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| West Side Road cuts across the Badwater Basin. Image ID: 25261 Location: Badwater, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Salt polygons. After winter flooding, the salt on the Badwater Basin playa dries into geometric polygonal shapes. Image ID: 25262 Location: Badwater, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Eureka Valley Dune Evening Primrose. A federally endangered plant, Oenothera californica eurekensis is a perennial herb that produces white flowers from April to June. These flowers turn red as they age. The Eureka Dunes evening-primrose is found only in the southern portion of Eureka Valley Sand Dunes system in Indigo County, California. Image ID: 25267 Species: Eureka Valley Dune Evening Primrose, Oenothera californica eurekensis, Oenothera deltoides Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA |
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| Eureka Dunes. The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are California's tallest sand dunes, and one of the tallest in the United States. Rising 680' above the floor of the Eureka Valley, the Eureka sand dunes are home to several endangered species, as well as "singing sand" that makes strange sounds when it shifts. Located in the remote northern portion of Death Valley National Park, the Eureka Dunes see very few visitors. Image ID: 25274 Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Eureka Valley Dune Evening Primrose. A federally endangered plant, Oenothera californica eurekensis is a perennial herb that produces white flowers from April to June. These flowers turn red as they age. The Eureka Dunes evening-primrose is found only in the southern portion of Eureka Valley Sand Dunes system in Indigo County, California. Image ID: 25343 Species: Eureka Valley Dune Evening Primrose, Oenothera californica eurekensis, Oenothera deltoides Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Natural arch formed in sandstone frames the setting moon. Image ID: 26486 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA |
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| The Fire Wave, a beautiful sandstone formation exhibiting dramatic striations, striped layers in the geologic historical record. Image ID: 26487 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA | Sky Rock petroglyphs near Bishop, California. Hidden atop an enormous boulder in the Volcanic Tablelands lies Sky Rock, a set of petroglyphs that face the sky. These superb examples of native American petroglyph artwork are thought to be Paiute in origin, but little is known about them. Image ID: 27000 Location: Bishop, California, USA | Sky Rock petroglyphs near Bishop, California. Hidden atop an enormous boulder in the Volcanic Tablelands lies Sky Rock, a set of petroglyphs that face the sky. These superb examples of native American petroglyph artwork are thought to be Paiute in origin, but little is known about them. Image ID: 27006 Location: Bishop, California, USA |
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| Lupine color the sides of the Borrego Valley in spring. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10969 Species: Arizona lupine, Lupinus arizonicus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Desert agave, also known as the Century Plant, blooms in spring in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Desert agave is the only agave species to be found on the rocky slopes and flats bordering the Coachella Valley. It occurs over a wide range of elevations from 500 to over 4,000. It is called century plant in reference to the amount of time it takes it to bloom. This can be anywhere from 5 to 20 years. They send up towering flower stalks that can approach 15 feet in height. Sending up this tremendous display attracts a variety of pollinators including bats, hummingbirds, bees, moths and other insects and nectar-eating birds. Image ID: 11550 Species: Desert agave, Agave deserti | Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring. Hikers are seen at the precipice to Vernal Falls, having hiked up the Mist Trail to get there. Image ID: 12636 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Fern Springs, a small natural spring in Yosemite Valley near the Pohono Bridge, trickles quietly over rocks as it flows into the Merced River. Image ID: 12650 Location: Fern Springs, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Mountain dogwood, or Pacific dogwood, Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 12677 Species: Mountain dogwood, Cornus nuttallii Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Pronghorn antelope, Lamar Valley. The Pronghorn is the fastest North American land animal, capable of reaching speeds of up to 60 miles per hour. The pronghorns speed is its main defense against predators. Image ID: 13080 Species: Pronghorn antelope, Antilocapra americana Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| The Lamar herd of bison grazes, a mix of mature adults and young calves. Image ID: 13123 Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | The Lamar herd of bison grazes, a mix of mature adults and young calves. Image ID: 13132 Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | A herd of bison grazes near the Lamar River. Image ID: 13145 Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Lamar Valley, summer. The Lamar Valleys rolling hills are home to many large mammals and are often called Americas Serengeti. Image ID: 13647 Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Zabriskie Point, sunrise. Manly Beacon rises in the center of an eroded, curiously banded area of sedimentary rock, with the Panamint Mountains visible in the distance. Image ID: 15585 Location: Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Upper Yosemite Falls near peak flow in spring. Yosemite Falls, at 2425 feet tall (730m) is the tallest waterfall in North America and fifth tallest in the world. Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16068 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Bridalveil Falls plummets 620 feet (200m). Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16077 Location: Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Bridalveil Falls plummets 620 feet (200m). Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16080 Location: Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Fern Springs, a small natural spring in Yosemite Valley near the Pohono Bridge, trickles quietly over rocks as it flows into the Merced River. Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16084 Location: Fern Springs, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| El Capitan rises above the Merced River, Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16101 Location: El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Nevada Falls, with Liberty Cap (center) and Half Dome (left). Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 through a joint in the Little Yosemite Valley, shooting out from a sheer granite cliff and then down to a boulder pile far below. Image ID: 16115 Location: Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Yosemite Falls (upper, middle and lower sections) at peak flow, spring, Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16134 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Yosemite Falls rises above Cooks Meadow. The 2425 falls, the tallest in North America, is at peak flow during a warm-weather springtime melt of Sierra snowpack. Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16141 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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