Science Source Feb 2010

Frost crystals on a window pane.

El Nino flooding hits Marin County; Larkspur, California, 1998.

El Nino flooding hits Marin County; Larkspur, California, 1998.

Cirrostratus clouds and contrails at sunset, over Kentucky.

Sunrise over parched Serengeti, Tanzania, during drought caused by La Nina, with Moru kopjes silhouetted and a column of Burchell's Zebras moving nort...

Full moon behind tree branches in Aberdare Mountains, Kenya.

Storm cellar beside house removed from foundation by a tornado; 5/6/1999.

The moon rises behind a tree along a country road.

Hurricane damage; Constance Beach, Louisiana, 12/27/1998.

Sandbagging house due to El Nino related flooding; Stockton, California.

Sandbagging house due to El Nino related flooding; Stockton, California.

Waning crescent moon rising at dawn; altocumulus clouds; Anza-Borrego Desert, California.

Rays of light burst through the clouds.

A beam of sunlight penetrates the cloud cover near the Straits of Magellan, Chile.

Hurricane Hugo felled this tree on this house in Summerville, South Carolina.

A winter snowstorm in Chugach State Park, Alaska.

Pillow lava with pale, muddy limestone between pillows. Each pillow shows outer, rapidly cooled, dark, glassy layer/s enclosing grey vesicular basalt....

Pillow lava with pale, muddy limestone between pillows. Each pillow shows outer, rapidly cooled, dark, glassy layer/s enclosing grey vesicular basalt....

Sunset above the Sierra Nevada Range, near Bishop, California.

The sun sets over the Pacific, off the coast of Lima, Peru.

Rays of light shine through clouds above Dallas, Texas.

Sunset over the Pacific Ocean; central Californian coast.

Los Padres Dam near flood stage; Carmel Valley, CA, February 1998. El Nino is caused by weak westward trade winds which allow warm water to remain nea...

Los Padres Dam near flood stage; Carmel Valley, CA, February 1998. El Nino is caused by weak westward trade winds which allow warm water to remain nea...

Highway washout from rain run-off, Monterey, CA, February 1998. El Nino is caused by weak westward trade winds which allow warm water to remain near S...

El Nino related flooding, Salinas, California, February 1998. El Nino is caused by weak westward trade winds which allow warm water to remain near Sou...

El Nino related erosion and repairs along Highway 1; north of Big Sur, California, February 1998. El Nino is caused by weak westward trade winds which...

Flooding at Carmel, California, February 1998. El Nino is caused by weak westward trade winds which allow warm water to remain near South America. Thi...

El Nino related erosion and repairs along Highway 1; north of Big Sur, California, February 1998. El Nino is caused by weak westward trade winds which...

Sunset over the Amazon River, Peru.

The sun sets over the ocean.

Sunrise over the White Mountains, near Bishop, California.

Colfax, Eastern Washington: Cut wheat fields with moon at sunset.

The Sun sets over coastal rocks near Crescent City, California.

Yasur volcano (summit) erupting. View of an eruption of the Yasur volcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Close-up of medium lava blast from north crater (v...

Lava tube window. Rare photo showing side view through a collapsed section of an active lava tube. Window diameter is about 10 feet. Kilauea Volcano....

Stromboli Volcano erupting in the moonlight. Lipari Islands, Italy. Classic Strombolian Activity. May 1993.

Sunset in Sioux County, Nebraska.

Hurricane Bertha damaged this house on Topsail Island, in South Carolina; 8/15/1996.

Full Moon over a bridge.

Moonrise over Mt. Healy; part of the northern boundary of the Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

Rays of light shine through foggy trees at sunrise in Del Norte Coast Redwood State Park, California.

Hurricane Fran damaged these houses on Topsail Island, in South Carolina.

Hurricane Fran damaged these houses on Topsail Island, in South Carolina.

Sunset over Oregon with tree.

Copper rooster weather vane used to indicate the direction of the wind.

Hawaiian Sunset; Kaui.

Sunrise over Okefenokee Swamp, in Georgia.

The moon travels along the low south westerly arc above the north side of the Alaska Range; Panguingue Creek, Alaska.

Dawn on the Pedernales River in Pedernales State Park, Texas.