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Puffin Wings
A horned puffin flaps its wings at Alaska's SeaLife Center in Seward while another puffin takes a nap. The typical wingspan of a horned puffin is just under two feet wide. Horned puffins form monogamous pairs that mate for life. The SeaLife Center is one of the few facilities in the world that combines a public aquarium with marine research and wildlife rescue. The center cares for over 160 different species, including nearly 4,000 individual animals. Learn more and support their work at AlaskaSeaLife.org.
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From Alaska
Rocky Mountain Storm
Ominous storm clouds drift over the majestic Rocky Mountain National Park
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From Canyons, Mountains & Waterfalls
Yellowstone Raven
A beautiful raven showing off in Yellowstone's Hayden Valley. Some Native American tribes believe that ravens symbolize danger has passed and that good luck would follow.
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From Yellowstone
Sneaky Moose
A bull moose glances above the marsh at Moose Pond in Grand Tetons National Park.
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From Grand Tetons
Eagle Over Resurrection Bay
A bald eagle flies over Alaska's Resurrection Bay in Seward.
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From Alaska
Avalanche Forest
The crystal clear waters of Avalanche Creek tumble through the forest along the Trail of the Cedars in Glacier National Park.
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From Glacier
Tahoe Trees | Number Fourteen
Sunrise-tinted clouds drift over tall trees of Lake Tahoe Basin the day after a heavy snowfall. Number Fourteen in a series of fourteen.
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From Lake Tahoe
Big Sur Seals
Tumbled rocks and seals blend seamlessly into the seaside landscape in Big Sur near Lafler Canyon.
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From Big Sur
Buffalo Bunch
Three of four bison look up with snowy faces while foraging in Yellowstone's northern range.
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From Yellowstone
On a Mission
A focused coyote trots through the snow in Yellowstone's northern range near Tower Junction.
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From Yellowstone
Tahoe Trees | Number Five
Tall trees of Lake Tahoe Basin the day after a heavy snowfall. Number Five in a series of fourteen.
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From Lake Tahoe
Tahoe Trees | Number Seven
Tall trees of Lake Tahoe Basin the day after a heavy snowfall. Number Seven in a series of fourteen.
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From Lake Tahoe
Lady Horns
Two bighorn ewes affectionately lock horns in Zion National Park.
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From Zion & Bryce
Whale Tail Waterfall
Water flows off the tail of a humpback whale in Monterey Bay.
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From Big Sur
McWay Falls
Fog rolls in as McWay Creek drops 80-feet onto the beach in Big Sur's Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. At high tide, the waterfall empties directly into the Pacific Ocean.
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From Big Sur
Powder
Powder day on Peak 8 in Breckenridge, Colorado.
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From Canyons, Mountains & Waterfalls
Coyote Falls
A steady springtime flow falls 750 feet at the majestic Temple of Sinawava in Zion National Park. Sinawava is a Native American word for coyote.
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From Zion & Bryce
Elk Forest
A majestic bull elk strolls through the forest along the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park.
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From Yellowstone
Hubbard Four Hundred
Located near Yakutat, Alaska, the Hubbard Glacier regularly calves 400-year old ice from its 400-feet tall face.
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From Alaska
Buffalo Creek
A lone buffalo drinks from Soda Butte Creek in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley
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From Yellowstone
Dingle and The Sea
At the most westerly point of mainland Ireland, the Coumeenoole townlands of the spectacular Dingle Peninsula overlook the North Atlantic Ocean.
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From Ireland & Scotland
Birchwood Farmstead
Beyond the red timber bridge that stretches over the River Coe in the Scottish Highlands, the old farmstead of Ach'nam Beithach (the Field of Birchwood) sits at the northwest base of Aonach Dubh (Black Ridge) as a waterfall-teemed stream tumbles down then alongside grazing sheep.

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From Ireland & Scotland
Buffalo Eyes
A stunning American Bison peers into the camera in Utah, east of Zion National Park.
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From Zion & Bryce