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Long-tailed paradise whydah (Vidua paradisaea) on a branch in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Vidua paradisaea (long-tailed paradise whydah)
A very cute rabbit on the side of the road.
Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail) on the…
A side view of a Nelson's Sparrow. Nelson's sparrow and the saltmarsh sparrow were considered to be a single species, the sharp-tailed sparrow; because of this it was briefly known as Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow.
Ammodramus nelsoni (Nelson's Sparrow)
Illustration of a Whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus).
Dascyllus aruanus (Whitetail dascyllus)
Illustration showing the downtown of a community in Fiji.
Urban: downtown (Fiji)
Pipe Creek opens up into an estuary area which is mostly kept open for boating. Some lily pads and cattails can be seen in the shallower portions. Sandusky, Ohio.
Pipe Creek Wildlife Area
Pipe Creek opens up into an estuary area which is mostly kept open for boating. Some lily pads and cattails can be seen in the shallower portions. Sandusky, Ohio.
Pipe Creek Wildlife Area
Typha x glauca is a sterile F1 hybrid between Typha angustifolia and Typha latifolia. Found in freshwater habitats such as interior wetlands of Assateague Island, Maryland.
Typha x glauca (White Cattail)
Acidic mine tailings in an impacted stream
Acid mine tailings
Alkaline chemicals are added to mitigate acid mine tailings. When water is added to the alkaline chemicals, the exothermic (heat releasing) reaction burned through the cubitainer.
Exothermic reaction
This doser times the mechanical addition of alkaline chemicals to acidic mine tailings to mitigate the acidity.
The Doser
Acidic mine tailings are being mitigated by the addition of alkaline chemicals (white), entering the stream below the wooden structure.
Acid mine tailing mitigation
Acidic mine tailings upwell here from an underground source and flow downstream overland
Acid mine tailings headwaters
Acidic mine tailings are being mitigated by the addition of alkaline chemicals (white), entering the stream below the wooden structure.
Mitigating acid mine tailings
Acidic mine tailings are being mitigated by the addition of alkaline chemicals (white), entering the stream below the wooden structure.
Mine Tailings
Acidic mine tailings flow downstream.
Acidic mine tailings in stream
Illustration of Amniataba caudavittata (Yellowtail trumpeter)
Amniataba caudavittata (Yellowtail trumpeter)
Illustration of Wedge-tail Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus Rectangulus)
Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Wedge-tail Triggerfish)
Illustration of Elanus leucurus (White-tailed Kite)
Elanus leucurus (White-tailed Kite)
Illustration of Mustela frenata (Long-tailed Weasel)
Mustela frenata (Long-tailed Weasel)
Illustration of Spermophilus richardsonii (Richardson's Ground Squirrel)
Spermophilus richardsonii (Richardson's Ground…
Illustration of Pennisetum ciliare (Buffelgrass)
Pennisetum ciliare (Buffelgrass)
Illustration of Molotov cocktail for dynamite fishing
Dynamite fishing: Molotov cocktail
Illustration of Plectropomus areolatus (Squaretail Coralgrouper)
Plectropomus areolatus (Squaretail Coralgrouper)
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