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Black Buttes (jagged and pointed peaks to the left) and Mount Baker...
Black Buttes and Mount Baker in WA.
Black Buttes and Mount Baker in WA.
Black Buttes and Mount Baker in WA.

Black Buttes stratovolcano and south side of ice-mantled Mount Baker. Aerial view northeastward. For Black Buttes, strata of the two highest crags (Lincoln Peak, left, and Colfax Peak) display opposing 308 dips that frame the gutted edifice.

Black Buttes stratovolcano and south side of ice-mantled Mount Baker. Aerial view northeastward. For Black Buttes, strata of the two highest crags (Lincoln Peak, left, and Colfax Peak) display opposing 308 dips that frame the gutted edifice.

Image: Central Alaska Range
Central Alaska Range
Central Alaska Range
Central Alaska Range

View of central Alaska Range from the south.

3 glaciers coming down from the mountains
Portage, Burns and Shakespeare glaciers in Southcentral Alaska
Portage, Burns and Shakespeare glaciers in Southcentral Alaska
Portage, Burns and Shakespeare glaciers in Southcentral Alaska

Portage Glacier (right), Burns Glacier (center), Shakespeare Glacier (left) in Southcentral Alaska from the air.

Image: Clear Cut Forest
Clear Cut Forest
Clear Cut Forest
Clear Cut Forest

A wetland, with a clear cut forest in the distance, taken in the Coast Range Ecoregion (OR) in August 2002.

A wetland, with a clear cut forest in the distance, taken in the Coast Range Ecoregion (OR) in August 2002.

Image: Rio Grande and Cliffs in Boquillas Canyon, Big Bend National Park
Rio Grande and Cliffs in Boquillas Canyon, Big Bend National Park
Rio Grande and Cliffs in Boquillas Canyon, Big Bend National Park
Rio Grande and Cliffs in Boquillas Canyon, Big Bend National Park

The Rio Grande as it flows in Big Bend National Park, mostly flow from the Rio Conchos in Mexico.  The canyon is downstream of the USGS gage.

Atigun River in Atigun Gorge - Brooks Range in Alaska
Atigun River in Alaska Brooks Range foothills
Atigun River in Alaska Brooks Range foothills
Atigun River in Alaska Brooks Range foothills

View westward along Atigun River in Atigun Gorge.  Rocks in foreground are Lower Cretaceous Fortress Mountain Formation.  Rocks in gorge, along river, are Lower Cretaceous Okpikruak Formation.  Mountains on horizon are mostly carbonates of Carboniferous Lisburne Group.  Location in Brooks Range foothills, about 100 miles southeast of Umiat.

View westward along Atigun River in Atigun Gorge.  Rocks in foreground are Lower Cretaceous Fortress Mountain Formation.  Rocks in gorge, along river, are Lower Cretaceous Okpikruak Formation.  Mountains on horizon are mostly carbonates of Carboniferous Lisburne Group.  Location in Brooks Range foothills, about 100 miles southeast of Umiat.

Image: Redwater River, South Dakota
Redwater River, South Dakota
Redwater River, South Dakota
Redwater River, South Dakota

Redwater River near Belle Fourche, SD.

Image: Red Maple Sapling
Red Maple Sapling
Red Maple Sapling
Red Maple Sapling

A red maple sapling with its new, red-colored leaves, at Fern Forest.

Image: Mangroves and water
Mangroves and water
Mangroves and water
Mangroves and water

Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower
at an extensive mangrove canopy and West Lake.

Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower
at an extensive mangrove canopy and West Lake.

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