The Palomar Observatory, located in north San Diego County California, is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. The Observatory supports the research of the Caltech faculty, post-doctoral fellows and students, and the researchers at Caltechs collaborating institutions. Palomar Observatory is home to the historic Hale 200-inch telescope. Other facilities on the mountain include the 60-inch, 48-inch, 18-inch and the Snoop telescopes.
Location: Palomar Observatory, San Diego, California
Image ID: 12701
The Palomar Observatory, located in north San Diego County California, is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. The Observatory supports the research of the Caltech faculty, post-doctoral fellows and students, and the researchers at Caltechs collaborating institutions. Palomar Observatory is home to the historic Hale 200-inch telescope. Other facilities on the mountain include the 60-inch, 48-inch, 18-inch and the Snoop telescopes.
Location: Palomar Observatory, San Diego, California
Image ID: 12702
The Palomar Observatory, located in north San Diego County California, is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. The Observatory supports the research of the Caltech faculty, post-doctoral fellows and students, and the researchers at Caltechs collaborating institutions. Palomar Observatory is home to the historic Hale 200-inch telescope. Other facilities on the mountain include the 60-inch, 48-inch, 18-inch and the Snoop telescopes.
Location: Palomar Observatory, San Diego, California
Image ID: 12703
White Dome Geyser, with a faint rainbow visible in its mist, rises to a height of 30 feet or more, and typically erupts with an interval of 15 to 30 minutes. It is located along Firehole Lake Drive.
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13541
White Dome Geyser rises to a height of 30 feet or more, and typically erupts with an interval of 15 to 30 minutes. It is located along Firehole Lake Drive.
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13543
White Dome Geyser rises to a height of 30 feet or more, and typically erupts with an interval of 15 to 30 minutes. It is located along Firehole Lake Drive.
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13544
White Dome Geyser rises to a height of 30 feet or more, and typically erupts with an interval of 15 to 30 minutes. It is located along Firehole Lake Drive.
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13545
White Dome Geyser rises to a height of 30 feet or more, and typically erupts with an interval of 15 to 30 minutes. It is located along Firehole Lake Drive.
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13546
White Dome Geyser rises to a height of 30 feet or more, and typically erupts with an interval of 15 to 30 minutes. It is located along Firehole Lake Drive.
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13547
White Dome Geyser rises to a height of 30 feet or more, and typically erupts with an interval of 15 to 30 minutes. It is located along Firehole Lake Drive.
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13548
Hermit crab. Hermit crabs wear shells to protect their soft abdomens, which are asymmetrical and curved to fit the spiral shape of their shell. Like all crabs, hermit crabs are decapods; they have five pairs of legs, including a pair of claws. One claw is much larger than the other, the hermit crab uses it for defense and food shredding while it uses the smaller claw for eating. The second and third pairs of legs help the crab walk, and the last two pairs hold the hermit crab in its shell.
Species: Hermit crab, Pagurus
Image ID: 13693
Nevada Falls, with Liberty Cap (center) and Half Dome (left). Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 through a joint in the Little Yosemite Valley, shooting out from a sheer granite cliff and then down to a boulder pile far below.
Location: Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 16130
Citadel, interior of dome with hanging lights, Cairo, Egypt.
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Image ID: 18494
North Dome towers above the South Fork of the Kings River as it flows through Kings Canyon National Park, in the southeastern Sierra mountain range. Late summer.
Location: Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California
Image ID: 09858
North Dome towers above the South Fork of the Kings River as it flows through Kings Canyon National Park, in the southeastern Sierra mountain range. Late summer.
Location: Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California
Image ID: 09859
Many stalactites hang from the ceiling -- and a huge stalagmite has grown up from the floor -- of the Dome Room. The formation was named for its resemblence to the Capital Dome in Washington D.C.
Location: Crystal Cave, Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California
Image ID: 09918
Many stalactites hang from the ceiling -- and a huge stalagmite has grown up from the floor -- of the Dome Room. The formation was named for its resemblence to the Capital Dome in Washington D.C.
Location: Crystal Cave, Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California
Image ID: 09919
Tenaya Lake is surrounded by epic granite domes, with Polly Dome on the left. Late afternoon, viewed from Olmsted Point.
Location: Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 09955
Tenaya Peak (right) rises above Tenaya Lake (left center) with granite domes rising above the northern banks of the lake, viewed from Olmsted Point.
Location: Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 09956