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  • Leaves, showing a full spectrum of fall color, blow in the wind as they hang from a maple tree in Lynnwood, Washington.
    Fall-Color_Maple-Leaves_Wind_Lynnwoo...jpg
  • Golden grasses and California poppies blow in the strong wind along the Seaview Trail in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, California.
    CA_Tilden_Grasses_Wind_1727.jpg
  • Rocks, shell fragments and other beach debris helps to illustrate the path of the wind at Bandon, Oregon. The wind, blowing from right to left in this image, is blocked by the obstacles. Sand piles up in the wake that develops behind each obstacle.
    Bandon_WindPatterns_9220.jpg
  • The blossoms of a pink rhododendron appear impressionistic in strong wind.
    Impressionistic_Rhododendron_Blossom...jpg
  • Streaking patterns develop on the sandy beach at Bandon, Oregon as strong wind blows over rough patches.
    Bandon_WindPatterns_9290.jpg
  • Streaking patterns develop on the sandy beach at Bandon, Oregon as strong wind blows over rough patches.
    Bandon_WindPatterns_9221.jpg
  • Wind blows across a curved dune, creating streaks of sand in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness in Washington state. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness, northeast of Pasco, Washington, is home to the largest sand dunes in Washington state. The dunes, some of which are as much as 100 feet high, are located in what was essentially a flood basin at the end of the last ice age. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness, located in Franklin County, is a wilderness preserve that spans more than 7,000 acres.
    JuniperDunes_CurvedSummit_Windy_6122.jpg
  • A tree that appears to be wind-swept stands at the summit of a rolling hill in the foothills of Mount Diablo near Clayton, California.
    CA_Clayton_Wind-Swept-Tree_1421.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of lupine blowing in the wind on a bluff overlooking a sea arch on Elephant Rock at Coquille Point in the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge near Bandon, Oregon.
    OR_Coquille-Point_Arch_Lupine_2508.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of lupine blowing in the wind on a bluff overlooking a sea arch on Elephant Rock at Coquille Point in the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge near Bandon, Oregon.
    OR_Coquille-Point_Arch_Lupine_2247.jpg
  • The wind blows blades of dried grass, which carve a light groove into a sand dune in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco, Washington. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness is named for the western juniper trees that grow there, the northernmost cluster of such trees. Located in Franklin County, Washington, Juniper Dunes is a protected wilderness area that comprises 7,140 acres (28.9 km²). Some dunes in the area measure more than 130 feet (40 meters) in height and 1,000 feet (305 meters) in width. The dunes formed in what was essentially a flood basin at the end of the last ice age.
    JuniperDunes_GrassBlownByWind_5289.jpg
  • Hundreds of tall sand dunes form at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. Strong winds blow the sand from as much as 65 miles (105 km) away. These mountains block the wind's path, causing the sand to pile up in dunes.
    GreatSandDunes_Sunset_V_2268.jpg
  • A bright halo circles the sun as it shines through the clouds over the Little Missouri River and Wind Canyon in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota.
    ND_RooseveltNP_Little-Missouri-River...jpg
  • Hundreds of tall sand dunes form at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. Strong winds blow the sand from as much as 65 miles (105 km) away. These mountains block the wind's path, causing the sand to pile up in dunes.
    GreatSandDunes_Sunset_H_2273.jpg
  • A couple, rendered in silhouette, walk past a wind-swept tree on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean at Ecola State Park near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    WindSweptTreeCouple.jpg
  • Strong winds shape a snowdrift at Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Relatively warm weather followed by freezing gives the snowdrift a hard crust.
    Snowdrift_Paradise_2326.jpg
  • The sand dunes of Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, are the tallest in North America Some of the sand originated from the San Juan Mountains, more than 65 miles west of the national park. Strong winds blow the sand, which piles up at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
    GreatSandDunes_Layers_2203.jpg
  • Strong winds blow across Knight's Lake, located in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada. Vimy Peak is in the background.
    WatertonKnightsLakeVimyPeak.jpg
  • Several erosion patterns are visible on the steep exposed hillside of Rucker Hill in Everett, Washington, near where Pigeon Creek empties into Puget Sound. At the top of the frame, a blackberry branch swings back and forth like a pendulum, carving a semicircle into the hillside.
    WA_Rucker-Hill_Erosion_7166.jpg
  • The dramatic golden light of sunset bathes the southwest face of Mount Rainier as the full moon rises over the Tatoosh Range in this panoramic view from the summit of High Rock.
    RainierMoonPanorama.jpg
  • The Juniper Dunes Wilderness, northeast of Pasco, Washington, is home to the largest sand dunes in Washington state. The dunes, some of which are as much as 100 feet high, are located in what was essentially a flood basin at the end of the last ice age.
    JuniperDunesSunburst.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the movement of white rhododendron Chionoides blossoms blowing in the breeze in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Rhododendron_WhiteBlossoms_Abstract_...jpg
  • Windblown douglas fir trees bend and twist as snow lightly falls in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Trees_Windblown_Snow_Lynnwood_9726.jpg
  • A blade of grass grows from and casts its shadow on a rippled sand dune in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco, Washington. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness is named for the western juniper trees that grow there, the northernmost cluster of such trees. Located in Franklin County, Washington, Juniper Dunes is a protected wilderness area that comprises 7,140 acres (28.9 km²). Some dunes in the area measure more than 130 feet (40 meters) in height and 1,000 feet (305 meters) in width. The dunes formed in what was essentially a flood basin at the end of the last ice age.
    JuniperDunes_GrassShadow_5980.jpg
  • A stack of lenticular clouds seems to hover over Mt. Rainier in this winter sunset viewed near Evans Creek.
    rainier-lenticular-mowich.jpg
  • A beetle leaves tracks as it runs across the rippled sand dunes of the Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco, Washington. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness is named for the western juniper trees that grow there, the northernmost cluster of such trees. Located in Franklin County, Washington, Juniper Dunes is a protected wilderness area that comprises 7,140 acres (28.9 km²). Some dunes in the area measure more than 130 feet (40 meters) in height and 1,000 feet (305 meters) in width.
    JuniperDunes_Beetle.jpg
  • A blade of grass grows from and casts its shadow on a rippled sand dune in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco, Washington. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness is named for the western juniper trees that grow there, the northernmost cluster of such trees. Located in Franklin County, Washington, Juniper Dunes is a protected wilderness area that comprises 7,140 acres (28.9 km²). Some dunes in the area measure more than 130 feet (40 meters) in height and 1,000 feet (305 meters) in width.
    JuniperDunes_GrassShadow_6076.jpg
  • The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes are turned golden in the early morning light in Death Valley National Park, California. The tallest dunes are about 100 feet (30 meters) tall. The Grapevine Montains are visible in the background.
    DeathValley_MesquiteFlatDunes_7090.jpg
  • Large sand dunes form near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, Califonria. The dunes are surrounded by mountains, though most of the sand is the result of the erosion of the Cottonwood Mountains, which lie to the north and northwest.
    DeathValley_Dunes_Stovepipe.jpg
  • The towering Coral Pink Sand Dunes near Kanab, Utah, are made up of orangish-pink sand, remnants of the Wingate and Kayenta sandstone that forms the Vermilion Cliffs to the southeast.
    CoralPinkSandDunes.jpg
  • Asay Creek cuts an S-shaped curve through the snow-covered winter landscape in South Central Utah. The cliffs of Red Rock Canyon are visible in the background.
    AsayCreekUtahWinter.jpg
  • The Athabasca River seems to glow at sunset in this aerial view from over Grand Rapids Wildland Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
    AthabascaRiver_Aerial_2654.jpg
  • Deep reds and golden tones fill the sky after the sun sets at Bandon Beach on the Oregon coast at Bandon, Oregon. Numerous sea stacks are visible, including Face Rock in the background left. Cat and Kittens Rock is visible toward the horizon on the right side. The rocks are part of the Oregon Islands Wilderness. A long exposure captures the motion of scotch broom blowing in the strong wind.
    OR_Bandon-Beach_After-Sunset_1615.jpg
  • Hundreds of tall sand dunes form at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. Strong winds blow the sand from as much as 65 miles (105 km) away. These mountains block the wind's path, causing the sand to pile up in dunes.
    GreatSandDunes_2215.jpg
  • The late afternoon sun shines through Delicate Arch, a freestanding natural arch in Arches National Park, Utah. The arch, approximately 65 feet (20 meters) tall, was carved by the wind from an Entrada sandstone fin.
    DelicateArchSunburst.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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Panther Creek Falls, located in Skamania County, Washington, drops 136 feet (41 meters) in several tiers. Panther Creek is fed by several creeks that begin on peaks in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and ultimately empties into the Wind River.
    WA_PantherCreekFalls_1625.jpg
  • A Haleakala silversword plant (Argyroxiphium sandwicense macrocephalum) grows in the volcanic rock near the summit of Mount Haleakal? on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The plant, found only in Haleakala National Park, was once endangered and is still considered threatened. It grows more than a mile above sea level (2,100 to 3,000 m) in tough conditions. The skin and hairs are strong enough to resist the wind and freezing temperature of this altitude and protect the plant from dehydration and the sun.
    maui-haleakala-silversword.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
  • Dark storm clouds hover over The Wave, petrified sand dunes that were carved by centuries of erosion from wind and heavy rain. The Wave is located in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness area of Arizona.
    Wave-DarkSky.jpg
  • Altocumulus clouds, turned red by the setting sun, streak over badlands near the Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. 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
  • Haleakalā silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum) grows in volcanic cinder on the slope of the dormant Haleakalā volcano on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The rare Haleakalā silversword, which is considered threatened, grows at elevations above 6,900 feet (2,100 meters). The plant can have 40 or more sword-like succulent leaves covered with silver hairs, which are strong enough to resist wind. The plant is also specially adapted to the extreme high-altitude temperatures. The leaves and hairs are arranged in such a way to focus sunlight, raising the plant's temperature by as much as 36 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celcius). In Hawaiian, the plant is referred to as ʻāhinahina, which means "very gray."
    Maui_Haleakala_Silversword_6986.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
  • Mesa Arch, a 90-foot natural arch located in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, is dusted by fresh snow. The arch is eroded by wind and repeated freezing and thawing from winter storms.
    MesaArchWinter.jpg
  • A Chincoteague pony (Equus caballus), also known as an Assateague horse, poses with a wind-blown mane in a marsh on Assateague Island in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. About 300 wild — technically feral — ponies roam the island on the Atlantic coast. There is some dispute as to how the ponies ended up on the island. Some researchers believe the ponies are survivors of the wreck of a Spanish galleon, La Galga, which sank just off the coast in 1750; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes they are descendants of horses owned by early colonial settlers.
    Assateague-Island_Chincoteague-Pony_...jpg
  • A narrow canyon winds through a petrified sand dune located at the Wave, Coyote Buttes Wilderness, northern Arizona.
    WaveCanyonAbove.jpg
  • Low clouds form over Zion Canyon in this aerial view over Zion National Park in southern Utah. The Virgin River is seen winding through Zion Canyon in the middle of this image.
    ZionNP_Zion-Canyon_Aerial_7942.jpg
  • A late spring sunset lights up the sky and reflects in the waters of the Yellowstone River as it winds through the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Yellowstone_Yellowstone-River_Hayden...jpg
  • Ice formations and caves are visible on the surface of Lake Michigan in late winter in this view from Tahquamenon Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_IceFormations_Tahquamen...jpg
  • Palouse Falls plunges 180 feet (55 meters) into a giant natural amphitheater surrounded by towering columnar basalt walls near Washtucna, Washington. Palouse Falls was formed at the end of the last ice age when a mammoth ice dam in Montana regularly collapsed, releasing a torrent of water that carved this winding gorge.
    WA_PalouseFalls_Gorge_9389.jpg
  • A narrow path winds through the tall undulating walls of Upper Antelope Canyon on Navajo Nation land in northern Arizona. Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon, a small sandstone canyon that is carved by violent flash floods. The Navajo people call the canyon Tsé bighánílíní dóó Hazdistazí, which means "the place where water runs through rocks."
    Antelope-Canyon_Narrow-Passage_6243.jpg
  • A giant stack of lenticular clouds forms near the summit of Mount Rainier in Washington state in the golden light of sunset. Lenticular clouds form when moist air is forced up and over mountains or other large obstructions. The moist air condenses and becomes a visible cloud as it rises. While lenticular clouds can hover directly over mountain peaks, they can form some distance away from the summit when the winds are strong. Mount Rainier is the tallest mountain in Washington state and the highest volcano in the Cascade Range.
    Rainier_Lenticular_Sunset_Sky-Island...jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1028.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0964.jpg
  • A Florida tree snail (Liguus fasciatus) climbs a tree along the Gumbo Limbo Trail in the Everglades National Park, Florida. The trail winds through a tropical hardwood hammock, a dense forest that forms only in areas that are protected from fires and floods. This area is only three feet higher than the neighboring wetlands. There are 52 different color forms of the Florida tree snail found in south Florida.
    Everglades_Florida-Tree-Snail_3369.jpg
  • Short Sands Creek winds through a forest just before it reaches the Pacific Ocean in Oswald West State Park on the Oregon Coast.
    OregonCoast_ShortSandsCreek_1252.jpg
  • A mammoth lenticular cloud nearly dwarfs Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in Washington and the highest volcano in the Cascade Range. Lenticular clouds form when moist air is forced up and over mountains or other large obstructions. The moist air condenses and becomes a visible cloud as it rises. While lenticular clouds can hover directly over mountain peaks, they can form some distance away from the summit when the winds are strong.
    Rainier_Lenticular_BW_5711.jpg
  • The Crooked River winds around Smith Rock located near Redmond, Oregon. Several of the Cascade Mountains are visible on the horizon: from left to right, The Sisters, Mount Washington and Mount Jefferson (in the gap at right).
    OR_SmithRock_Dawn_4177.jpg
  • Latourell Creek, largely frozen over after a week of below-freezing temperatures, winds past boulders and other obsticles. The creek is located downstream from a major waterfall, one of many in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge.
    LatourellCreek_Frozen_4303.jpg
  • The sand dunes of Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, are the tallest in North America Some of the sand originated from the San Juan Mountains, more than 65 miles west of the national park. Strong winds blow the sand, which piles up at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
    GreatSandDunes_Layers_2224.jpg
  • A small stream curves as it winds through the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. This overhead aerial view was captured from a hot air balloon.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Stream_Aerial_2521.jpg
  • A small stream curves as it winds through the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. This overhead aerial view was captured from a hot air balloon.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Stream_Aerial_2419.jpg
  • Ice formations and caves are visible on the surface of Lake Michigan in late winter in this at sunrise view from Tahquamenon Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_IceFormations_Tahquamen...jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0973.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0995.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1049.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
  • The Yaquina River flows past mossy trees and winter vegetation near the town of Chitwood, Oregon. The Yaquina River winds from the Coast Range mountains near Corvallis, Oregon to the Pacific Ocean near Newport.
    OR_YaquinaRiver_5656.jpg
  • Mount St. Helens glows bright white in the alpenglow after sunset. The Toutle River winds through the blast zone created during the May 18, 1980 eruption. That eruption reduced the Washington mountain's summit from9,677 feet (2,950 m) to 8,365 feet (2,550 m).
    MountStHelens_Alpenglow_6841.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
  • A river winds through the gorge at Fjaðragljúfur, near Laki in southern Iceland.
    Iceland_Fjaðragljúfur_5734.jpg
  • Strong winds blow cumulus clouds over the Canadian Rockies and Moraine Lake at sunset. Moraine Lake, located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, stands at the base of 10 tall mountains, an area called the Valley of the Ten Peaks.
    BanffMoraineLakeSunset.jpg
  • The Crooked River winds around Smith Rock located near Redmond, Oregon. Several of the Cascade Mountains are visible on the horizon: from left to right, The Sisters, Mount Washington and Mount Jefferson (in the gap at right).
    OR_SmithRock_Sunrise_4209.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1018.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0977.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1014.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1045.jpg
  • Short Sands Creek winds through a forest just before it reaches the Pacific Ocean in Oswald West State Park on the Oregon Coast.
    OregonCoast_ShortSandsCreek_BlackAnd...jpg
  • Mount Adams is partially reflected in Trout Lake. The reflection is distorted by strong winds that blew across the water. At 12,276 feet, Adams is the second-tallest peak in Washington..
    Adams_TroutLake_9892.jpg
  • Several hundred American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) try to fly against 50-mile-per-hour winds to their roost during a strong storm in Bothell, Washington.
    Crows_Murder_Storm-Cloud_Bothell_700...jpg
  • A very narrow slot canyon winds like a corkscrew through Coyote Gulch, located in the Grand Staircase Escalante, Utah.
    CoyoteGulchCorkscrew.jpg
  • Tall pine trees cast shadows on the towering hoodoos along the Wall Street Trail, which winds through the tall spires that make up the Bryce Canyon amphitheatre in Utah.
    BryceWallStreetPineTree.jpg
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