overhead.
    CA_Tehachapi_Wildflowers_4337.jpg
  • The sun shines on wet maple seeds after a rainstorm passes over Snohomish County, Washington.
    MapleSeeds_Raindrops_8449.jpg
  • An aspen tree displays its autumn colors on a ridge in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, as a heavy rainstorm approaches.
    Bryce-Canyon_Autumn-Rainstorm_0847.jpg
  • A partial rainbow forms in the downpour from a rainstorm passing at the edge of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.
    Bryce-Canyon_Rainstorm_4350.jpg
  • A heavy rainstorm passes over the Olympic Mountains — including the Brothers, which is visible at left — at sunset, in this view from Hood Canal near Hansville, Washington.
    Olympics_Stormy-Sunset_Panorama_7863...jpg
  • A hillside over Tehachapi, California, is lush with yellow and violet wildflowers as a spring rainstorm approaches.
    CA_Tehachapi_Wildflowers_4607.jpg
  • Storm clouds streak across Sauk Mountain, which stands above the Skagit River in the North Cascades of Washington state.
    SaukMountain_SkagitRiver_Stormy_0266.jpg
  • A large, bright rainbow forms during a rainstorm over the Kalalau Valley on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
    Kauai_Kalalau_Rainbow_1830.jpg
  • A heavy rainstorm builds over the Pacific Ocean near Manzanita, Oregon.
    OR_Manzanita_GoldenRainstorm_1843.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
  • A heavy rainstorm partially obscures several peaks along Zion Canyon in Zion National Park, Utah.
    Zion_HeavyStorm_5892.jpg
  • A bright rainbow falls on the base of a prominent sea stack on the Oregon coast. This sea stack is part of the Bird Rocks, a series of sea stacks located off Crescent Beach in Ecola State Park near the town of Cannon Beach.
    CrescentBeachRainbow.jpg
  • A vibrant rainbow arcs over the Twin Buttes, a sandstone formation near Sedona, Arizona.
    TwinButtesAZRainbow.jpg
  • Violet spring wildflowers and oak trees sit at the base of mountains, which vanish into low clouds above Tehachapi, California.
    CA_Tehachapi_Wildflowers-Oaks_4502.jpg
  • The sun shines on wet maple seeds after a rainstorm passes over Snohomish County, Washington.
    MapleSeeds_Raindrops_8636.jpg
  • Very heavy spring storms create two temporary waterfalls to join the year-round Rose Valley Falls, pictured at left, in the Los Padres National Forest near Ojai, California. Rose Valley Falls drops 300 feet (91 meters).
    CA_RoseValley_ThreeWaterfalls_7930.jpg
  • Two wet leaves, one red and one yellow, are found at the base of the tree they fell from in Carkeek Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Fall_Leaves_RedYellow_Carkeek_5144.jpg
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  • A severe hailstorm passes over the mountains of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Severe weather is common over the mountains in summer.
    GrandTetons_Storm_1889.jpg
  • A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus formerly Nyctea scandiaca)  rests on driftwood during a rain storm at Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Snowy owls migrate that far south only once or twice a decade in a type of migration known as an irruption.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_Driftwood_Rain_...jpg
  • Water droplets cling to a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) after a rain storm. They are shown here in an extreme macro view of approximately four times life-size.
    Daffodil-Wild_Rain-Drops_Macro_0561.jpg
  • Water droplets cling to a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) after a rain storm. They are shown here in an extreme macro view of approximately five times life-size.
    Daffodil-Wild_Rain-Drops_Macro_0613.jpg
  • Water droplets cling to a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) after a rain storm. They are shown here in an extreme macro view of approximately five times life-size.
    Daffodil-Wild_Rain-Drops_Macro_0599.jpg
  • A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus formerly Nyctea scandiaca)  rests on driftwood during a rain storm at Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Snowy owls migrate that far south only once or twice a decade in a type of migration known as an irruption.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_Driftwood_Rain_...jpg
  • Thin cirrus clouds mimick the shape of the Olympic Mountain Range in Washington state. The mountains are not especially high - Mount Olympus is the highest at 7,962 ft (2,427 m) - but they rise quickly from the Pacific Ocean and are densely packed. This wall of mountains traps ocean storms, resulting in a temperate rain forest at their western base. The Hoh Rain Forest records an average of 142 in (360 cm) of rainfall each year, making it the wettest area in the 48 contiguous states. This image was captured from near Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park.
    Olympics_HurricaneRidge_CirrusClouds...jpg
  • The 80-foot-tall McWay Falls, surging after several days of heavy rain, is colored by the setting sun as rain clouds continue to hang overhead. McWay Falls is one of the few waterfalls that empty directly into the Pacific Ocean. Such waterfalls are called tide falls. McWay Falls is located in the Big Sur region of California, south of Monterey.
    McWay-Falls_Stormy-Sunset_8197.jpg
  • A close-up of the Painted Hills in John Day National Monument, Oregon reveals their popcorn-like texture. This texture is the result of erosion. The cracks result from the drying of the soil after heavy rain; the deeper channels are caused by the run-off of heavy rain.
    OR_PaintedHills_Texture_3125.jpg
  • The 80-foot-tall McWay Falls, surging after several days of heavy rain, is colored by the setting sun as rain clouds continue to hang overhead. McWay Falls is one of the few waterfalls that empty directly into the Pacific Ocean. Such waterfalls are called tide falls. McWay Falls is located in the Big Sur region of California, south of Monterey.
    McWayFallsSunset.jpg
  • Viewed through heavy rain, fall color surrounds the sandstone rocks of the Bear Rocks Preserve in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia.
    WV_Bear-Rocks-Preserve_Autumn-Color_...jpg
  • An anvil cumulonimbus incus cloud forms over the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. These clouds can result in lightning, hail, heavy rain and strong wind.
    CA_anvil_cumulonimbus_cloud_8720.jpg
  • The badlands of the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, are turned red by the setting sun. Badlands are a type of dry terrain where clay or soft sedimentary rock have been heavily eroded by rain and wind and where vegetation is scarce.
    AZ_Petrified-Forest_Badlands_Sunset_...jpg
  • A barred owl (Strix varia) rests on the curved trunk of a rhododendron in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Barred owls are known by many names, including hoot ouwl, eight hooter, rain owl, wood owl and striped owl.
    Owl_Barred_Rhododenron_Arboretum_856...jpg
  • The dunes in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, make up the largest gypsum dune field in the world. The white sand dunes are comprised of gypsum crystals, which is rarely found as sand because it is water-soluble. But the Tularosa Basin is surrounded by mountains and there is no direct outlet to the sea for any rain that falls there. Any water eventually drains through the ground leaving the gypsum behind in a crystalline form called selenite.
    NM_WhiteSands_DuneField_1280.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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Several "mushroom pedestal" rock formations dot the landscape in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the Badlands of North Dakota. The formations are carved by rain and wind.
    roosevelt-columns-1873.jpg
  • Storm clouds bringing heavy rain lift and swirl in the Mica Valley located near Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada.
    Canada_MicaValley_Storm_7584.jpg
  • Centuries of wind and rain have eroded a petrified sand dune, known as "The Wave," located in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness on the Arizona-Utah border.
    WaveRipplesArizona.jpg
  • Centuries of erosion from rain and wind have carved dramatic curves into a petrified sand dune known as "The Wave," located in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness in Arizona.
    WaveBasinArizona.jpg
  • The Merced River, swollen after a period of exceptionally heavy rain, flows over river rocks in Yosemite National Park, California.
    Yosemite_Merced-River_Rocks_9165.jpg
  • A barred owl (Strix varia) sleeps against the curved trunk of a rhododendron in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Barred owls are known by many names, including hoot ouwl, eight hooter, rain owl, wood owl and striped owl.
    Owl_Barred_Sleeping_Rhododenron_Arbo...jpg
  • A pair of yucca plants grow on a large dunes in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. The white sand dunes are comprised of gypsum crystals, which is rarely found as sand because it is water-soluble. But the Tularosa Basin is surrounded by mountains and there is no direct outlet to the sea for any rain that falls there. Any water eventually drains through the ground leaving the gypsum behind in a crystalline form called selenite. White Sands National Monument is the largest gypsum dune field in the world.
    NM_WhiteSands_YuccaAndDunes_1299.jpg
  • An ohia lehua tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) provides rare color on a lava field in Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. Ohio lehua are the most abundant native trees in Hawaii and are among the first life in new lava flows. According to Hawaiian legend, the tree is actually a young warrior. Pele, the goddess of fire, wanted to marry the warrior. When he refused, she turned him into a tree. The other gods weren't able to turn him back, so they turned his true love into the lehua blossom so they could be reunited. It's said that if you pick one of the blossoms, it will rain - the tears of lovers.
    HI_Volcanoes_OhiaLehua_Blossom_8493.jpg
  • A colorful hillside shows the volcanic activity near Bumpass Hell in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. The colors are the result of sulfuric acid diluted by rain and snowmelt. This weakened acid causes the volcanic rock to decompose at varying rates.
    Lassen_ColorfulHillside_4063.jpg
  • The sunrise colors the sky above the Kilauea Caldera and Mauna Loa in this view from Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. Mauna Loa, one of the most active volcanoes on Earth, is also the largest, standing about 56,000 feet from its summit to its base on the ocean floor. (It stands 13,680 above sea level.) Mauna Loa means "long mountain." The steaming cliffs are visible at the caldera rim. Rain falls into cracks and is then turned into steam by the hot rocks below the surface.
    Volcanoes_Kilauea-Caldera_8636.jpg
  • Rain falls down the cone of the extinct Icelandic volcano Thrihnukagigur, draining into its former magma chamber. Thrihnukagigur last erupted more than 4,000 years ago and its name means Three Peaks Crater.
    Iceland_Volcanic-Cone_Thrihnukagigur...jpg
  • One day after heavy rain, water races down the face of North Fork Falls and into Coal Creek, Bellevue, Washington.
    Coal-Creek_North-Fork-Falls_Detail_7...jpg
  • A pair of yucca plants grow on a large dunes in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. The white sand dunes are comprised of gypsum crystals, which is rarely found as sand because it is water-soluble. But the Tularosa Basin is surrounded by mountains and there is no direct outlet to the sea for any rain that falls there. Any water eventually drains through the ground leaving the gypsum behind in a crystalline form called selenite. White Sands National Monument is the largest gypsum dune field in the world.
    NM_WhiteSands_YuccaAndDunes_1295.jpg
  • The white sand dunes of White Sand Dunes National Monument, New Mexico, appear blue and purple after sunset, reflecting the twilight sky. The white sand dunes are comprised of gypsum crystals, which is rarely found as sand because it is water-soluble. But the Tularosa Basin is surrounded by mountains and there is no direct outlet to the sea for any rain that falls there. Any water eventually drains through the ground leaving the gypsum behind in a crystalline form called selenite. White Sands National Monument is the largest gypsum dune field in the world.
    NM_WhiteSands_Fiery-Sunset_1036.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
  • A yucca plant grows on one of the white dunes in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. The white sand dunes are comprised of gypsum crystals, which is rarely found as sand because it is water-soluble. But the Tularosa Basin is surrounded by mountains and there is no direct outlet to the sea for any rain that falls there. Any water eventually drains through the ground leaving the gypsum behind in a crystalline form called selenite. White Sands National Monument is the largest gypsum dune field in the world.
    NM_WhiteSands_YuccaAndDunes_1266.jpg
  • Storm clouds, including cumulus congestus, form over Castle Rock in this view from Hug Point on the northern Oregon coast. Within an hour, these storm clouds produced heavy rain.
    OR_CastleRock_StormCloud_1248.jpg
  • Lichen grows on an old-growth western red cedar tree in the Sol Duc area of Olympic National Park, Washington. Lichens, which are compound organisms consisting of a fungus and a photosynthetic patner, are found in some of the most extreme environments on Earth, as well as rain forests and temperate woodland.
    OlympicNP_LichenOnBark_7082.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
  • Several "mushroom pedestal" rock formations dot the landscape in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the Badlands of North Dakota. The formations are carved by rain and wind.
    roosevelt-columns-1890.jpg
  • Centuries of wind and rain have eroded a petrified sand dune, known as "The Wave," located in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness on the Arizona-Utah border.
    WaveSlot.jpg
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