Synonyms, Related Subjects, Ideas for Stock Photography Unusualextraordinary, out of the ordinary, Rare, rareness, rarity, uncommon, unorthodox, |
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Unusual Stock Photography from National Geographic Images |
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 Normally dry grasslands show vivid green hues after unusual rains. |
 INTRODUCTION: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT LIES AN UNUSUAL WETLAND C ALLED CUATRO CIENEGAS (FOUR MARSHES) RECENTLY SET ASIDE BY MEXICO AS A BIOLOG ICAL RESERVE. DERIVING ITS MOISTURE FROM DEEP AQUIFERS, THE LAGUNAS (LAKES) AN D POZAS (POOLS) OF THIS 500-SQUARE-MILE REGION HAVE BEEN ISOLATED FROM ANY OTHER WATER SYSTEM FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS. WATER TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM 68 DEGREES AND COL DER TO BETWEEN 91 AND 93 DEGREES. HERE A RICH POPULATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS HAS DEVELOPED, SOME ENDEMIC, SOME UNIQUE TO THE REGION. NATURAL HISTORY PHOTOGRAPH ER GEORGE GRALL HAS ILLUSTRATED THE VARIOUS STRATA THAT COMPRISE THIS ECOSYSTEM . -- LEGEND: A flowering barrel cactus -- possibly the twisted barrel cactus ( Buiningia sp.). |
 A woman admires unusual compressed rock strata |
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Unusual Stock Photography from Omniphoto |
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 POLAND, CZESTOCHOWA, JASNA GORA MONASTERY, THE BLACK MADONNA. |
 LITTLE GIRL HOLDING FROG BY POND. |
 POLAND, CZESTOCHOWA, JASNA GORA MONASTERY, THE BLACK MADONNA ICON |
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Unusual Stock Photography from Robert Harding |
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Unusual Stock Photography from Danita Delimont |
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 sea otter, Enhydra lutris, sleeping with its newborn on its belly in Saw Mill Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska |
 North America, Mexico, Oaxaca Chapulines (tiny fried grasshoppers) are a local delicacy sold in most markets |
 N.A., Canada, British Columbia Three Guardsmen Mountain |
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