Nature

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A log-railed forest trail winds past moss-covered trees at Cascadia State Park. A narrow, wet, stony trail winds through lush greenery and dappled sunlight. Thick moss drapes a steep, striated rock wall in the forest at Cascadia State Park. A gravel road cuts through a pine forest under a cloudy sky in the Deschutes National Forest. Mount Rainier’s snowy peak rises above a layer of clouds, seen from an airplane window. Smith Rock’s cliffs rise under a blue sky streaked with wispy clouds. The Deschutes River rushes over rocks between pine-forested banks. Close-up of bright green, fern-like Dawn Redwood leaves. A hazy grey view of open water, a crossing ferry, and a distant shoreline, seen from a low-flying float plane. Montauk Point Lighthouse rises above coastal dunes on a clear day. The sun sets low over the ocean horizon in Grand Cayman. A hermit crab rests on a blue towel on a beach in Grand Cayman. A wooden boathouse dock stretches over the clear blue water of Silver Springs, Florida. Towering redwoods flank a curving road through a Humboldt County forest. Silhouetted mountains ring Lake Crescent at sunset in Olympic National Park. Small yellow ferns grow through cracks in a black lava rock flow in Hawaii. A low, close view of foamy tide washing over wet sand on the Washington coast. Mount Rainier looms across the water at dusk, framed by a forested shoreline. Snow-laden conifers stand against a partly cloudy blue sky near Snoqualmie Pass. The sun sets over Elliott Bay with the Olympic Mountains silhouetted in the distance.