Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Trail

Photo: A garter snake (Thamnophis sp.) near the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

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A garter snake (Thamnophis sp.) near the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

Photo: A garter snake (Thamnophis sp.) near the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

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A garter snake (Thamnophis sp.) near the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

Photo: A garter snake (Thamnophis sp.) near the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

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A garter snake (Thamnophis sp.) near the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

Photo: A person holding morel mushrooms (Morchella esculenta) that were found along the Steamboat Trace trail between Peru and Nebraska City, Nebraska.

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A person holding morel mushrooms (Morchella esculenta) that were found along the Steamboat Trace trail between Peru and Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Photo: A morel mushroom (Morchella esculenta) growing along the Steamboat Trace trail between Peru and Nebraska City, Nebraska.

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A morel mushroom (Morchella esculenta) growing along the Steamboat Trace trail between Peru and Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Photo: A redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) in bloom along the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

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A redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) in bloom along the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

Photo: A redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) in bloom along the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

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A redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) in bloom along the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

Photo: A redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) in bloom along the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

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A redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) in bloom along the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

Photo: A redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) in bloom along the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

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A redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) in bloom along the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

Photo: A redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) in bloom along the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

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A redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) in bloom along the Steamboat Trace trail between Nebraska City and Peru, Nebraska.

Photo: A morel mushroom (Morchella esculenta) growing along the Steamboat Trace trail between Peru and Nebraska City, Nebraska.

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A morel mushroom (Morchella esculenta) growing along the Steamboat Trace trail between Peru and Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Photo: Charles DeVries bird watches with his five-year-old son, Ellery, at the start of the Steamboat Trace trail just south of Nebraska City, Nebraska.

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Charles DeVries bird watches with his five-year-old son, Ellery, at the start of the Steamboat Trace trail just south of Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Photo: Trail riders make their way through the Kings Canyon National Park in the Sixty Lake Basin, California.

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Trail riders make their way through the Kings Canyon National Park in the Sixty Lake Basin, California.

Photo: A horse ride through the trails of Kings Canyon National Park in the Sixty Lake Basin, California.

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A horse ride through the trails of Kings Canyon National Park in the Sixty Lake Basin, California.

Photo: A horse ride through the trails of Kings Canyon National Park in the Sixty Lake Basin, California.

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A horse ride through the trails of Kings Canyon National Park in the Sixty Lake Basin, California.

Photo: A horse ride through the trails of Kings Canyon National Park in the Sixty Lake Basin, California.

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A horse ride through the trails of Kings Canyon National Park in the Sixty Lake Basin, California.

Photo: A river crossing in the Kings Canyon National Park in the Sixty Lake Basin, California.

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A river crossing in the Kings Canyon National Park in the Sixty Lake Basin, California.

Photo: A sandy road at Archbold Biological Station in Venus, FL.

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A sandy road at Archbold Biological Station in Venus, FL.

Photo: A member of a group re-enacting the westward migration relaxes at a camp near Chimney Rock in Nebraska.

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A member of a group re-enacting the westward migration relaxes at a camp near Chimney Rock in Nebraska.

Photo: Mountain bikers stop for a quick rest on the trails in Aspen, Colorado.

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Mountain bikers stop for a quick rest on the trails in Aspen, Colorado.

Amber snail (most likely the oval ambersnail, Succinea ovalis) Two Rivers State Recreation Area.

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Amber snail (most likely the oval ambersnail, Succinea ovalis) Two Rivers State Recreation Area.

Amber snail (most likely the oval ambersnail, Succinea ovalis) Two Rivers State Recreation Area.

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Amber snail (most likely the oval ambersnail, Succinea ovalis) Two Rivers State Recreation Area.

Amber snail (most likely the oval ambersnail, Succinea ovalis) Two Rivers State Recreation Area.

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Amber snail (most likely the oval ambersnail, Succinea ovalis) Two Rivers State Recreation Area.

Amber snail (most likely the oval ambersnail, Succinea ovalis) Two Rivers State Recreation Area.

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Amber snail (most likely the oval ambersnail, Succinea ovalis) Two Rivers State Recreation Area.

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Photo: Mountain bikers on Slickrock Trail on BLM land near Moab, Utah.

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Mountain bikers on Slickrock Trail on BLM land near Moab, Utah.

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