Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Sunset

Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska--areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can't tolerate.

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Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska–areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can’t tolerate.

Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska--areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can't tolerate.

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Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska–areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can’t tolerate.

Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska--areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can't tolerate.

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Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska–areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can’t tolerate.

Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska--areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can't tolerate.

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Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska–areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can’t tolerate.

Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska--areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can't tolerate.

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Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska–areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can’t tolerate.

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) walking at sunset near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

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Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) walking at sunset near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

Photo: Aerial of the marshlands that have literally been cut to pieces by pipeline canals and shipping channels that have been put in by the oil industry over the years.

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Aerial of the marshlands that have literally been cut to pieces by pipeline canals and shipping channels that have been put in by the oil industry over the years. Such huge canals have allowed saltwater to intrude, killing off the marsh and eliminating its resistance to catastrophic events in the Gulf such as storms, and now, oil spills like the Deepwater Horizon.

Photo: A mother and son hold hands together next to Leech Lake, Minnesota.

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A mother and son hold hands together next to Leech Lake, Minnesota.

Photo: A barrier island near Point Lay separates Kasegaluk Lagoon from the Arctic Ocean near Point Lay. This lagoon is home to beluga whales, bowhead whales and seals.

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A barrier island near Point Lay separates Kasegaluk Lagoon from the Arctic Ocean near Point Lay. This lagoon is home to beluga whales, bowhead whales and seals.

Photo: A barrier island near Point Lay separates Kasegaluk Lagoon from the Arctic Ocean near Point Lay. This lagoon is home to beluga whales, bowhead whales and seals.

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A barrier island near Point Lay separates Kasegaluk Lagoon from the Arctic Ocean near Point Lay. This lagoon is home to beluga whales, bowhead whales and seals.

Photo: A cowboy is silhouetted against a colorful sky after a storm

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A cowboy is silhouetted against a colorful sky after a storm

Photo: A moose's head is silhouetted against the landscape.

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A moose’s head is silhouetted against the landscape.

Photo: A horse stands by a barbed wire fence in the sunset light.

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A horse stands by a barbed wire fence in the sunset light.

Picture of Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) resting for the evening at dusk, in calm waters.

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Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) resting for the evening at dusk, in calm waters.

Photo: Tire tracks leading thorough a field of sagebrush in Pinedale, Wyoming.

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Tire tracks leading thorough a field of sagebrush in Pinedale, Wyoming.

Photo: Looking east over the water and Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Looking east over the water and Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: Looking east over the water and Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Looking east over the water and Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: Looking east over the water and Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Looking east over the water and Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: Icebergs along the Antarctic Peninsula, near the Antarctic Circle.

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Icebergs along the Antarctic Peninsula, near the Antarctic Circle.

A giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in Brazil's Pantanal region. (IUCN: vulnerable)

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A giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: vulnerable)

A giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in Brazil's Pantanal region. (IUCN: vulnerable)

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A giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: vulnerable)

Photo: A black vulture picks at a caiman that was poached for its tail near Paso do Lontra in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A black vulture picks at a caiman that was poached for its tail near Paso do Lontra in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A black vulture picks at a caiman that was poached for its tail near Paso do Lontra in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A black vulture picks at a caiman that was poached for its tail near Paso do Lontra in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Pantanieros (cowboys) on horseback in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Pantanieros (cowboys) on horseback in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Pantanieros (cowboys) herd cattle during the dry season at Caiman Ranch in Brazil's Pantanal.

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Pantanieros (cowboys) herd cattle during the dry season at Caiman Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.

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