View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.
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View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.
View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.
View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.
View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.
View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.
View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.
View from Summit of Waterrock Knob at 6,292 feet. It is the 16th highest peak in the Eastern US and located within the Blue Ridge Pkwy.
Cajon Pass, CA, where high pressure gas lines, high voltage power lines, rail lines, fiber optics, water lines, and Interstate 15 all run over the San Andreas Fault, which runs roughly side to side across the center of this image.
Cajon Pass, CA, where high pressure gas lines, high voltage power lines, rail lines, fiber optics, water lines, and Interstate 15 all run over the San Andreas Fault, which runs roughly side to side across the center of this image.
Evening sunset over the mountains in Waynesville.
Evening sunset over the mountains in Waynesville.
Evening sunset over the mountains in Waynesville.
Evening sunset over the mountains in Waynesville.
This picture was taken while recovering passive atmospheric deposition samplers used to evaluate the nutrient loading of alpine lakes in Washington's National Parks.
This picture was taken while recovering passive atmospheric deposition samplers used to evaluate the nutrient loading of alpine lakes in Washington's National Parks.
Train crossing the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA
Train crossing the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA
Train crossing the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA
Train crossing the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA
Train crossing the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA with I-15 in the background
Train crossing the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA with I-15 in the background
Directly on the San Andreas with high pressure gas lines underground and high voltage power lines overhead at Cajon Pass, CA
Directly on the San Andreas with high pressure gas lines underground and high voltage power lines overhead at Cajon Pass, CA
Directly on the San Andreas with high pressure gas lines underground and high voltage power lines overhead at Cajon Pass, CA
Directly on the San Andreas with high pressure gas lines underground and high voltage power lines overhead at Cajon Pass, CA
View up the valley looking west at Cajon Pass, CA
High voltage power lines over the San Andreas Fault and Lost Lake at Cajon Pass, CA
High voltage power lines over the San Andreas Fault and Lost Lake at Cajon Pass, CA
High voltage power lines over the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA
High voltage power lines over the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA
High voltage power lines over the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA
High voltage power lines over the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA
High voltage power lines over the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA
High voltage power lines over the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA
High voltage power lines over the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA
High voltage power lines over the San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass, CA
Looking downstream from the USGS streamgage on the Little South Pembina River near Walhalla, North Dakota.
Looking downstream from the USGS streamgage on the Little South Pembina River near Walhalla, North Dakota.
Solar-powered streamgage in Swiftcurrent Creek at Many Glacier, Montana.
Solar-powered streamgage in Swiftcurrent Creek at Many Glacier, Montana.