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Sunrise on the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter.
Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 27698  

Sunrise on the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter.
Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 27700  

Merced River reflections and textures, Yosemite Valley.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 26885  

Merced River reflections and textures, Yosemite Valley.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 26886  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11187  

Booby in flight, motion blur.
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16686  

Yellowtail surgeonfish, motion blur.
Species: Yellow-tailed surgeonfish, Prionurus laticlavius
Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16363  

Waves and beach boulders, abstract study of water movement.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 26446  

Waves and beach boulders, abstract study of water movement.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 26448  

Waves and beach boulders, abstract study of water movement.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 26449  

Waves and beach boulders, abstract study of water movement.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 26450  

Waves and beach boulders, abstract study of water movement.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 26451  

Waves and beach boulders, abstract study of water movement.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 26452  

Surf grass on the rocky reef -- appearing blurred in this time exposure -- is tossed back and forth by powerful ocean waves passing by above. San Clemente Island.
Species: Surfgrass, Phyllospadix
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 10247  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11186  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11188  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11189  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11190  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11191  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11192  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11193  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11194  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11195  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11196  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11197  

Crazy taxi ride through the streets of New York City.
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Image ID: 11198  

Coyote, Lamar Valley. This coyote bears not only a radio tracking collar, so researchers can follow its daily movements, but also a small green tag on its left ear.
Species: Coyote, Canis latrans
Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13093  

Pacific mackerel. Long exposure shows motion as blur. Mackerel are some of the fastest fishes in the ocean, with smooth streamlined torpedo-shaped bodies, they can swim hundreds of miles in a year.
Species: Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus
Image ID: 14021  

Pacific mackerel. Long exposure shows motion as blur. Mackerel are some of the fastest fishes in the ocean, with smooth streamlined torpedo-shaped bodies, they can swim hundreds of miles in a year.
Species: Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus
Image ID: 14022  

Pacific mackerel. Long exposure shows motion as blur. Mackerel are some of the fastest fishes in the ocean, with smooth streamlined torpedo-shaped bodies, they can swim hundreds of miles in a year.
Species: Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus
Image ID: 14023