
A group of people sit on the dock of a home surrounded by fall foliage on Curtis Pond in Cabot Vermont on Friday, Oct. 8, 2012.

The last rays of sunlight illuminate downtown Montpelier, Vermont on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013.

Rock climbers in Joshua Tree National Park, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013.

Rock climbers cross slack lines in Joshua Tree National Park, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013.

May 26, 2012 Rose Valley Ojai, Calif.

May 26, 2012 Rose Valley Ojai, Calif.

Coaticook Gorge, Quebec, Canada, Saturday, May 25, 2013

Justin Miller of the Bragg Farm Sugar House hangs sap buckets on a Sugar Maple along Hammett Hill Road in East Montpelier on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. "It's still cold" says Bragg, but with recent warmer temperatures the start of sugaring season is getting close.

Winter treetops seen from the top of Camel's Hump in Vermont, Saturday, March 31, 2012

Near the summit of Camel's Hump in Vermont, Saturday, March 31, 2012

A snow cat sits at the top of the America chair at Sky Tavern in Reno, Nv. on Dec. 18, 2010

Sugarbush Ski Resort, Warren, Vermont seen from the summit of Mt. Ellen on Jan. 5, 2011

Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort, Mammoth, Calif. Feb. 22, 2010

The view from Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort, Mammoth, Calif. Feb. 22, 2010

Mammoth, Calif. Feb. 23, 2010

Mammoth, Calif. Feb. 23, 2010

A cricket from The family Tettigoniidae, more commonly known as a katydid is seen in the Barre Cow Pasture in Barre, Vt. on June 27, 2012

An adult water strider (family Gerridae) is seen on the surface of the stream that runs through the Barre City Cow Pasture on June 27, 2012. The Gerridae has the ability to distribute its weight in such a way as to not break the surface tension of the water allowing it to walk on water.

Wolf Spider, Lycosidae family
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Handheld, Flash
Captive, introduced species
Photographed at the Brooks Institute Monteceito campus on Alston Road in Santa Barbara Calif., on Friday, March 12, 2010.

A man fishing on Mirror Lake in Calais on Sunday, May 6, 2012 with his dog.

Meacham Lake, New York, July 25, 2006

VENTURA - At the beach in Ventura Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.

Surfer and Sailboat at sunset, Dana Point, Calif., Sept. 18, 2011

Vermont Air National Guard base at sunrise, Burlington, Vt. Nov. 28, 2011

Carpinteria State Beach, Carpinteria, Calif., Dec. 10, 2011

Frozen lake in Yosemite, Tioga Pass, January 8, 2012

Frozen lake in Yosemite, Tioga Pass, January 8, 2012

Grant Park, Ventura, Calif., May 2, 2009

Yucca Valley, Calif., July 31, 2010

Two old cars sit in a dirt lot by the roadside in Inyokern Calif., on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Inyokern is isolated in the desert at the intersections of highways 178, 395, and 14. With a population of 970 Inyokern’s viability depends in on the highways and Inyokern County Airport.

Construction was abandoned on this would-be residential neighborhood in Inyokern, Calif., on Aug. 9, 2010 all that remains are the road signs and a handful of partially completed foundations.

Yosemite Falls, Yosemite, Calif., April 25, 2011

Half Dome, Yosemite, Calif., April 25, 2011

Yosemite Falls, Yosemite, Calif., April 26, 2011

Carpinteria, Calif., Feb. 26, 2011.

Red Rock Canyon State Park, Calif., March 23, 2010

Red Rock Canyon State Park, Calif., March 24, 2010

Red Rock Canyon State Park, Calif., March 24, 2010

Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Calif., April 7, 2010

Model Airplane, Berlin, Vt. April 24, 2008

Building holiday window boxes, Waterbury, Vt. November 25, 2011

Dia De Los Muertos, Jalisco, Mexico Nov. 1, 2011

Dia De Los Muertos, Jalisco, Mexico Nov. 1, 2011

La Conchita, Calif., Dec. 8, 2010

Bombardier Jet, Lebanon, Nh. Dec. 27, 2009

The Sky Ridge lift line disappears into the fog at Sky Tavern in Reno Nevada on Sunday, March 6, 2011.

Two adult Canadian Geese lead three Goslings through the reeds on Berlin Pond in Berlin, Vt. on Tuesday, May 8, 2012.

A Canadian Goose in the rain on the shore of Berlin Pond in Berlin, Vt. on Tuesday, May 8, 2012.

A mother Osprey returns to the nest with her chick waiting on Arrowhead Mountain Lake in Georgia Vermont on Saturday, May 12, 2012.

A young Osprey is seen in its nest on Arrowhead Mountain Lake in Georgia Vermont on Saturday, May 12, 2012.

A young Osprey is seen in its nest on Arrowhead Mountain Lake in Georgia Vermont on Saturday, May 12, 2012.

A Great Blue Heron is seen in Tar Pit Park in Carpinteria Calif., on Saturday, April 2, 2011.

Snowy Egret
Photographed at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park
Carpinteria Calif.

Snowy Egret, Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park, Carpinteria Calif., April 19, 2010

A Snowy Egret standing in the water at the mouth of the Ventura River.
Photographed in Ventura Calif. April 16, 2010

Sparrow at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park Carpinteria, Calif. April 19, 2010

Turkey Vultures, Carpinteria Harbor Seal Rookery, Carpinteria, Calif. Feb. 26, 2011

Carpinteria Harbor Seal Rookery, Carpinteria, Calif. Feb. 23, 2011

Carpinteria Harbor Seal Rookery, Carpinteria, Calif. Feb. 23, 2011

Carpinteria Harbor Seal Rookery, Carpinteria, Calif. Jan. 26, 2010

House Cat, Waterbury, Vt. Nov. 25, 2011

House Cat, Ventura, Calif., June 9, 2009

Squirell in Ice Plant, Carpinteria, Calif., July 23, 2010

Two people walk along the edge of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park as the early morning light hits the mountains overlooking Carpinteria on April 21, 2010
Photographed in the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park in Carpinteria Calif.

Panoramic View: Sun rays explode from behind a cloud at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero Calif., on Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010.

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Handheld
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Ice Plant Blossom
Photographed at Tar Pit Park in Carpinteria Calif., on Saturday, March 20, 2010.

A field of California Poppies, closed up to protect against the high winds, near the Antelope Vally Poppy Reserve in Lancaster Calif., on Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010.

Succulent Lupin
Photographed at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park
Carpinteria Calif.

California Poppy
Photographed at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park
Carpinteria Calif.

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Tripod
Ambient and Flash
Blue Eyed Grass
Photographed in the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park in Carpinteria Calif.

Thorns on a California Rose bush
Photographed at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park
Carpinteria Calif.

Half of a dandelion's seeds cling to the flower head. After the dandelion finishes flowering the petals dry out and fall off allowing the parachute seeds to be revealed and spread. Montpelier, Vt. May 6, 2012

Domestic Bean Plant in window light, Montpelier, Vt. March 3, 2013

Domestic Bean Plant in window light, Montpelier, Vt. March 3, 2013

A Red Trillium (Trillium erectum) blooms in Hubbard Park in Montpelier. Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Roses in a greenhouse, Carpinteria, Calif., March 19, 2011

Cactuses in a greenhouse, Carpinteria, Calif., March 19, 2011

Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero Calif., on Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010.