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Humans & The Environment { 44 images } Created 5 Sep 2009

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  • An anchored sailboat and sunrise reflected in the calm waters of Frenchman's Bay, Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert Island, Maine.  The "Bar" and Bar Harbor are seen in the background.
    BarHarborSailboat.tif
  • Colorful summer sunset over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and the waters of Chesapeake Bay seen from First Landing Beach, First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia.  The intense sunset colors were caused by smoke and particulate matter in the air from wildfires in the Great Dismal Swamp area during the summer of 2008.
    CBBTSunset.tif
  • TwilightContainerShipBay.tif
  • Elakala Falls #1 in Autumn with Footbridge, Shays Run, Blackwater Falls State Park, WV
    ElakalaFallsAutumn4.tif
  • Crab boat being followed by gulls during an August sunrise, Port Mahon, DE
    PortMahonSunriseCrabBoat.tif
  • Silhoutte of a fisherman at sunrise on the Susquehanna River, just below the Conowingo Dam, Conowingo, Maryland in late November
    ConowingoFishermanSunrise1.tif
  • Civil twilight at the St. John County Fishing Pier with surf, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    StAugustineFishingPierDawn1.tif
  • Civil twilight at the St. John County Fishing Pier with surf, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    StAugustineFishingPierDawn2.tif
  • St. Johns County Fishing Pier at high tide and sunrise, St. Augustine Beach, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    StAugustineFishingPierDawn3.tif
  • Interior image of the spiral staircase leading to the top of the St. Augustine Lighthouse, built in 1874, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    StAugustineLight1.tif
  • Interior image of the spiral staircase leading to the top of the St. Augustine Lighthouse, built in 1874, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    StAugustineLight2.tif
  • St. Johns County Ocean Pier silhoutted at sunrise, St. Augustine Beach, Florida
    StAugustineFishingPierSunrise1.tif
  • St. Johns County Ocean Pier silhoutted at sunrise, St. Augustine Beach, Florida
    StAugustineFishingPierSunrise2.tif
  • The base of the St. Johns County Ocean Pier silhoutted at sunrise with waves crashing against it, St. Augustine Beach, Florida
    StAugustineFishingPierSunrise3.tif
  • The St. Johns County Ocean Pier silhoutted against sunrise with people, St. Augustine Beach, Florida
    StAugustineFishingPierSunrise4.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
  • Spokes of a large gear 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.
    CandOCanalLock10Gears3-2.tif
  • Wheel 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.
    CandOCanalLock10Wheel1-2.tif
  • Gears and cable 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.
    CandOCanalLock10Gears4.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.
    CandOCanalLock10Gears5.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.
    CandOCanalLock10Gears6.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
  • Close-up of the large gear 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.
    CandOCanalLock10LargeGearCloseUp.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.
    CandOCanalLock10Gears7.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
  • Sunrise with dock and sailboat over the Elk River near where it empties into the Chesapeake Bay at Rogues Harbor, Elk Neck State Park, North East, Maryland.
    ElkNeckRoguesHarborSunrise.tif
  • Sun rising over a cannery just offshore from the beach at Calvert Cliffs State Park, Lusby, Maryland
    CalvertCliffsCannerySunrise.tif
  • The historical Delaware Breakwater Light (est. 1885) silhouetted against a colorful sky near the end of civil twilight on a mid-November evening.  Photographed from Cape Henlopen State Park, Lewes, Delaware.
    DelawareBreakwaterLightTwilight1.tif
  • Peeling paint reveals old paint, mortar, and original brick on the weathered wall of the Assateague Light House (rebuilt 1866), Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueLightHouse4.tif
  • The Assateague Light House (rebuilt 1866) with the twilight sky reflected in the Assateague Channel, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueLightTwilight1.tif
  • Assateague Lighthouse (rebuilt 1866) as seen from below at sunrise, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueLightHouse1.tif
  • Window in the turret of the Assateague Lighthouse (rebuilt 1866) with weathered paint, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueLightHouse2.tif
  • Snow on the weathered wall of the Assateague Light House (rebuilt 1866), Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueLightHouse3.tif
  • A distressed and deserted house stands on a lot reclaimed by natural grasses, Middle Hooper's Island, Hoopersville, Maryland.
    HooperIslandDesertedHouseHDR1.tif
  • Black and white interior view of the Assateague Lighthouse showing the metal spiral staircase and part of an arched window alcove, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueLighthouseSpiralStaircas...tif
  • VABeachFishingPierSunrise1.tif
  • Silhoutte of the fishing pier against morning twilight and ocean waves, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
    VABeachFishingPierSunrise2.tif
  • Silhoutte of the fishing pier against morning twilight and ocean waves, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
    VABeachFishingPierSunrise3.tif
  • Silhoutte of the fishing pier against morning twilight and ocean waves, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
    VABeachFishingPierSunrise4.tif
  • Abstract, blurred image of waves breaking under the fishing pier at sunrise, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
    VABeachFishingPierSunrise5.tif
  • Image of waves breaking under the fishing pier at sunrise, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
    VABeachFishingPierSunrise6.tif
  • Reflections, shadows, and silhoutte of the fishing pier against sunrise and ocean waves, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
    VABeachFishingPierSunrise7.tif
  • Reflections, shadows, and silhoutte of the fishing pier against sunrise and ocean waves, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
    VABeachFishingPierSunrise9.tif
  • Breaking waves, shadows, and silhoutte of the fishing pier against sunrise, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
    VABeachFishingPierSunrise8.tif