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The Ocean Photographer of the Year awards announced the winners of its 2024 contest featuring stunning images of underwater wildlife. 12 award-winning underwater photos give rare glimpses beneath ...
The 1,240-mile Columbia River dumps more water into the Pacific than any other North American river, so it's only fitting that the Columbia River Gorge is the nation's largest National Scenic Area ...
Landscape photography (often shortened to landscape photos) shows the spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on human-made features or disturbances of landscapes.
California With its neon-lit Ferris wheel hanging over the ocean, the Santa Monica Pier is a bustling L.A. landmark. Aside from the roller coaster and other thrilling attractions of Pacific Park ...
A river is a natural freshwater stream that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons.
Despite its partial status as a National Wild and Scenic River, the Merced River has many dams and irrigation diversions. New Exchequer Dam is the largest dam on the river and forms Lake McClure , which holds 1,032,000 acre-feet (1.273 × 10 9 m 3 ) of water for irrigation, flood control and hydropower generation.
The Wolf River in Wisconsin. This is a list of the designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers in the United States. Each river has been designated by Congress, or, if certain requirements were met, the Secretary of the Interior.
Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) site has been known to host copyrighted content. Its photo gallery FAQ states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted."