Images

Red morning sunrise on the Atlantic Ocean as seen from a barrier island.

Subtropical Atlantic Ocean sunrise with the dark clouds of a distant offshore thunderstorm.

A morning photo depicts evidence of a sea turtle nesting the previous night (from the sea, left; return to sea, right). The protective stakes mark a nest from an earlier week as part of a county research program that marks and records every eighth nest.

A morning photo depicts evidence of a sea turtle nesting the previous night (from the sea, left; return to sea, right). The protective stakes mark a nest from an earlier week as part of a county research program that marks and records every eighth nest.

A morning photo depicts evidence of a sea turtle nesting the previous night (from the sea, left; return to sea, right). The protective stakes mark a nest from an earlier week as part of a county research program that marks and records every eighth nest.

Wave action produced by a tropical storm (Fay) eroded barrier island beaches on the Atlantic coast of Florida, producing cliff-like escarpments as depicted here.

Red morning sunrise on the Atlantic Ocean as seen from a barrier island. A sea turtle nest is on the beach.

Atlantic Ocean sunrise as seen from a Florida beach.

This photograph, taken soon after dawn, depicts a towering offshore thundercloud as seen from a sandy beach in Florida.

Cliff-like erosion escarpment on a Florida beach. The four-to-five foot depth of lost sand exposed egg-shell fragments from a sea turtle nest.

Red morning sunrise on the Atlantic Ocean as seen from a barrier island.

Cliff-like erosion escarpment on a Florida beach. The four-to-five foot depth of lost sand exposed egg-shell fragments from a sea turtle nest.

Cliff-like erosion escarpment on a Florida beach. The four-to-five foot depth of lost sand exposed egg-shell fragments from a sea turtle nest.

The ghost crab shown here is a common resident of sandy beaches along the Florida coast.

Unnamed tributary glacier of Serpentine Glacier, Harriman Fiord, western Prince William Sound, AK.

Surprise Glacier, Harriman Fiord, western Prince William Sound.

Coxe Glacier (in Barry Arm) viewed from Harriman Fiord, western Prince William Sound, AK.

Panoramic photograph of Hailey, Idaho, looking southeast from Carbonate Mountain. 

Coxe Glacier (in Barry Arm) viewed from Harriman Fiord, western Prince William Sound, AK.

Cliff-like erosion escarpment on a Florida beach. The four-to-five foot depth of lost sand exposed egg-shell fragments from a sea turtle nest.

Strangler fig engulfing the trunk of a Sabal palm.