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DC Area Wild { 104 images } Created 25 Sep 2010

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  • Crab boat being followed by gulls during an August sunrise, Port Mahon, DE
    PortMahonSunriseCrabBoat.tif
  • An extreme close-up of the eyes of an American bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)sitting in a freshwater marsh, Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia.
    BullFrogEyes.tif
  • Ephemeral air bubbles at the bottom of a small cascade on the Potomac River above The Great Falls, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia
    GreatFallsBubbles-12.tif
  • A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) using its acute sense of hearing to locate rodents in the grass while hunting along the Raymond Pool dike at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware
    HuntingRedFoxListening.tif
  • Atlantic Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata)on the beach at First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach, VA just after sunset.
    AtlanticGhostCrab1.tif
  • Head shot of an alert white-tailed doe (Odocoileus virginianus) taken in early morning near the parking lot for Dark Hollow Falls, Big Meadow, Shenandoah National Park, VA
    WhiteTailedDoeHeadShot.tif
  • Morning portrait with reflection of a female canvasback (Aythya valisineria) on the Choptank River, Cambridge, Maryland
    FemaleCanvasbackReflection.tif
  • A hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) family bedding down for the night just before sunset at Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia.
    HoodedMerganserFamily1.tif
  • Fall Foliage in the Blackwater River Gorge, Blackwater Falls State Park, WV
    FallFoliageBlackwaterGorge6.tif
  • A close-up of the back of a cultivated sunflower in a garden in Falls Church, Virginia after a rainstorm.
    SunflowerBack2.tif
  • Head-on close-up of a blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) perched on a cattail at Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia.
    BlueDasherDragonfly2.tif
  • Close-up of water droplets on a lotus leaf (Nelumbo nucifera) with the reflection of a lotus flower in the pond and the droplet, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.  Due to the superhydrophobic structure of the lotus leaf (including micro- and nanostructures plus hydrophobic waxes) the force of cohesion between the water molecules is greater than the adhesion forces to the leaf, known as the "lotus effect".  Biomimicry has led to many commercial applications.
    LotusLeafDropletsReflection1.tif
  • Metamorphic river rocks and overflowing water from the rapids photographed at twilight near the bottom of the Great Falls of the Potomac, Chesapeake and Ohio National Historic Park, Potomac, Maryland. Sepia toned Black and White Image.
    RiverRocksTwilightGreatFalls.tif
  • Close-up of a lotus bud (Nelumbo nucifera) against sun lit lotus leaves, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.
    LotusBlossomClosed1.tif
  • A summer sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean as seen from the beach near the fishing pier, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
    VirginiaBeachSummerSunrise.tif
  • Close-up of a pink water lily (Nymphaea sp.) at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens National Park, Washington, DC.
    PinkWaterLily3.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a canvasback (Aythya valisineria) on the Choptank River, Cambridge, MD in winter.
    CanvasbackPortrait1.tif
  • An artisitic close-up, with limited depth of field, of two ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) flowers, an alien (invasive) species, Big Meadow, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    OxEyeDaisyMacro3.tif
  • The view north northwest from Blackrock Summit near sunset, Shenandoah National Park, VA
    BlackrockSummitSunset2.tif
  • A close-up of the flower head of pasture thistle (Cirsium pumilum), a native thistle growing near the southern end of its range, Big Meadow, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    PastureThistleFlower1.tif
  • Close-up of Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) growing along the swamp trail at Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia.  Classic example of a spadix and spathe flower structure.  Insects are attracted to the smell and heat produced by the flower.  Calcium oxalate crystals cause a burning sensation if the raw plant is handled or eaten.
    JackInThePulpitFlower.tif
  • Close-up of the leaves of false hellebore (Veratrum viride) growing along Mill Prong in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    FalseHelleboreLeaves1.tif
  • Close-up of large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) growing near the Mill Prong, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    LargeFloweredTrilliumShenandoah2.tif
  • Close-up of an opening Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata) flower with raindrops photographed in April, Mill Prong, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    MarshBlueVioletShenHorizontal2.tif
  • A close-up of the composite flower of the ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) an alien (invasive) species, Big Meadow, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    OxEyeDaisyMacro2.tif
  • An abstract of fractured talus boulders taken near sunset at Blackrock Summit, Shenandoah National Park, VA
    ShenandoahBlackrockTalus1.tif
  • Close-up (~1/4 life size) of ice patterns on the top of a small stream running through the remains of the Potowmack Canal in Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia
    GreatFallsMacroIce1.tif
  • Image of a sunlit lotus blossom (Nelumbo nucifera) surrounded by lotus leaves, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.
    LotusBlossomOpen1.tif
  • Elakala Falls #1 in Autumn with Footbridge, Shays Run, Blackwater Falls State Park, WV
    ElakalaFallsAutumn4.tif
  • Silhoutte of a fisherman at sunrise on the Susquehanna River, just below the Conowingo Dam, Conowingo, Maryland in late November
    ConowingoFishermanSunrise1.tif
  • Waves hitting the beach at sunrise, Calvert Cliffs State Park, Lusby, Maryland
    CalvertCliffsSPBeach1p2.tif
  • Close-up of a resting Blue Dasher Dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) highlighting the beautiful green compound eyes and showing the blue pruinescence on the abdomen, Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia
    BlueDasherDragonfly1.tif
  • Gears for the drop gate mechanism at Lock 10 in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.  This is the third of the Seven Locks.  Construction began on the canal in 1828 as a way to ship materials between Georgetown, DC and Cumberland, MD along a largely unnavigable section of the Potomac River.  The canal was outcompeted by the railroad and was shut down in 1924 after a damaging flood.  In 1971 President Nixon designated the 184.5 miles of canal land as a National Historical Park.
    CandOCanalLock10Gears1-2.tif
  • Close-up of a blue bottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria) on a false hellebore (Veratrum viride) leaf, Mill Prong, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    BlueBottleFlyHelleboreShenandoah.tif
  • Portrait of a redhead drake (Aythya americana) wintering on the Choptank River, Cambridge, Maryland
    RedheadChoptank1P2.tif
  • Close-up of a male Halloween pennant dragonfly (Celithemis eponina) perched on a dead reed in the classic pennant pose, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach, Virginia.  This individual can be identified as a male by the red stigmas on the wing and the red on the face.
    HalloweenPennantDragonflyPerched.tif
  • Close-up of a multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) on a purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) leaf, Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia.  Originally introduced as a biocontrol agent for aphids and scales, this lady beetle is now considered a nuisance species in some areas due to its habit of hibernating in houses and its ability to outcompete native insect predators.
    MulticoloredAsianLadyBeetle1.tif
  • A close-up of the back of a cultivated sunflower in a garden in Falls Church, Virginia after a rainstorm.
    SunflowerBack1.tif
  • Close-up of a male Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) feeding on buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia
    EasternTigerSwallowtailHuntley1.tif
  • A winter northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) feeding on the seeds of a tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River, Conowingo, Maryland.
    WinterCardinalFeeding.tif
  • An HDR abstract of fractured talus boulders and lichen taken near sunset at Blackrock Summit, Shenandoah National Park, VA
    ShenandoahBlackrockTalus2.tif
  • Close-up of an uprooted weathered log near the beach at Calvert Cliffs State Park, Lusby, Maryland
    CalvertCliffsWeatheredLogBW.tif
  • FirstLandingBeachSunsetAbstract5.tif
  • HorseshoeCrabShellandTracks1.tif
  • Tree islands on the winter saltmarsh under overcast January skies, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware
    BombayHookWinterMarshesSepia.tif
  • JuvenileDCCormorantProfileWinter.tif
  • AmericanOystercatcherMudflat1.tif
  • Two ruddy turnstones fighting over feeding territory with a Sanderling feeding in the background.
    RuddyTurnstonesFighting.tif
  • WilletMispillionFeeding1.tif
  • Sunrise Reflections, Little Blackwater River, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, MD
    LittleBlackwaterRiverSunriseHorizont...tif
  • Autumn Reflections and Cattails, Little Blackwater River, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, MD
    AutumnReflectionsBlackwater.tif
  • Reflection of sunrise in the Little Blackwater River, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, MD
    LittleBlackwaterRiverDoubleSunriseVe...tif
  • GreatBlueHeronReflection2.tif
  • Sunrise and pilings near the Dupont Nature Center in Mispillion Harbor, Milford, DE
    MispillionHarborSunrise2.tif
  • A white-tailed deer buck resting on the forest floor in the Big Meadows area of Shenandoah National Park, VA
    ShenandoahBuckResting.tif
  • Remains of an old pier and morning twilight over the Delaware Bay, Port Mahon, DE
    PortMahonMorningTwilight1.tif
  • Grass and Civil Twilight, Port Mahon, DE
    PortMahonMorningTwilight3.tif
  • Laughing gulls (Larus atricilla) silhoutted against the rising sun, Port Mahon, DE
    PortMahonLaughingGullSilhoutte.tif
  • Abstract of sunset reflections in the flow of water on a winter overflow tributary of the Potomac River above the Great Falls, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia
    PotomacRiverAbstract1.tif
  • Close-up of water droplets on a lotus leaf (Nelumbo nucifera), Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.  Due to the superhydrophobic structure of the lotus leaf (including micro- and nanostructures plus hydrophobic waxes) the force of cohesion between the water molecules is greater than the adhesion forces to the leaf, known as the "lotus effect".  Biomimicry has led to many commercial applications.
    LotusLeafDroplets4.tif
  • Late November sunrise on the Susquehanna River just below the Conowingo Dam, Conowingo, Maryland.  The Susquehanna River provides a large amount of the freshwater inflow and pollution going into to the Chesapeake Bay, which is a ria of the Susquehanna.
    ConowingoSunrise.tif
  • FlamingoPreening.tif
  • ShenandoahNPJulySunrise.tif
  • Ice covered rock and rapids at the top of the Great Falls of the Potomac River, Mather Gorge, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia
    GreatFallsWinterAbstract1.tif
  • Close-up of a pink water lily (Nymphaea sp.) surrounded by lily pads at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens National Park, Washington, DC.
    PinkWaterLily7.tif
  • Sunrise reflected in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay just offshore from the beach at Calvert Cliffs State Park, Lusby, Maryland
    CalvertCliffsSunriseAbstract.tif
  • BackBayNWRSunset.tif
  • Wheel and gears for the drop gate mechanism at Lock 10 in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.  This is the third of the Seven Locks.  Construction began on the canal in 1828 as a way to ship materials between Georgetown, DC and Cumberland, MD along a largely unnavigable section of the Potomac River.  The canal was outcompeted by the railroad and was shut down in 1924 after a damaging flood.  In 1971 President Nixon designated the 184.5 miles of canal land as a National Historical Park.
    CandOCanalLock10Wheel2.tif
  • FirstLandingPilingsTwilight2.tif
  • The view north from Blackrock Summit near sunset, Shenandoah National Park, VA
    BlackrockSummitSunset1.tif
  • Elakala Falls #1 in Autumn Rain and Swirling Foam, Shays Run, Blackwater Falls State Park, WV
    ElakalaFallsAutumn3.tif
  • Late September sunset over Trayfoot Mountain viewed from Blackrock Summit, Shenandoah National Park, VA.
    ShenandoahSunset.tif
  • The view north northwest from Blackrock Summit near sunset, Shenandoah National Park, VA
    BlackrockSummitSunset3.tif
  • Evening Twilight on the Blackwater River, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, MD
    BlackwaterRiverEveningTwilight3.tif
  • Sunset over the Raymond Pool freshwater impoundment at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware.  Bombay Hook is a famous east coast birding destination.
    BombayHookRaymondPoolSunset.tif
  • Pitch pine backlit by the sun and enveloped in low rain clouds that were drifting across the meadow this late September morning.
    PitchPineMist.tif
  • An adult great blue heron (Ardea herodias) perches on a rock in the middle of the Great Falls of the Potomac River, Great Falls, Virginia
    GreatBlueGreatFallsMorning1.tif
  • Habitat image of a great egret (Ardea alba) in a marsh standing under a rainbow just after a storm, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach, Virginia.  This image has been digitally modified by cloning out a barely visible thin white power line hanging just over the tops of the dunes.
    GreatEgretRainbow.tif
  • FlamingoResting.tif
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in a marsh impoundment with the setting sun, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware
    GreatBlueHeronSunset.tif
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) fishing just below the Great Falls of the Potomac River at evening twilight, Chesapeak and Ohio Canal National Historic Park, Potomac, Maryland
    GreatFallsGreatBlueHeronTwilight1.tif
  • Portrait of a great blue heron (Ardea herodias) hunting along an overflow tributary of the Potomac River above the Great Falls, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia
    SnowyGreatBlueHeronH2.tif
  • Gears for the drop gate mechanism at Lock 10 in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.  This is the third of the Seven Locks.  Construction began on the canal in 1828 as a way to ship materials between Georgetown, DC and Cumberland, MD along a largely unnavigable section of the Potomac River.  The canal was outcompeted by the railroad and was shut down in 1924 after a damaging flood.  In 1971 President Nixon designated the 184.5 miles of canal land as a National Historical Park.
    CandOCanalLock10Gears2-2.tif
  • Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) and stumps silhoutted against sunset on the Blackwater River, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, MD
    GreatBlueHeronSunsetBlackwater1.tif
  • Long exposure of an overflow tributary on the Potomac River, just above the Great Falls, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia
    PotomacOverflowTributary.tif
  • GreatEgretWinterReflection1.tif
  • GreaterRheaFace.tif
  • LittleBlueHeronSilhouette.tif
  • Marsh vegetation emerging from a late December snowfall at Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA
    SnowMarshVegetation.tif
  • Close-up of water droplets on two floating lotus leaves (Nelumbo nucifera), Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.  Due to the superhydrophobic structure of the lotus leaf (including micro- and nanostructures plus hydrophobic waxes) the force of cohesion between the water molecules is greater than the adhesion forces to the leaf, known as the "lotus effect".  Biomimicry has led to many commercial applications.
    LotusLeafDroplets2.tif
  • LionNationalZoo.tif
  • A small cascade located in the middle of Dark Hollow Falls, Shenandoah National Park
    DarkHollowCascade.tif
  • GreatEgretRoosting1.tif
  • Portrait of a great blue heron (Ardea herodias) hunting along an overflow tributary of the Potomac River above the Great Falls, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia
    SnowyGreatBlueHeronV1.tif
  • Blackwater Falls After Autumn Rain, Blackwater Falls State Park, WV
    BlackwaterFallsAutumn2.tif
  • Metamorphic rock and rushing water abstract from the Great Falls of the Potomac, Great Falls National Park, VA
    GreatFallsAutumnWaterfallAbstract2.tif
  • FlamingoPreening3.tif
  • Ice-covered boulder and rapids at the top of the Great Falls of the Potomac River, Mather Gorge, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia
    GreatFallsWinterAbstract4.tif
  • Winter Twilight in Mather Gorge, just above the Great Falls of the Potomac River, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia
    GreatFallsWinterTwilightLandscape1.tif
  • Abstract of sunset reflections in the flow of water on a winter overflow tributary of the Potomac River above the Great Falls, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia
    PotomacRiverAbstract3.tif
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