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  • A bison (Bison bison) stands in the Firehole River in the early autumn in Fountain Flat, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Bison_Firehole-River_Yellowstone_054...jpg
  • An eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) rabbit stands on its hind legs as it looks at the grass in the Skagit Wildlife Area on Fir Island in Washington state. The eastern cottontail is the most common rabbit species in North America.
    Rabbit_Standing_Skagit-Wildlife-Area...jpg
  • A large adult American Bison (Bison bison) stands in an open prairie near Buffalo Gap in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Bison are the largest terrestrial land mammals in North America. While commonly called buffalo, true buffalo are found only in Africa and Asia.
    Bison_Standing_Badlands_1535.jpg
  • A large lenticular cloud forms near Mount Rainier in Washington state. Lenticular clouds form near mountains. Moist air is forced up and over the mountain and it cools and condenses into a cloud as it rises. Strong winds shape the cloud, which can form several miles away from the mountain that disturbed the path of the air.
    LenticularCloud_5690.jpg
  • The feet of a spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) disappear beneath the surface of the snow as the bird forages in nearly a foot of snow in Snohomish County, Washington. The spotted towhee forages mainly by looking for food on the ground. Its diet consists mainly of insects, seeds and berries.
    Towhee-Spotted_Snow_Lynnwood_7907.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
  • A coyote (Canis latrans) and North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) stare at each other while standing on ice covering most of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The river otters were safe during this encounter. Anytime the coyote threatened, they dove into the water.
    Yellowstone-River_Coyote_River-Otter...jpg
  • An American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) feeds while standing on an ice shelf over Soda Butte Creek in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. American dippers, also known as water ouzels, are known for diving underwater to catch aquatic insects and their larvae.
    Dipper-American_Feeding_Winter_Yello...jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), right, walks up to check out a razorbill (Alca torda) on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. During the breeding season, Látrabjarg hosts as much as 40 percent of the breeding populations of some birds, including razorbills.
    Razorbill_Puffin_Latrabjarg_2375.jpg
  • A dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) in Oregon plumage feeds on a seed while standing in fresh snow in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Junco-Dark-Eyed_Feeding_Snow_8074.jpg
  • A tree is reflected in a small pool of standing water in the Ecola Creek watershed near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    OR_EcolaCreek_TreeReflection_0704.jpg
  • A common guillemot (Uria aalge) nests on a small ledge on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Common guillemots, also known as common murres or thin-billed murres, are members of the auk family. They breed in very dense colonies, laying a single egg on a bare rocky ledge..
    Guillemot_Nesting_Latrabjarg_2834.jpg
  • Four common gulls (Larus canus canus) crowd together on a tiny ledge high above Atlantic Ocean on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean.
    Gulls_Common_Ledge_Latrabjarg_2790.jpg
  • A coyote, standing on the frozen McGinnis Slough, searches for food as the sun sets in the Orland Grove Forest in Orland Park, Illinois.
    IL_McGinnis-Slough_Frozen_Coyote_057...jpg
  • A bald eagle chick (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) that is just over one month old tests its wings while sitting on the nest. It spent several more weeks flapping its wings on the nest, standing at the edge of the nest, and climbing onto branches before it made its first flight.
    BaldEagle_Chick_TestingWings_1561.jpg
  • A bison (Bison bison) warms up by standing in the steam rising from the Emerald Pool in the Black Sand Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Bison_Steam_Emerald-Pool_Yellowstone...jpg
  • Dozens of common guillemots (Uria aalge) crowd together to nest on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Common guillemots, also known as common murres or thin-billed murres, are members of the auk family. They breed in very dense colonies, laying a single egg on a bare rocky ledge.
    Guillemots_Nesting_Latrabjarg_2505.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
  • Cirrus clouds surround the summit over Mount Rainier, standing tall over a field of summer wildflowers at Spray Park in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
    Mount-Rainier_Spray-Park_Wildflowers...jpg
  • At sunset, red cirrus clouds surround the summit over Mount Rainier, standing tall over a field of summer wildflowers at Spray Park in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
    Mount-Rainier_Spray-Park_Wildflowers...jpg
  • Several deciduous trees, bare for the winter, stand in thick fog in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Marymoor-Park_Forest_Fog_5114.jpg
  • A small herd of bison (Bison bison) stand on a snow-covered ridge in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Their tracks are faintly visible in the snow on the slope leading up to them.
    Bison_Small-Herd_Snow_Lamar-Valley_Y...jpg
  • A handful of evergreen trees stand out against a backdrop of bare winter trees on a hillside overlooking Gos Ventre in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
    Grand-Teton-NP_Winter-Hillside_1975.jpg
  • The bright yellow pods of velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina) trees stand out against the green leaves in the early spring in the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, located in the Sonoran Desert near Superior, Arizona.
    Mesquite_Velvet_Patterns_Boyce-Thomp...jpg
  • Hundreds of Vaux's swifts (Chaetura vauxi) circle then dive into the chimney at the Wagner Center in Monroe, Washington, during their fall migration. Vaux's swifts do not have back talons, so they cannot stand or perch. They roost by clinging to rough surfaces, mainly old-growth trees, but also old chimneys and smoke stacks that do not have smooth interior liners. As many as 26,000 Vaux's swifts have perched in the Monroe chimney at a time.
    Swifts_Vauxs_Chimney_Monroe_Motion_9...jpg
  • A large tree and leaning snag stand tall above the second-growth forest on Jackman Ridge, which is obscured by fog, in the North Cascades of Washington state.
    NorthCascades_JackmanRidge_TreesInFo...jpg
  • Several dramatic rock formations stand at the top of one of the hills in the Hartman Rocks Recreation Area near Gunnison, Colorado.
    CO_HartmanRocks_1900.jpg
  • A second-growth forest comprised mainly of Douglas fir and cedar trees is bathed in soft golden light that was filtered by haze from wildfire smoke. This stand of trees is in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Trees_Soft-Golden-Light_Lynnwood_824...jpg
  • Intentional camera movement creates an impressionisic view of a stand of mature trees in the forest at Edith Moulton Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    WA_Edith-Moulton_Forest_Impressionis...jpg
  • Dozens of magenta rose campion (Silene coronaria) blossoms stand out against their grayish-green stems and leaves in a garden in King County, Washington.
    Campion_Rose_Flowers_Shoreline_5769.jpg
  • Several peaks in the northern portion of the Olympic Mountain Range stand stall over the blue water of Puget Sound, part of the Salish Sea, at dusk in this view from Golden Gardens Park in Seattle, Washington.
    Olympic-Mountains_Puget-Sound_Dusk_G...jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Deming, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Row_Deming_6704.jpg
  • Colorful swirls and streaks stand out from the bleached remains of a tree that had been submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The log reemerged after a prolonged drought caused the lake to lost nearly all of its water.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Bark-Exposed-Log_84...jpg
  • Golden aspen trees at the peak of fall color stand at the base of Marcellina Mountain, a 11,353 foot (3461 meter) peak in Gunnison County, Colorado.
    CO_MarcellinaMountain_Autumn_1850.jpg
  • The Lundadrangur Rock Arch towers high above the Atlantic Ocean at Dyrhólaey, Iceland. The Dyrhólaey Cliffs, which stand 120 meters (394 feet), were formed during an underwater volcanic eruption during the last ice age.
    Iceland_DyroholaeyArch_1820.jpg
  • Several ancient trees, each several hundred years old, stand in the Grove of the Patriarchs, a section of very old forest in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
    GroveOfThePatriarchs_4266.jpg
  • Golden aspens, at the peak of their fall color, stand at the base of the Sangre de Christo mountain range near Zapata, Colorado.
    AspensSangreDeChristoCO.jpg
  • Several peaks in the northern portion of the Olympic Mountain Range stand stall over the blue water of Puget Sound, part of the Salish Sea, at dusk in this view from Golden Gardens Park in Seattle, Washington.
    Olympic-Mountains_Puget-Sound_Dusk_G...jpg
  • The sea arch Porte d'Aval and the sea stack L'Aiguille (the Needle) stand in the Atlantic Ocean next to the cliffs of Étretat in Normandy, France. Porte d'Aval is most-widely known of the three natural sea arches that have formed in the white chalk cliffs, known as the Falaise d'Étretat, which are as tall as 90 meters (300 feet). L'Aiguille, or the Needle, rises 70 meters (230 feet) above the sea.
    Etretat_Porte-d'Aval_L'Aiguille_9577.jpg
  • Hundreds of Vaux's swifts (Chaetura vauxi) circle then dive into the chimney at the Wagner Center in Monroe, Washington, during their fall migration. Vaux's swifts do not have back talons, so they cannot stand or perch. They roost by clinging to rough surfaces, mainly old-growth trees, but also old chimneys and smoke stacks that do not have smooth interior liners. As many as 26,000 Vaux's swifts have perched in the Monroe chimney at a time.
    Swifts_Vauxs_Chimney_Monroe_Motion_9...jpg
  • Red leaves at the peak of their fall color stand out against the ash-colored trunks in the forest in Acadia National Park, Maine.
    Acadia_Fall-Color_0899.jpg
  • 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
  • Colorful swirls and streaks stand out from the bleached remains of a tree that had been submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The log reemerged after a prolonged drought caused the lake to lost nearly all of its water.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Bark-Exposed-Log_84...jpg
  • A large tree and leaning snag stand tall above the second-growth forest on Jackman Ridge, which is obscured by fog, in the North Cascades of Washington state.
    NorthCascades_JackmanRidge_TreesInFo...jpg
  • The golden light of sunrise colors this stand of second-growth forest in the Allegheny National Forest near Tidioute, Pennsylvania.
    PA_Allegheny_Forest_Tidioute_8726.jpg
  • A pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) stand guard next to a National Wildlife Refuge sign on Protection Island near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_RefugeSign_Eagle...jpg
  • The white and multi-colored Elkheart Cliffs stand out against dark storm clouds over Mt. Carmel Junction, Utah.
    UT_ElkheartCliffs_StormClouds_0290.jpg
  • A bald eagle rests in bare winter trees in this impressionistic view of a stand of trees along the Nooksack River in the North Cascades of Washington state.
    BaldEagle_NooksackForest_Impressioni...jpg
  • A Washington state ferry is docked at Kingston, Whidbey Island, as the Brothers, part of the Olympic Mountains, stand above a low layer of fog in this view across Puget Sound from the Edmonds waterfront.
    Ferry_Olympics_Brothers_Edmonds_6952.jpg
  • Several tall mountains stand over the ancient lava flow Búrfells-hraun in northern Iceland. Geologists believe a large lava lake formed here and then collapsed, releasing a flood of lava. Pieces of the lava crust flowed as much as 10 km (6.2 miles) downstream.
    Iceland_Burfells-hraun_3957.jpg
  • Several tall mountains stand over the ancient lava flow Búrfells-hraun in northern Iceland. Geologists believe a large lava lake formed here and then collapsed, releasing a flood of lava. Pieces of the lava crust flowed as much as 10 km (6.2 miles) downstream.
    Iceland_Burfells-hraun_3941.jpg
  • Two lodgepole pine trees stand in a snow-covered landscape in the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine_Snags_Sno...jpg
  • The opening of the Hidden Forest Cave frames a stand of tall ponderosa pine trees in Deschutes National Forest, Oregon.
    Hidden-Forest-Cave_Oregon_2560.jpg
  • The Gates of the Valley stand tall over the Merced River at Valley View in Yosemite National Park, California. At left is El Capitan, a 7,573-foot (2,308 meter) sheer granite peak. At right is Bridalveil Fall, a 620-foot (189-meter) waterfall.
    Yosemite_GatesOfTheValley_Winter_898...jpg
  • 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_6737.jpg
  • Two oak trees — one young and vibrant, the other old and weathered — stand at the top of a hill in the foothills of Mount Diablo near Clayton, California.
    CA_Clayton_TreesOnHillside_1435.jpg
  • Two hikers stand near the summit of a steaming volcanic cone at Landmannalaugar, located in the highlands of Iceland. Landmannalaugar, part of the Fjallabak Nature Reserve, sits at the edge of the Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477.
    Iceland_Landmannalaugar_Hikers_Steam...jpg
  • Several old growth trees, including western red cedar, stand above Woodard Bay near Olympia, Washington on a foggy morning.
    WA_WoodardBay_FoggyForest_6683.jpg
  • Four giant sequoia trees known as the Bachelor and the Three Graces stand in the Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park, California. Sequoias can grow very close together because they share root systems.
    Sequoias_BachelorThreeGraces_Yosemit...jpg
  • Bare alder trees stand against a backdrop of trees and brush that are beginning to show spring colors in late winter in wetlands in Bothell, Washington.
    Forest_Late-Winter-Patterns_Bothell_...jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Deming, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Deming_6722.jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Deming, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Deming_6726.jpg
  • Courthouse Butte becomes intense red at sunset as it stands tall over a small meadow in the Coconino National Forest near Oak Creek, Arizona. Courthouse Butte stands 5,454 feet (1,662 meters) tall and is part of the Red Rock Country area of Sedona.
    AZ_Courthouse-Butte_Sunset_Oak-Creek...jpg
  • Courthouse Butte stands tall over a small meadow in the Coconino National Forest near Oak Creek, Arizona. Courthouse Butte stands 5,454 feet (1,662 meters) tall and is part of the Red Rock Country area of Sedona. Lee Mountain, visible in the background, is even taller with a highest point of 6,592 feet (2009 meters).
    AZ_Courthouse-Butte_Lee-Mountain_270...jpg
  • The sea arch Porte d'Aval and the sea stack L'Aiguille (the Needle) stand in the Atlantic Ocean next to the cliffs of Étretat in Normandy, France. Porte d'Aval is most-widely known of the three natural sea arches that have formed in the white chalk cliffs, known as the Falaise d'Étretat, which are as tall as 90 meters (300 feet). L'Aiguille, or the Needle, rises 70 meters (230 feet) above the sea.
    Etretat_Porte-d'Aval_L'Aiguille_9581.jpg
  • Hundreds of Vaux's swifts (Chaetura vauxi) gather at dusk before roosting in the chimney at the Wagner Center in Monroe, Washington, during their fall migration. Vaux's swifts do not have back talons, so they cannot stand or perch. They roost by clinging to rough surfaces, mainly old-growth trees, but also old chimneys and smoke stacks that do not have smooth interior liners.
    Swifts_Vauxs_Flock_Monroe_3224.jpg
  • Thousands of Vaux’s swifts (Chaetura vauxi) fly into the chimney at the Wagner Performing Arts Center in Monroe, Washington. As many as 26,000 Vaux’s swifts use the chimney as a roost each night during their spring and fall migrations. Vaux’s swifts do not have back talons, so they cannot stand or perch; when roosting for the night, they cling to rough surfaces, mainly old-growth trees and the inside of old chimneys. They spend their days in flight catching insects and at night roost communally to conserve heat. The migratory roost in Monroe is one of the largest in North America.
    Swifts_Vauxs_Chimney_Monroe_3421.jpg
  • A piebald Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) stands in a field in Pierce County, Washington. Piebaldism is caused by a genetic mutation that affects less than 2 percent of deer. Piebaldism differs from albinism in that piebald animals have cells that can produce pigment, but those cells don't. Piebald deer have a relatively low survival rate because they also often suffer from other deformities, particularly leg and spine issues.
    Deer_Black-Tailed_Piebald_8565.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 male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) rests in the surf on the beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California, as a gull stands nearby. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth and mate. Male elephant seals, known as bulls, are exceptionally large, weighing up to 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms). The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.
    Elephant-Seal_Piedras-Blancas_4971.jpg
  • A cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) tries to roll over a topi it killed as another cheetah stands watch in the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Cheetahs_Feeding_8...jpg
  • A common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seed head stands among tall blades of grass in a yard in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Dandelion_Seed-Head_Grass_Lynnwood_2...jpg
  • A mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) drake stands on alert at the edge of Juanita Creek in Kirkland, Washington.
    Mallard_Duck_Juanita-Creek_8790.jpg
  • A burro (Equus asinus), also known as a donkey, stands among the Calico Hills in the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area in Nevada. Burros were introduced to the area in the 1800s by miners and ranchers who used them to haul heavy cargo. Some escaped or were freed, becoming wild (technically feral). The Red Rock Canyon area is part of the Mojave Desert and is a harsh environment, but the burros are able to survive by finding spring water and feeding on grasses.
    Burro_Calico-Hills_Red-Rock-Canyon_N...jpg
  • The Paradise meadow in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, is full of wildflowers, mainly lupine (Lupinus lepidus) and cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium). Mount Rainier stands tall above the meadow. At 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), it is the tallest mountain in Washington state and the highest point the Cascade mountain range.
    Rainier_Paradise-Wildflowers_8997.jpg
  • A bull elk (Cervus canadensis) stands along the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Elk_Yellowstone_Madison-River_Snow_2...jpg
  • A Washington state ferry (the Puyallup) crosses Puget Sound as Mount Constance stands tall in the background in this view from the Edmonds, Washington, waterfront. Mount Constance, at 7,743 feet (2,360 meters), is one of the tallest peaks in the Olympic Mountains.
    Ferry_Mount-Constance_Edmonds_0880.jpg
  • A coyote (Canis latrans) stands in a snow-covered field as it searches for food in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Coyote_Snow_Yellowstone_8039.jpg
  • A large Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) stands in contrast to the snow-dusted forest at a slightly higher elevation in the early autumn in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Yellowstone_Douglas-Fir_Boulders_Lam...jpg
  • A Plains bison (Bison bison) stands in a heavy snow storm next to a canyon wall over the Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. American bison are sometimes mistakenly referred to as buffalo; they are only distantly related to true buffalo.
    Bison_Yellowstone_Snow-Storm_4089.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 single pink and white tulip stands in contrast to the otherwise perfect solid rows of colorful tulips at Roozengaarde, one of the major tulip gardens in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Each year, more than a million people visit the area near Mount Vernon to check out 300 acres of cultivated tulips.
    Tulips_OddTulipOut_Roozengaarde_7599.jpg
  • Seven whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) swim on Berufjörður, a narrow Atlantic Ocean inlet in southeastern Iceland. Above the clouds, the prominent pyramid-shaped mountain named Búlandstindur stands 1069 meters (3507 feet) above sea level.
    Iceland_WhooperSwans_Berufjörður_501...jpg
  • Mount Hood, which stands 11,239 feet, is Oregon's highest peak. The volcano, which was formed since the last ice age, towers above a thick blanket of fog in this view from a high ridge in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest..
    Hood_FogBank_3408.jpg
  • An olive baboon (Papio anubis) stands over her child in the grassland of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Olive-Baboons_5391.jpg
  • A side-striped jackal (Lupulella adusta) stands in a field in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. The jackal is an omnivore, feeding on invertebrates during the wet season, small mammals in the dry months, and on fruit when it is available. They also scavenge from the kills of larger predators.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Jackal_7639.jpg
  • An African lion (Panthera leo) cub stands with its mother, surveying the savannah, from their perch on a rock in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Lion_Mother_Cub_83...jpg
  • Gulls forage at the edge of the Pacific Ocean as Haystack Rock stands tall in the background in Cannon Beach, Oregon. Haystack Rock is a 235-foot (72-meter) sea stack, the third largest in the world. It was formed about 15 million years ago from basalt lava flows emanating from the Blue Mountains and Columbia basin.
    OR_Cannon-Beach_Haystack-Rock_Gulls_...jpg
  • California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) grow on the slope of Mount Finlayson, which stands on San Juan Island in Washington state, overlooking South Beach, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Olympic Mountains. The mountain and the beach are part of San Juan Island National Historical Park.
    WA_San-Juan-Island_Poppies_Olympics_...jpg
  • A dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seedhead stands among blades of grass in Snohomish County, Washington. Each of the flower's seeds is attached to a feathery parachute called a pappus, which allows the wind to carry the seeds great distances.
    Dandelion_Seedhead_Lynnwood_8557.jpg
  • A cluster of trees stands atop snow-covered rolling hills in Ashton, Idaho.
    ID_Ashton_Rolling-Hills_Winter_3288.jpg
  • An American bison (Bison bison) stands in the Firehole River as snow falls in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Bison_Firehole-River_Winter_Yellowst...jpg
  • An American bison (Bison bison) stands among trees as snow falls along the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Bison are well-equiped for harsh winter conditions. They grow a winter coat of wooly underfur, which has coarse hairs that protect them from the elements. The humps on their backs also contain muscles supported by long vertebrae that help swing their heads to move vast amounts of snow.
    Bison_Snow_Trees_Yellowstone_6536.jpg
  • A male American bison (Bison bison), otherwise known as an American buffalo, stands in a free-range forested area of Northwest Trek, an accredited wildlife park near Eatonville, Washington.
    Bison_Profile_Northwest-Trek_3192.jpg
  • A piebald Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) stands in a field in Pierce County, Washington. Piebaldism is caused by a genetic mutation that affects less than 2 percent of deer. Piebaldism differs from albinism in that piebald animals have cells that can produce pigment, but those cells don't. Piebald deer have a relatively low survival rate because they also often suffer from other deformities, particularly leg and spine issues.
    Deer_Black-Tailed_Piebald_7796.jpg
  • A stallion stands watch over a marsh in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. About 300 wild — technically feral — Chincoteague ponies (Equus caballus), also known as Assateague horses, 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_Chicoteague_Stalli...jpg
  • A stallion stands watch over a marsh in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. About 300 wild — technically feral — Chincoteague ponies (Equus caballus), also known as Assateague horses, 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_Chicoteague_Stalli...jpg
  • A band of cirrus clouds take on pastel colors at sunset in the sky over Mount Larrabee and the Boulder Peaks in the North Cascades of Washington state. Mount Larrabee, which stands 7,865 feet (2,397 meters) is part of the Skagit Range, which is a sub-range of the North Cascades. It is located less than a mile and a half south of the Canadian border and was originally known as Red Mountain. During the summer months, its red peak, caused by the oxidation of iron in its rock, is distinct.
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  • A meteor from the Perseid meteor shower streaks along the Milky Way, which appears to erupt from Mount Baker in 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. Mount Baker, which stands 10,781 feet (3,286 meters), is an active volcano with the second-most thermally active crater in the Cascade Range.
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  • 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.
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