Young brown bear grazes in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers.
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Image ID: 19244
Mono Lake sunset, tufa and clouds reflected in the still waters of Mono Lake.
Location: Mono Lake, California
Image ID: 26977
Fantastic colorful sedimentary patterns of Bentonite layers, seen as striations exposed in the Utah Badlands. The Bentonite Hills are composed of the Brushy Basin shale member of the Morrison Formation formed during Jurassic times when mud, silt, fine sand, and volcanic ash were deposited in swamps and lakes into layers, now revealed through erosion. Aerial photograph.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 37947
Milky Way and stars over Crater Lake at night. Panorama of Crater Lake and Wizard Island at night, Crater Lake National Park.
Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
Image ID: 28643
Clark's Grebes Ratchet Pointing, a courtship behavior in which the grebes assume a low facing position in the water, point beaks at one another and emit a ratchet-like sound. Coupled with dip-shaking, several rounds of ratchet pointing is often an immediate precursor to rushing.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40891
Panorama of Crater Lake from Watchman Lookout Station, panoramic picture. The Watchman Lookout Station No. 168 is one of two fire lookout towers in Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon. For many years, National Park Service personnel used the lookout to watch for wildfires during the summer months. It is also a popular hiking destination because it offers an excellent view of Crater Lake and the surrounding area.
Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
Image ID: 28633
Panorama dimensions: 4885 x 11229
Milky Way and stars over Crater Lake at night. Panorama of Crater Lake and Wizard Island at night, Crater Lake National Park.
Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
Image ID: 28635
Panorama dimensions: 6635 x 12270
Dawn breaks over the Bentonite Hills in the Utah Badlands. Striations in soil reveal layers of the Morrison Formation, formed in swamps and lakes in the Jurassic era. Aerial panoramic photograph.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38062
Bass Lake, Aerial Panoramic Photo.
Location: Bass Lake, California
Image ID: 38216
Panorama dimensions: 4947 x 13389
Panorama of Bear Creek Spire over Long Lake at Sunrise, Little Lakes Valley, John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest.
Location: Little Lakes Valley, Inyo National Forest, California
Image ID: 31173
Panorama dimensions: 5473 x 15812
Milky Way over Tenaya Lake, Polly Dome (left), Tenaya Peak (center), Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 31185
Panorama dimensions: 5342 x 13966
Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32330
Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32332
Boulders underwater, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32333
Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32334
Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32335
Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32336
Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32337
Boulders underwater, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32338