Images

Mountain pine beetle-infested trees turn a striking red color throughout their crown as they're dying.

Here, scientists point to a mountain pine beetle (top) and a pine beetle larva (bottom) that have been tunneling in the bark of a killed pine tree. The bluish streaks in the bark are from bluestain fungus.

USGS scientist Jenny Briggs (foreground) researches beetle-killed pines at a USGS study site near Maxwell Ranch, Colorado, while Colorado State University entomologist Dan West examines the bark of a dead tree.

Four blue Brewer's sparrow (Spizella breweri) eggs in nest, Steens Mountain, SE Oregon.

Globs of resin on the outside bark of a pine tree indicate that it has been attacked by mountain pine beetles. The trees ooze this resin as a defense mechanism against the beetles. This pine tree has also been burned, probably in a forest fire.

USGS scientist Jenny Briggs walks through a study site near Blue Feather Lakes in Colorado. The reddish-brown trees dotting the landscape have been killed by mountain pine beetles.

USGS scientist Jenny Briggs measures the trunk of a pine tree that has been killed by mountain pine beetles.

Brewer's sparrow (Spizella breweri) chicks in nest, Steens Mountain, SE Oregon.

Active channel and floodplain of the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River.

This photograph is of the seafloor off the Block Island coast and shows a rock crab and several shrimp on a boulder that is covered with bryozoans. Shell fragments and other coarse grained sediment can be seen in the background (upper left corner).

Temporary dormitory for students in movable plank houses for the students.

Damage to a village house.

Damage to a village house.

Damage to a local school building. Guozhang Middle School.

Damage to a local school building. Guozhang Middle School.

Students having class in temporary movable plank houses.

Temporary movable plank houses for the students.

Landslide in the earthquake.

Total collapse of a reinforced building with masonry infill walls. Rubble has been disturbed by heavy equipment.

Emergency shelter camp for thirty families erected at the site of a former village.

People next to the ruins.