Gulf fritillary butterfly at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Images
Settings
Explore our planet through photography and imagery, including climate change and water all the way back to the 1800s when the USGS was surveying the country by horse and buggy.
Gulf fritillary butterfly at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Hot-pink pentas star-shaped flowers bud and grow in the butterfly garden at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Hot-pink pentas star-shaped flowers bud and grow in the butterfly garden at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Looking southwest across the pickerelweed and waters of impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Looking southwest across the pickerelweed and waters of impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Looking west across the mixed vegetation and waters of impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Looking west across the mixed vegetation and waters of impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Looking upstream from mid channel of the John Wild River. Near Anaktuvuk, Alaska.
Looking upstream from mid channel of the John Wild River. Near Anaktuvuk, Alaska.
The red-tinted fronds of a leather fern, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
The red-tinted fronds of a leather fern, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Red patches of "baton-rouge" lichen stand out against the green understory of a
cypress swamp at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Red patches of "baton-rouge" lichen stand out against the green understory of a
cypress swamp at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Young lubber grasshopper with black and yellow markings, atop a post at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Young lubber grasshopper with black and yellow markings, atop a post at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Tiny blue flowers of nettleleaf velvetberry grow in the butterfly garden at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Tiny blue flowers of nettleleaf velvetberry grow in the butterfly garden at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Turtles swimming among the periphyton in the canal between impoundment #7
and #2b at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Turtles swimming among the periphyton in the canal between impoundment #7
and #2b at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Looking south, pickerelweed almost completely fills impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Looking south, pickerelweed almost completely fills impoundment #7 at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Long heart-shaped leaves and a few violet-blue flowers of the pickerelweed
extend above the swamp waters at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Long heart-shaped leaves and a few violet-blue flowers of the pickerelweed
extend above the swamp waters at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Dark green fronds of a shield fern stand out against a mostly royal fern
background, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Dark green fronds of a shield fern stand out against a mostly royal fern
background, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Close-up of the small aquatic plants that cover some of the swamp waters at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Close-up of the small aquatic plants that cover some of the swamp waters at
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
The gray leaves of spanish moss can be seen dangling from cypress trees all
along the Cypress Swamp Boardwalk at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
The gray leaves of spanish moss can be seen dangling from cypress trees all
along the Cypress Swamp Boardwalk at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Swamp canopy and sky reflected in the swamp waters of Loxahatchee National
Wildlife Refuge.
Swamp canopy and sky reflected in the swamp waters of Loxahatchee National
Wildlife Refuge.
A turkey vulture soars high in the sky above the Marsh Trail at Loxahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge.
A turkey vulture soars high in the sky above the Marsh Trail at Loxahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge.
A turtle basks in the sun atop a rock within the canal that surrounds Water
Conservation Area 1.
A turtle basks in the sun atop a rock within the canal that surrounds Water
Conservation Area 1.
Looking west, a water level gauge amid budding spatterdock with impoundment
#2b at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Looking west, a water level gauge amid budding spatterdock with impoundment
#2b at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
A group of black mangroves at West Lake Park.
A group of black mangroves at West Lake Park.
Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower at a thick canopy of mangroves.
Looking down from the Anne Kolb Nature Center's five-story observation tower at a thick canopy of mangroves.