The bisons massive head is its most characteristic feature. Its forehead bulges because of its convex-shaped frontal bone. Its shoulder hump, dwindling bowlike to the haunches, is supported by unusually long spinal vertebrae. Over powerful neck and shoulder muscles grows a great shaggy coat of curly brown fur, and over the head, like an immense hood, grows a shock of black hair. Its forequarters are higher and much heavier than its haunches. A mature bull stands about 6 1/2 feet (2 meters) at the shoulder and weighs more than 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms). The bisons horns are short and black. In the male they are thick at the base and taper abruptly to sharp points as they curve outward and upward; the females horns are more slender.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13120
Ocotillo Wind Energy Turbines, at night with stars and the Milky Way in the sky above, the moving turbine blades illuminated by a small flashlight.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30239
Stars rise above the Ocotillo Wind Turbine power generation facility, with a flashlight illuminating the turning turbine blades.
Image ID: 30223
Wind turbines, rise above the flat floor of the San Gorgonio Pass near Palm Springs, with snow covered Mount San Jacinto in the background, provide electricity to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.
Location: San Gorgonio Pass, Palm Springs, California
Image ID: 22209
Ocotillo Express Wind Energy Projects, moving turbines lit by the rising sun,.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30248
Wind turbines, rise above the flat floor of the San Gorgonio Pass near Palm Springs, with snow covered Mount San Jacinto in the background, provide electricity to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.
Location: San Gorgonio Pass, Palm Springs, California
Image ID: 22205
Wind turbines provide electricity to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. San Gorgonio pass, San Bernardino mountains.
Location: San Gorgonio Pass, Palm Springs, California
Image ID: 06856
Stars rise above the Ocotillo Wind Turbine power generation facility, with a flashlight illuminating the turning turbine blades.
Image ID: 30222
Stars rise above the Ocotillo Wind Turbine power generation facility, with a flashlight illuminating the turning turbine blades.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30227
Ocotillo Wind Energy Turbines, at night with stars and the Milky Way in the sky above, the moving turbine blades illuminated by a small flashlight.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30238
Wind turbines and Mount San Gorgonio Pass, near Interstate 10, provide electricity to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.
Location: San Gorgonio Pass, Palm Springs, California
Image ID: 22236
Wind turbines at sunrise, in the San Gorgonio Pass, near Interstate 10 provide electricity to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.
Location: San Gorgonio Pass, Palm Springs, California
Image ID: 22242
Ocotillo Wind Energy Turbines, at night with stars and the Milky Way in the sky above, the moving turbine blades illuminated by a small flashlight.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30236
Ocotillo Express Wind Energy Projects, moving turbines lit by the rising sun,.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30246
Stars rise above the Ocotillo Wind Turbine power generation facility, with a flashlight illuminating the turning turbine blades.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30228
Ocotillo Wind Energy Turbines, at night with stars and the Milky Way in the sky above, the moving turbine blades illuminated by a small flashlight.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30233
Ocotillo Wind Energy Turbines, at night with stars and the Milky Way in the sky above, the moving turbine blades illuminated by a small flashlight.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30240
Ocotillo Express Wind Energy Projects, moving turbines lit by the rising sun,.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30242
Ocotillo Express Wind Energy Projects, moving turbines lit by the rising sun,.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30243
Ocotillo Express Wind Energy Projects, moving turbines lit by the rising sun,.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30244
Ocotillo Express Wind Energy Projects, moving turbines lit by the rising sun,.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30245
Ocotillo Express Wind Energy Projects, moving turbines lit by the rising sun,.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30247
Ocotillo Express Wind Energy Projects, moving turbines lit by the rising sun,.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30249
Ocotillo Express Wind Energy Projects, moving turbines lit by the rising sun,.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30251
Ocotillo Express Wind Energy Projects, moving turbines lit by the rising sun,.
Location: Ocotillo, California
Image ID: 30252
Wind turbines, in the San Gorgonio Pass, near Interstate 10 provide electricity to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.
Location: San Gorgonio Pass, Palm Springs, California
Image ID: 22239
Wind turbines provide electricity to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. San Gorgonio pass, San Bernardino mountains.
Location: San Gorgonio Pass, Palm Springs, California
Image ID: 06887