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Image ID:  687142

Photographer Credit:   Maria Stenzel/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Donna Patterson studies giant petrels on Humble Island. Years of working with the birds have enabled her to handle the chicks without alarming the parents.

Image ID:  722648

Photographer Credit:   Bill Hatcher/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Roman Dial performs an ecological survey of mountain eucalyptus trees. This is the worlds tallest hardwood forest.

Image ID:  735539

Photographer Credit:   Mattias Klum/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Zoologist Roland Kays releases a kinkajou from a cage after observation. Kays releases kinkajous back into their habitat after they are fully alert and recovered from being tranquilized.

Image ID:  734563

Photographer Credit:   Stephen Alvarez/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A biologist ascends Tawi Attair, a 200-meter deep sinkhole.Biologist Nancy Pistole ascends Tawi Attair, a 200-meter deep sinkhole. Tawi Attair means Well of the Birds.

Image ID:  747722

Photographer Credit:   Paul Nicklen/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A research team repositions a tranquilized and tagged Atlantic walrus.

Image ID:  740920

Photographer Credit:   Paul Nicklen/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Jeremy Stewart suctions tiny amphipods from ice floe.

Image ID:  740916

Photographer Credit:   Paul Nicklen/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Diver tethered against currents inspects multi-year ice floe.

Image ID:  681015

Photographer Credit:   Carsten Peter/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A volcanologist probes fumaroles on a sulfur-encrusted crater.

Image ID:  735538

Photographer Credit:   Mattias Klum/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Zoologist Roland Kays bates a cage with bananas 100 ft. up in fig tree. Kays studies kinkajous, and found that bananas were the bait of choice for these illusive animals.

(just thought this one was interesting)

Image ID:  750521

Photographer Credit:   Paul Nicklen/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A walrus tagged with a satellite transmitter and VHF transmitter. The satellite transmitter is on the walruss tusk and the VHF transmitter is on its head. The walrus is still drowsy from a tranquilizer.

Image ID:  516217

Photographer Credit:   Maria Stenzel/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Scientists study the effects of global warning on nematodes. This is part of an experiment to look at the effect of global warming on nematodes in the soil.

Image ID:  737098

Photographer Credit:   David Edwards/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A Kazakh falconer hunts with his golden eagle.

Image ID:  753758

Photographer Credit:   Raymond Gehman/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Young girl herds cows home for the evening, Guilin, Yangdi Valley.

Image ID:  748240

Photographer Credit:   Tim Laman/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A woman crosses a rope bridge across treetops.

Image ID: 748236

Photographer Credit:
Tim Laman/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:
A woman crosses a rope bridge across treetops.

Image ID: 737034

Photographer Credit:
David Edwards/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:
Two Tibetan herders near Litang in the Sichuan Province.

Image ID:  725443

Photographer Credit:   Gordon Wiltsie/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A tourist has a close encounter with a chinstrap penguin.Chinstrap penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica.

Image ID:  750119

Photographer Credit:   Joel Sartore/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Logging near Salmon, Idaho.

Image ID:  760281

Photographer Credit:   Gordon Wiltsie/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A family from the Darhad Valley begins migrating their herd.

Image ID:  760283

Photographer Credit:   Gordon Wiltsie/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A nomadic family crosses Utreg Pass enroute to winter pastures.

Image ID:  748232

Photographer Credit:   Tim Laman/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A diver exploring a life-filled coral reef.

Image ID:  749975

Photographer Credit:   Joel Sartore/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Hikers on a trail high atop Mount Snowdon. Three Peaks Challenge Race.

Image ID:  957117

Photographer Credit:   Ralph Lee Hopkins/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A tourist photographing a group of adelie penguins.

Image ID:  748269

Photographer Credit:   Tim Laman/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A person hiking across an alpine meadow with wildflowers.

Image ID:  578732

Photographer Credit:   David Boyer/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A man stands below the mouth of a giant cave.

Image ID: 955954

Photographer Credit:
Wolcott Henry/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:
A diver exploring a forest of giant kelp.

Image ID:  694862

Photographer Credit:   Stephen St. John/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Hand holding ripening milo, which is used for poultry feed.

Image ID:  746994

Photographer Credit:   Tim Laman/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Roman Dial hikes through a field of lupines above Skilak glacier. Roman Dial.

Image ID:  747059

Photographer Credit:   Rich Reid/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Martin de la Serna camping in the rain on Glacier Island.

Image ID:  968390

Photographer Credit:   Sisse Brimberg/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Lava fields surround Dettifoss. Dettifoss is Icelands most impressive waterfall. It drops 144 ft (44 m) into a long canyon.

Image ID:  723163

Photographer Credit:   Todd Gipstein/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A woman with a backpack sits on a rocky beach and watchs the surf.

Image ID:  357303

Photographer Credit:   Dean Conger/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  The Great Wall snakes over the peaks and gorges of the Jundu Mountains. Erected in the fifteenth century during the Ming Dynasty, this phenomenal construction project averages 25 feet in height and spans 15 feet across a paved surface.

Image ID: 698999

Photographer Credit:
Scott Sroka/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:
A person plants a tree seedling.

Image ID: 698002

Photographer Credit:
Raymond Gehman/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:
Cormorant fisherman on the Li River.

Image ID:  696504

Photographer Credit:   Paul Nicklen/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  People watch the landscape unfold before their eyes.

Image ID:  760263

Photographer Credit:   Gordon Wiltsie/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A migrating family herds a flock of sheep through the Darhad Valley.

Image ID:  511241

Photographer Credit:   Maria Stenzel/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  Scientists measure snow and ice thickness on the frozen sea. The scientist on the right measures the thickness of the snow with a measuring stick. The person in the center drops a weighted line through a hole to measure the ice thickness and the person on the left records the data.

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Image Number K8872-6
The hills are alive with the sounds of pollinating insects, and that's exactly what technicians Rebekah Andrus (left) and Olivia Messinger are netting in a field near the Wellsville Mountains in Utah. Photo by Jack Dykinga

News & Events

Image Number K7952-5
To measure nitrogen runoff in the Pacific northwest, plant physiologist Steve Griffith collects water samples from a monitor well inside the riparian zone near the Calapooya River. Photo by Brian Prechtel.

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Image Number K5652-18
Near Phoenix, Arizona, scientists measure the growth of wheat surrounded by elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. the study, called Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE), is to measure carbon dioxide's effect on plants. It is the largest experiment of this type ever undertaken. Photo by Jack Dykinga.

Image Number K5951-1
Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University. Photo by Jack Dykinga.

Image Number K8297-1
Soil scientist Eton Codling notes excellent corn growth on manured soil treated with alum residue, which cuts ammonia emissions to the air and phosphorus losses in runoff water.

Image Number K5210-16
Hydraulic engineer Doug Shields (right) and student research assistant Rick Rauteux observe changes in channel geometry and stream corridor habitats caused by water rushing over a headcut. Photo by Scott Bauer.

Image Number K5287-4
Environmentally friendly: Ultra-low volume herbicide application methods developed by ARS plant physiologist Chester McWhorter (now retired) and colleagues could significantly reduce the use of agricultural chemicals. Photo by Keith Weller.

(other NGS photos)

Image ID:  752114

Photographer Credit:   Carsten Peter/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  An F4 category tornado barrels down a rural South Dakota road. Photograph taken on June 24, 2003. Minutes before, the F4 category tornado had destroyed the village of Manchester, South Dakota.

Image ID:  752129

Photographer Credit:   Carsten Peter/National Geographic Image Collection

Description:  A massive F4 category tornado rampages towards a storm chasers van. Photograph taken on June 24, 2003. Minutes before, the tornado had destroyed the village of Manchester, South Dakota.