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| A rainbow appears in the mist of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. At 308 feet, the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River is the tallest fall in the park. This view is from Lookout Point on the North side of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. When conditions are perfect in midsummer, a midmorning rainbow briefly appears in the falls. Image ID: 13319 Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | A large, old brown bear (grizzly bear) wades across Brooks River. Coastal and near-coastal brown bears in Alaska can live to 25 years of age, weigh up to 1400 lbs and stand over 9 feet tall. Image ID: 17039 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA | Mule deer in tall grass, fall, autumn. Image ID: 19577 Species: Mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Portrait of a young brown bear, pausing while grazing in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers. Image ID: 19135 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Tiny hikers atop Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California. Near Stovepipe Wells lies a region of sand dunes, some of them hundreds of feet tall. Image ID: 15577 Location: Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Black bear walking in a grassy meadow. Black bears can live 25 years or more, and range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. Adult males typically weigh up to 600 pounds. Adult females weight up to 400 pounds and reach sexual maturity at 3 or 4 years of age. Adults stand about 3' tall at the shoulder. Image ID: 18744 Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus Location: Orr, Minnesota, USA |
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| Ancient Douglas fir trees in Cathedral Grove. Cathedral Grove is home to huge, ancient, old-growth Douglas fir trees. About 300 years ago a fire killed most of the trees in this grove, but a small number of trees survived and were the originators of what is now Cathedral Grove. Western redcedar trees grow in adundance in the understory below the taller Douglas fir trees. Image ID: 22456 Species: Douglas fir tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii Location: Cathedral Grove, MacMillan Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Pano dimensions: 9702 x 3043 | ||
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| La Tour Eiffel. The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, who designed the tower in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair. The Eiffel tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world. Image ID: 35601 Location: Tour Eiffel, Paris, France | The Botanical Building in Balboa Park, San Diego. The Botanical Building, at 250 feet long by 75 feet wide and 60 feet tall, was the largest wood lath structure in the world when it was built in 1915 for the Panama-California Exposition. The Botanical Building, located on the Prado, west of the Museum of Art, contains about 2,100 permanent tropical plants along with changing seasonal flowers. The Lily Pond, just south of the Botanical Building, is an eloquent example of the use of reflecting pools to enhance architecture. The 193' by 43' foot pond and smaller companion pool were originally referred to as Las Lagunas de las Flores (The Lakes of the Flowers) and were designed as aquatic gardens. The pools contain exotic water lilies and lotus which bloom spring through fall. Image ID: 28823 Location: Balboa Park, San Diego, California, USA | Yosemite Falls and tall pine trees, viewed from Cook's Meadow. Image ID: 22746 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Giant redwood, Lady Bird Johnson Grove, Redwood National Park. The coastal redwood, or simply 'redwood', is the tallest tree on Earth, reaching a height of 379' and living 3500 years or more. It is native to coastal California and the southwestern corner of Oregon within the United States, but most concentrated in Redwood National and State Parks in Northern California, found close to the coast where moisture and soil conditions can support its unique size and growth requirements. Image ID: 25795 Species: Coast redwood, giant redwood, California redwood, Sequoia sempervirens Location: Redwood 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: 16066 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Yosemite Falls rises above the Merced River, viewed from the Swinging Bridge. The 2425 falls is the tallest in North America. Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16143 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Black bear walking in a grassy meadow. Black bears can live 25 years or more, and range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. Adult males typically weigh up to 600 pounds. Adult females weight up to 400 pounds and reach sexual maturity at 3 or 4 years of age. Adults stand about 3' tall at the shoulder. Image ID: 18741 Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus Location: Orr, Minnesota, USA | Black bear walking in a grassy meadow. Black bears can live 25 years or more, and range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. Adult males typically weigh up to 600 pounds. Adult females weight up to 400 pounds and reach sexual maturity at 3 or 4 years of age. Adults stand about 3' tall at the shoulder. Image ID: 18743 Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus Location: Orr, Minnesota, USA | Black bear walking in a grassy meadow. Black bears can live 25 years or more, and range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. Adult males typically weigh up to 600 pounds. Adult females weight up to 400 pounds and reach sexual maturity at 3 or 4 years of age. Adults stand about 3' tall at the shoulder. Image ID: 18748 Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus Location: Orr, Minnesota, USA |
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| Black bear walking in a grassy meadow. Black bears can live 25 years or more, and range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. Adult males typically weigh up to 600 pounds. Adult females weight up to 400 pounds and reach sexual maturity at 3 or 4 years of age. Adults stand about 3' tall at the shoulder. Image ID: 18749 Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus Location: Orr, Minnesota, USA | Coastal brown bear in meadow. The tall sedge grasses in this coastal meadow are a food source for brown bears, who may eat 30 lbs of it each day during summer while waiting for their preferred food, salmon, to arrive in the nearby rivers. Image ID: 19138 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | A brown bear mother (sow) stands in tall sedge grass to look for other approaching bears that may be a threat to her cubs. Image ID: 19139 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA |
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| Young brown bear stands in tall sedge grass to get a better view of other approaching bears. Image ID: 19143 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Young brown bear grazes in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers. Image ID: 19147 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | A brown bear mother (sow) stands in tall sedge grass to look for other approaching bears that may be a threat to her cubs. Image ID: 19153 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA |
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| Coastal brown bear in meadow. The tall sedge grasses in this coastal meadow are a food source for brown bears, who may eat 30 lbs of it each day during summer while waiting for their preferred food, salmon, to arrive in the nearby rivers. Image ID: 19155 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Young brown bear grazes in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers. Image ID: 19156 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Portrait of a young brown bear, pausing while grazing in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers. Image ID: 19157 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA |
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| A brown bear mother (sow) stands in tall sedge grass to look for other approaching bears that may be a threat to her cubs. Image ID: 19158 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | A brown bear mother (sow) stands in tall sedge grass to look for other approaching bears that may be a threat to her cubs. Image ID: 19162 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Young brown bear grazes in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers. Image ID: 19244 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA |
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| Mobius Arch at sunrise, with Mount Whitney (the tallest peak in the continental United States), Lone Pine Peak and snow-covered Sierra Nevada Range framed within the arch. Mobius Arch is a 17-foot-wide natural rock arch in the scenic Alabama Hills Recreational Area near Lone Pine, California. Image ID: 21729 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA | Flama de la Amistad, a statue by Leonardo Nierman. Installed in the San Diego Convention Center’s outdoor amphitheater, Flame of Friendship is a polished, stainless-steel statue set against San Diego Bay weighing 3,700 pounds and standing 20 feet tall and eight feet wide. Image ID: 26556 Location: San Diego, California, USA | |
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