Images

Ilya the manatee, famous for swimming up the Atlantic in the summer of 2009, is recognizeable in part due to the white scar on his head.

Saguaro National Monument is now Saguaro National Park. The decline is saguaros has continued but at a rate slightly less steep than predicted. Very few of the saguaro present in 1935 remain. Meanwhile, the regeneration of this forest has already begun, as shown by findings from a long-term study-plot located at left midground.

Large flock of Spectacled Eiders aggregated in a sea ice lead in the northern Bering Sea, south of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.  Aerial photograph from a helicopter deployed from the USCG Cutter Polar Sea.

Overflow over the road on the west side of streamgage 05092000 Red River of the North at Drayton, ND, streamflow 65,200 cubic feet per second, during 2010 spring flooding.

Large flock of Spectacled Eiders aggregated in a sea ice lead in the northern Bering Sea, south of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.  Aerial photograph from a helicopter deployed from the USCG Cutter Polar Sea. 

Large flock of Spectacled Eiders aggregated in a sea ice lead at sunset in the northern Bering Sea, south of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.  Aerial photograph from a helicopter deployed from the USCG Cutter Polar Sea.

Large flock of Spectacled Eiders aggregated in a sea ice lead and on sea ice in the northern Bering Sea, south of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.  Aerial photograph from a helicopter deployed from the USCG Cutter Polar Sea.

Floodwater fills ditches around I-29 near 124th Ave S, Fargo, ND.

Floodwater fills ditches around I-29 near 124th Ave S, Fargo, ND.

Floodwater fills ditches around I-29 near 124th Ave S, Fargo, ND.

Floodwater fills ditches around I-29 near 124th Ave S, Fargo, ND.

Mangroves are "nurseries" for several species of grunts and other fishes which find shelter in the complex prop roots.

Red River floodwaters at Fargo, ND. Photo taken at 4th St and 13th Ave, Fargo, ND.

Red River floodwaters at Fargo, ND. Photo taken at 4th St and 13th Ave, Fargo, ND.

Red River floodwaters at Fargo, ND. Photo taken at 4th St and 13th Ave, Fargo, ND.

Red River floodwaters at Fargo, ND. Photo taken at 4th St and 13th Ave, Fargo, ND.

Red River floodwaters at Fargo, ND. Photo taken at 4th St and 13th Ave, Fargo, ND.

Red River floodwaters at Fargo, ND. Photo taken at 4th St and 13th Ave, Fargo, ND.

Red River floodwaters at Fargo, ND. Photo taken at 4th St and 13th Ave, Fargo, ND.

Red River floodwaters at Fargo, ND. Photo taken at 4th St and 13th Ave, Fargo, ND.

Red River floodwaters at Fargo, ND. Photo taken at 4th St and 13th Ave, Fargo, ND.