Images

A roadway through the lower valley of the Limahuli Garden and Preserve.

An endangered Olulu plant, also known as Cabbage on a stick.

The mountains that encompass Hawaii's Limahuli Garden and Preserve.

The stream that flows down Kauai's Limahuli valley as it passes through the Limahuli Garden and Preserve.

USGS researchers collect surface water from a rice field weir box using trace-metal clean techniques.

A mango tree with two or three dozen ripening mangos.

A Pandanus tree with prominent aerial roots on a cliff-top at Limahuli Garden and Preserve.

Waimea canyon, famously dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, with its eroded cliffs, mists, and tropical montane vegetation.

USGS researchers sampling sediment from newly flooded rice fields, during growing season.

Waimea canyon, famously dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, with its eroded cliffs, mists, and tropical montane vegetation.

Waimea canyon, famously dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, with its eroded cliffs, mists, and tropical montane vegetation.

Just after sunrise on a beach in eastern Maui.

Hawaiian Monk Seal on a sandy beach near the western tip of the Hawaiian island of Moloka´i.

Just after sunrise on a beach in eastern Maui.

Just after sunrise on a beach in eastern Maui.

Unidentified species of baby spiders hatching and dispersing.

Cratered cones near Hephaestus Fossae, Mars. This might look at first glance like a cinder cone, but it is more likely an impact crater. Using the shadow, one can tell that its floor is at a lower elevation than the surrounding landscape. A cinder cone would rise above the landscape. 

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.