There are tropical rainforests (near the equator) and temperate rainforests, which cover a much smaller area, restricted to the Northwest US and Canadian coasts, Chile, and New Zealand (more or less). Both ecosystems are critically endangered. This gallery features images from the temperate rainforests of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska.
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Classic temperate rainforest scene along the Hoh River, Olympic...
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Footbridge along the Hoh River, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Tributary to the Queets River, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Old wildfire in the Hoh Valley, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Devils Club along the Sol Duc River, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Profile of native forest along the Hoh River, Olympic Rainforest,...
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Fall colors along the Sol Duc River, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Marsh near the Hoh River campground, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Beautiful Autumn scene along the Hoh River, Olympic Rainforest,...
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Autumn colors along the Sol Duc River, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Foggy scene along the Hoh River, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Long exposure of rocks in a temperate rainforest creek, Great Bear...
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Footbridge along the Hoh River, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Tributary to the North Fork Sol Duc River, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Wide-angle view of a bend in the Hoh River, Olympic Rainforest,...
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Temperate rainforest along the Hoh River, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Fog rolls through old growth rainforest along the Hoh River, Olympic...
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Ferns and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) along the Hoh River, Olympic...
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Sunset over mountains in the Great Bear Rainforest, BC.
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Trail along Hurricane Ridge, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Cottonwood trees relfecting in the waters of Nooklikonic Creek, Great...
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The photographer sits camouflaged along a small tributary to the Hoh...
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Bigleaf maple and Red Alder leaves along the Bogachiel River, Olympic...
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A lush, emerald salmon stream along the Hoh River, Olympic Rainforest,...
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Lovely Autumn scene along a side channel of the Sol Duc River, Olympic...
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Vine maple (Acer circinatum) turning bright red in Autumn, North Fork...
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Sailing through the fjords of the Great Bear Rainforest, BC.
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The estuary in Bella Coola, in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest.
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Silvery waters of the Pacific Ocean, Great Bear Rainforest, BC.
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Steely blue and pink-orange hues on the fjords of the Pacific Ocean,...
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The Queets Fir in the Olympic Rainforest, Washington, among the three...
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Butedale ghost town, Great Bear Rainforest, BC.
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Butedale ghost town, Great Bear Rainforest, BC.
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A rustic footbridge over elegant and powerful Sol Duc Falls, Olympic...
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A group of hikers are dwarfed by the mossy temperate rainforests of the...
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A hiker along the Klahhane Ridge Trail, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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The photographer hugs a huge big Douglas-fir tree in the Hoh Valley,...
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Wild, untamed Odegaard Falls. Nusatsum River Valley, Great Bear...
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Wild, untamed Odegaard Falls. Nusatsum River Valley, Great Bear...
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An inviting trail through old-growth Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis)...
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Vine maple (Acer circinatum) and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) in the...
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Macro view of wild salmonberries, trademark species of the Pacific...
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Spawned salmon, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk Territory, B.C.
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Salmon killed by an animal along the remote Bogachiel River, Olympic...
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Vine maple (Acer circinatum) and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) in the...
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False Lily-of-the-Valley and old decaying sword ferns, Hoh Rainforest,...
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A herd of Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) rest along the...
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Rare photo of an old growth maple/alder forest along the Hoh River,...
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____berries. Nusatsum Valley, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk Territory, BC.
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The head of the Clayton Creek Valley, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk...
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Rocky shores along the Inside Passage, Great Bear Rainforest, BC. With...
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Huge ancient Douglas-fir trees in the Hoh Valley, Olympic Rainforest,...
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Bigleaf Maple leaf in the Queets Valley, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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Bigleaf Maple leaves carpet the banks of a rainforest creek along the...
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Massive, ancient western red cedar (Thuja plicata) along the Hoh River,...
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Huge expanse of virgin rainforest from Hurricane Ridge, Olympic...
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Classic Pacific Northwest wilderness scene. Craggy peaks, old growth...
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Reflections and colors at dusk on the fjords of the Pacific Ocean,...
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Sunset over the South Bentinck Arm, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk...
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Sunset over the South Bentinck Arm, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk...
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Sunset over the South Bentinck Arm, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk...
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A secluded lagoon at the outflow of Jump Across Creek. Fjordlands of...
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Unknown peak in the Bella Coola Valley, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk...
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Northern racoon (Procyon lotor) tracks along the Drift Creek in the...
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Late light on old-growth forest on an unnamed trailless peak high in...
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Spawned salmon in Saloompt Creek, Great Bear Rainforest of British...
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Close-up view of spawned salmon, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk...
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Close-up view of spawned salmon, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk...
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Unknown orchid along the Bella Coola river, Great Bear Rainforest,...
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Cottonwood trees relfecting in the waters of Nooklikonic Creek, Great...
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The photographer pays his respects to a large Sitka spruce (Picea...
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A small plane flies past high granite peaks in the Great Bear...
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Saloompt Peak (left) and Nusatsum Mtn. (right). Great Bear Rainforest,...
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Close-up. wide-angle view of spawned salmon, Great Bear Rainforest,...
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Close-up wide-angle view of spawned salmon, Great Bear Rainforest,...
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Detail of a spawned salmon lying in the Atnarko River, Great Bear...
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Stupendous Mountain, Bella Coola River, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk...
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An old house slumps into the Pacific Ocean. Butedale ghost town, Great...
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An old house slumps into the Pacific Ocean. Butedale ghost town, Great...
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Unknown black and yellow caterpillar along Thorsen Creek, Great Bear...
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Mount Saugstad rises 10,000 feet above the Great Bear Rainforest near...
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Granite peaks of the Bella Coola Valley enshrouded in clouds. Great...
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Re-creation of a traditional totem pole in Bella Coola. Great Bear...
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The full moon relfecting in Mount Gurr Lake, Great Bear Rainforest,...
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The silvery shell of a spawned chum salmon in the Great Bear Rainforest...
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Mount Gurr Lake and the upper Clayton Creek Valley, Great Bear...
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Sunset over Fan Island in the open Pacific Ocean. From Fan Point, Great...
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Three spawned chum salmon in the Atnarko River, Great Bear Rainforest,...
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Giant, ancient Douglas-fir along the Hoh River, Olympic Rainforest,...
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Road construction in the wilderness. Dynamiting and destroying the...
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Sunset over Fan Island in the open Pacific Ocean. From Fan Point, Great...
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Sunset over Fan Island in the open Pacific Ocean. From Fan Point, Great...
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Sunset over Fan Island in the open Pacific Ocean. From Fan Point, Great...
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Sunset over Fan Island in the open Pacific Ocean. From Fan Point, Great...
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Beautiful eveing light on the bucolic farms of the Bella Coola Valley....
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Museel-covered rocky shores along the Inside Passage, Great Bear...
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Early morning mist on a bend in the Hoh River, with Sitka spruce (Picea...
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The oval-shaped snowfield atop 3,000 mt. Stupendous Mountain, Great...
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6,000 year-old petroglyphs (rock carvings) along Thorsen Creek, Great...
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A fine campsite near Mount Gurr Lake, looking south into the high peaks...
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Campsite atop a giant boulder on remote Stupendous Mtn., Great Bear...
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Giant Wild Salmonberries gathered in grizzly country. Upper Nusatsum...
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1:1 macro view of wild salmonberries. Upper Nusatsum Valley, Great Bear...
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Deep red, purple and yellow sunset over Spiller Inlet in the...
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Water abstract in a small creek near Bella Coola, Great Bear Rainforest...
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Juvenile grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Atnarko River,...
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Deep red, purple and yellow sunset over Spiller Inlet in the...
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A single Bigleaf Maple leaf laying in the rocks along the North Fork...
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Saloompt Peak stands enveloped by clouds and fog. Bella Coola Valley,...
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A hiker poses beside a huge Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) tree in the...
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Wide view of sunset over Fan Island in the open Pacific Ocean. From Fan...
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Deep blue waters of the Pacific Ocean near Hartley Bay. The fjords of...
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Wide view of sunset over Fan Island in the open Pacific Ocean. From Fan...
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Wild and Scenic Quartzville Creek, Oregon Cascades.
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Wild and Scenic Quartzville Creek, Oregon Cascades.
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Wild and Scenic Quartzville Creek, Oregon Cascades.
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Wild and Scenic Quartzville Creek, Oregon Cascades.
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Chilly campsite at 8,000 feet on Stupendous Mtn., in the Nusatsum...
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The photographer poses at 7,000 feet on Stupendous Mtn., in the...
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Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) feather on the banks of the...
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Spawned salmon in Throsen Creek, its eyes plucked out by birds. Great...
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Close-up of a battle-worn chum salmon after its journey from the...
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Close-up vertical view of sunset over Fan Island in the open Pacific...
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The wilderness of the Great Bear Rainforest in all it's splendor, near...
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Close-up vertical view of sunset over Fan Island in the open Pacific...
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Delicate pinks and purple paint the sky and mountains of the Bella...
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Earth-moving equipment and tangled cedar slash on a logging road in the...
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Juvenile grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Atnarko River,...
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6,000 year-old petroglyphs along Thorsen Creek, Bella Coola Valley,...
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Close-up vertical view of sunset over Fan Island in the open Pacific...
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The photographer stands atop an enormous fallen Sitka spruce (Picea...
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Close-up of a spawned salmon with it's eye eaten and the socket full of...
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A spawned Chum Salmon sits between rocks in a stream, veiled by running...
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Hikers pause on a bushwhack up an unnamed trailless peak high in the...
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Soda bottles sit dusty and cob-webbed, untouched for 30 years in the...
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Soda bottles sit dusty and cob-webbed, untouched for 30 years in the...
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1:1 macro view of wild salmonberries. Upper Nusatsum Valley, Great Bear...
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Wide view of primary forest with large Strangler-Fig trees in the fog....
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A spider web clings tenuously to a weathered brown bracken fern along...
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Middle North Falls in Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.
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The fins of two wild Chum Salmon stick out of the waters of the Atnarko...
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Impressionistic rendering of wild chum salmon racing through the icy...
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Rainbow over the farms of the Bella Coola Valley, with Saloompt Peak to...
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View of high peaks in the Great Bear Rainforest from 8,000 feet up on...
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The photographer next to a huge fallen Douglas-fir along the Hoh River,...
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Mossy boulder in Wild and Scenic Quartzville Creek, Oregon Cascades.
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A full moon illuminates the sky above a campsite, with the tent aglow...
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Footbridge across Silver Creek, and the magnificent native forests of...
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An inviting looking trail in foggy cloud forest, overhung by tree ferns.
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Lower Proxy Falls, Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon Cascades.
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800 year-old western red cedar (Thuja plicata) cut by Western Forest...
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Lower Proxy Falls, Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon Cascades
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Late colored light over the Quinault River, Olympic National Park.
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The admittedly grotesque carcass of a full grown male Roosevelt elk...
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Misty subalpine forest near Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier National Park.
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Misty subalpine forest near Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier National Park.
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Spawned salmon along Nooklikonic Creek, Great Bear Rainforest, Nuxalk...
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Early morning mist and South Falls, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.
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Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) leaves in Fall Creek, Oregon Cascades
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A black bear (Ursus americanus) rummages through garbage at the dump in...
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Upper Proxy Falls in snow, Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon Cascades.
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A rainy, impressionistic Autumn scene along the Hoh River, Olympic...
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Golden light filters through the forest on Spencer's Butte in the...
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Waterfall along the Elaho River in the Stoltmann Wilderness, Lower...
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Rain on Vine Maple, Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon Cascades
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Classic view of Lower Proxy Falls, Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon...
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Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perched atop a broken-topped old...
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Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perched atop a broken-topped old...
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North Falls and Bigleaf Maple in Autumn, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.
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Bigleaf Maple along the banks of Silver Creek, Silver Falls State Park,...
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The Silver Creek Canyon and Middle North Falls, Silver Falls State...
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Classic old growth Douglas-fir forest along Lookout Creek, Willamette...
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The wildlands of Cummns Creek Wilderness, a final reserve of wildness...
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A lush, mossy stretch of Wild and Scenic Quartzville Creek in the...
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Moss-covered columns of Basalt in Lower Proxy Falls, Three Sisters...
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Foggy forest trail in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica.
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The Silver Creek Canyon and Middle North Falls, Silver Falls State...
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Detail of Lower Proxy Falls with long exposure, Three Sisters...
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Two hikers are dwarfed by Lower Proxy Falls, Three Sisters Wilderness,...
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Detail of Lower Proxy Falls with long exposure, Three Sisters...
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The photographer next to the Queets Fir, second largest Douglas-fir...
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Giant old growth mixed conifer forest along the Sol Duc River, Olympic...
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Idyllic path through old growth forest at reflection lake, Mount...
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A hiker rests on a footbridge (in the distance) across Silver Creek,...
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Lower Proxy Falls and mossy Proxy Creek, Three Sisters Wilderness,...
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Park Service outbuilding along a small salmon stream in the Hoh Valley,...
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The spectacular central Oregon coast, looking south from Cape Perpetua,...
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A foggy morning over the old growth forests lining the Hoh River,...
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Downed old Douglas-fir tree across Lower Proxy Falls, Three Sisters...
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Delicate cascades over columns of mossy Basalt, Lower Proxy Falls,...
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Foggy old-growth mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) forest in the...
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Male and female chum salmon in the throws of mating. Each fish is...
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Foggy old-growth mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) forest in the...
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Foggy old-growth forest on the Squamish Chief, Squamish, British...
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Abstract super-telephoto view of water crashing off of rocks in Proxy...
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Water cascades over mossy green rocks at Lower Proxy Falls, Three...
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A beautiful trail through tall Douglas-fir and bigleaf maple (Acer...
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Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) flaring its wings atop a Sitka...
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Water droplets on large vine maple (Acer circinatum) leaves near Burnt...
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A huge fallen Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) tree forms a footbridge...
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Vine maple (Acer circinatum) turning in Autumn along a remote stretch...
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A lush green stretch of creek in the cloud forest, with mossy rocks and...
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An epiphytic (plant growing on another plant instead of in the ground)...
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A Douglas-fir seedling growing in the decaying wood of a big old fallen...
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Cluster of old western red cedar (Thuja plicata) trees near Proxy...
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Monteverde Reserve co-founder and original Quaker settler Wilford...
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Native fir and western red cedar (Thuja plicata) forest along the banks...
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An old gnarled Douglas-fir with a big burl at it's base. This five-foot...
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A rare sight indeed - the canopy of a stand of ancient Alaska Yellow...
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Water cascades over mossy green rocks at Lower Proxy Falls, Three...
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A massive old Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) arches towards the sky...
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The towering ancient forests of Winberry Creek in the Oregon Cascades....
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Fall colors along the Sol Duc River, Olympic Rainforest, Washington.
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