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$View of the ground and lake partially covered by snow. Caption: But even that is just a fraction of the total flood$

Several volcanoes oozing lava and emitting smoke. Caption: They were pushed back by these mountains of fire.

Lava field in foreground with evergreen trees and snowy mountain in background. Caption: Southwest of St. Helens, he investigates an area

Steeply sloping walls of layered, red sedimentary rock. Caption: the Grand Canyon remains the most famous of them all.

Illustration of a plate of Earth's crust being pushed beneath a second plate. Caption: (narrator) As the two plates moved towards each other,

A rocky sheer cliff with a river cascading down the face of it, as seen from above. Caption: is shaping this magnificent landscape.

Block of glacial ice rests on gravelly black ground with round balls of snow falling around it.

Woman dances on the side of a hill next to a large body of water.

Still image from: In the Wild With Bears

Still image from: Inevitable Evolution of Fort Frederick: A History of Fort Frederick

Still image from: Inevitable Evolution of Fort Frederick: Fort Frederick Archaeology

Still image from: Inevitable Evolution of Fort Frederick: Fort Frederick Tabby Restoration

Person standing in a boat holding an octopus. Caption: They actually come in to eat just the fish.

Aerial view of a landscape marked by patches of vegetation, a meandering waterway, and plots of dry earth.

Group of teenagers walk through forested area past a sign post that reads,"Ice Age National Scenic Trail."

Closeup of Upper Midwest map with a blue stain covering southwest Wisconsin and a large fuchsia stain on Missouri. Title card reads, "The Driftless," with an arrow pointing toward blue stain.

Black line drawing on light blue background. Figure drives machine that distributes water above ground. Man with flashlight surveys water dripping underground. Title card reads, "The Physics and Chemistry of Karst Topography."

Interior of a dim ice cave with icicles hanging from ceiling. Man in background exits through brightly lit opening in cave.

Black illustration on light yellow background. Waterway changes from brown to green to blue as it runs from a cityscape, past a farm, and curves into a field.

People standing on an overlook in a cave. Caption: Even the average tourist is an explorer in this cave--

Map of the northwest United States showing John Day Fossil Beds in Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Clarno Unit, Sheep Rock Unit, and Painted Hills Unit are in Oregon. Caption: preserve a continuous 40-million-year fossil record

Bear standing in a river of swiftly moving water. Caption: Bears are not born with fishing skills.

Still image from: Lab Six: Alaska (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Hawaii (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Hawaii II (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Rocks II (Spanish)

Building on the banks of a river. A sensor is connected to machinery in the house and measures the river, sending information to a satellite. Caption: The stream gauges record the vertical rise or drop

Rock formations with straight sides rise above rocky red landscape dotted with trees. Spanish captions.

Rough lava rocks with a few trees growing out of them. Caption: (male narrator) Laval Beds National Monument is all things volcanic.

Wide shot of snowy mountain peaks shrouded in clouds. Caption. A mountain is any part of the earth's surface.

Wooden sign hangs above green mountain silhouettes and reads, "Lewis and Clark for Kids."

A lighthouse with the sails of ships in the background. Caption: the same natural enemy-- erosion.

Narrow river wends through lush green landscape. Caption. Male as narrator. On rolling hills that comprise the river valley.

Two people looking at a tree. Caption: This is what a healthy tree looks like--this bark.

Bronze sculpture depicts pioneers fording a river in a covered wagon pulled by oxen. Caption. A thematic dry riverbed with rocks cropping out.

Animated puppet, Marvie smiles at camera and stands next to a tower viewer in front of a city skyline. Caption. Today, I'm out in the city.

Wild, green grass meadow surrounded by trees with river in the distance. Caption. West Virginia entered the Union as the 35th state in 1863.

Senior man with white hair and glasses crosses arms and parts lips in mid-speech. Caption. That people have of the place.

Wide shot of the city skyline in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Lake Michigan in the foreground. Caption. Milwaukee is Wisconsin's largest city.

Closeup of the Mission San Diego de Alcala surrounded by trees. Caption. Father Junipero Serra.

Closeup of the Mission San Diego de Alcala overlaid with a map of California. Gold crosses mark locations along the coast of the map. Spanish caption. La misión San Diego.

Wide shot of fishing boats on the Mississippi River. Caption. Harvest nearly half of all oysters.

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Airships Over the Klondike

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Amundsen's Snowshoes

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Bison Hunters in the San Juans

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Bouncing Back From Adversity

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Chief Joseph in Seattle

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Cracking the Case of Crab Louis

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Different Drummers of Our Past

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Embrace the Wet

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Emily Carr

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Frank Waldron & the Jackson Street Jazz Scene

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: George Bush--Washington's Pioneer

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: History Stands Still for No One

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Japanese Castaways in the Northwest

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Kingdome Come and Gone

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Northwest Dog Heroes

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Northwest Oystermania

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Panama Hotel

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Paul Bunyan--The Man, the Myth, the Debate

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Paul Robeson at the Peace Arch

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Prohibition’s Most Secret Moonshine

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Sea Serpents of the Salish Sea

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Seattle's Ramps to Nowhere

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Seattle’s Complicated History With Orcas

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Sir Thomas Beecham's Seattle "Dustbin"

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Amazing Caytons

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Centralia Tragedy Left a Legacy Still Debated

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Great Swinomish-Husky Race of 1941

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Northwest Outlaw They Couldn’t Capture

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Odd Thing About D.B. Cooper

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Other Curtis Brother

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Palouse Cowboy Who Invented John Wayne

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Pig War

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Shipwreck That Still Shares Its Bounty

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The True History of the “Seattle Freeze”

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Woman Who Sailed Seattle Onto the Silver Screen

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: When Camelot Came to the Seattle World's Fair

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Wyatt Earp

Mount Rushmore is collaged in front of an American flag and a bald eagle. Text reads, "Mount Rushmore for Kids."

Wide shot of a calm lake surrounded by mountains near and far. Caption. Lake Coeur d'Alene is popular.

Wooden fence lining a path through a forest. Black and white photo of a man overlaid. Caption: bridges that the great John Muir once stood on.

Garage with four small planes parked inside.

View of New York City’s Museum of Natural History with a horse-drawn carriage on the road in front of it.

Plaque on the side of the American Writers Museum with text that reads, “one hundred eighty, American Writers Museum.”

Still image from: Museum Access: Best of Wildlife (Tupper Lake, NY/Chicago, IL)

View looking up at a bridge in the middle of Chicago. On the edge of the bridge are the American Flag, Chicago Flag, and Illinois flag flying in the wind.

Four different vintage covers for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

Old film camera used on old motion pictures rests on a tabletop in a museum.

Large wooden ship with 3 masts is painted black and docked on a sunny day with calm waters. People walk along the dock in the background.

Old red fire truck that looks like an early car from the 1920s in a museum.

View of the Salvador Dali Museum sign in Peterburg, Florida with text that reads, "The Dali Museum, One Dali Boulevard.”

Still image from: Museum Access: Sterling Hill Mining Museum

Still image from: Museum Access: The Adirondack Experience Museum

Colorful plaque that has a bald eagle with its wings spread out over an emblem of the American flag that has a Roman helmet with a sword stuck in it. There's a ribbon wrapped around the eagle that says, “duty, honor, country, west power.”

A coastal region on the geographic map of West America is shown as the background. A region on the map of America is highlighted. Caption: Monterey Bay California. Latitude, 36.80 degrees North. Longitude, 122.00 degrees West. Average Rainfall, 480 millimeters. Sea Temperature, 11 to 15 degrees Celsius.

A photo depicts a region with a large number of trees and small water pockets. Fog rises from the earth.

Frame of building with weathered, decaying wood siding. Caption. Connecticut was an early center for making consumer goods.

New Orleans brick building with hanging ferns, light purple wrought iron balconies, decorated with colorful garlands, bows, and flags.

Still image from: Nick News: Astrology, Maui, Dog Surfing, Exoskeletons

Arial view of the ocean meeting dark, stony cliffs giving way to a narrow strip of beach. A road runs parallel to the coastline. Caption: Right now life here is peaceful, calm, and quiet,

Still image from: Ocean Treks With Jeff Corwin: Juneau--The Heart of Alaska

Salmon on the floor of a boat. Caption: MY FIRST CATCH, A BEAUTIFUL PINK SALMON.

Closeup of light reflecting on water and a tangle of branches at bottom right of frame. Caption. Have just crossed the dominant geographical feature.

Still image from: Old Copper Culture: North America's Forgotten Metal Workers

Domed, dripping rock structures line the wall of a cave. Caption: but only one that is a marble cave.

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Do We Have Private Prisons?

Close-up of a section of sandstone rock from the Red River Gorge. The tan-colored rock is built up by thin layers of sediment, creating a rough, striated texture.

Overhead view of a tall, icy, snow-covered cliff, which a climber is rappelling down with a rope.

Five or six trucks gather around a herd of buffalo in a wide, dry field, appearing to corral the animals near a fence.

Black and white frame shows a man wearing personal protective equipment bending over while wielding an axe near a tree in a field as a tall fire burns in the background.

Still image from: Overview: The Secret Islands of the Everglades

Still image from: Overview: What Are Wild Coyotes Doing in the Big City?

Close-up side-angle view of a small three-ring binder full of pages of notes.

Still image from: Overview: Why Earth's Newest Glacier Is Inside an Active Volcano?

Still image from: Overview: Why the Fastest Place on Earth Is Disappearing

Wide shot of the Portland skyline in the distance, looking through 2 glass towers in the foreground. Caption. Who have produced a thriving economy in the 21st century.

Forested hillside with a sign "Welcome to Pinnacles National Monument National Park Service Department of the Interior" Caption: is a place of great surprises.

Large barn next to small red buildings shrouded by trees beneath a dusky sky. Caption. Pipestone is a billion and a half-year-old.

Still image from: Pirates of the Carolinas: Effects on Economy (Episode 6)

Still image from: Pirates of the Carolinas: Golden Age Ends (Episode 7)

Still image from: Pirates of the Carolinas: History (Episode 1)

Still image from: Pirates of the Carolinas: Rules (Episode 2)

Front side angle of a black and red tanker ship with the words, "Torm Alice," on side. Caption. Giant tankers with food and fuel.

Treetop view of forested area with rolling hills peeking through in background. Caption. Not the uniformity of summer's full foliage.

Still image from: Poverty Point: Archaic Anomaly?

Still image from: Read Along With Me Picture Books: 12 Little Elves Visit Missouri

Still image from: Read Along With Me Picture Books: 12 Little Elves Visit Montana

Still image from: Read Along With Me Picture Books: 12 Little Elves Visit Nebraska

Still image from: Read Along With Me Picture Books: 12 Little Elves Visit Oregon

Still image from: Read Along With Me Picture Books: 12 Little Elves Visit Texas

Still image from: Read Along With Me Picture Books: 12 Little Elves Visit Washington

Still image from: Rivertowns: 100 Miles, 200 Years, Countless Stories

Small light and dark brown butterfly with wings closed sitting on a leaf. Caption: (Sally) Some of these butterflies are challenging--

Fingers of land with inlets of water. A large flat bridge in the background. Caption: Ochlockonee Bay. (Sash) It feeds that huge marine estuary down there,

A tortoise being held in a pair of human hands. Caption: Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Look at their front feet. They're just like shovels.

Rocky mountain covered in ash and rocks. Caption: welcome to Mount St. Helens.

Still image from: Rock the Park: National Parks of New York Harbor

Still image from: Rock the Park: New River Gorge

Still image from: Rock the Park: Washington, D.C.

Glowing lava as seen from above. Caption: Where exactly magma exits and turns into solid basalt

Wooden sign with white figure aiming a spear-like arrow. Sign reads, "Russell Cave National Monument." Caption. Male as narrator. The monument's sign marks the entrance.

Person pointing to a spot on an image made of pixelated yellow to indigo spots. Caption: The USGS provides ready access to natural science information

Mountain lion in a tree. Caption: They are hard to study.

People on the deck of a boat, one at a large winch. Caption: Their mission: to learn all they can about large lakes.

Dam with no water being released. Caption: (male narrator) Time can take a toll on a dam.

Small red animal swimming in a tank. Caption: (male narrator) These tiny, red shrimp might be perfect pets.

A lattice-work ladder leading to a platform. Instruments and cables are placed on the lattice and platform. Caption: to study an earthquake at ground zero.

Small rabbit in the snow. Caption: (Shipley) In the winter, it might eat 99% of its diet in sagebrush.

People on the deck of a ship, working on various equipment. Caption: probing the oil and gas plumes beneath them.

Small lizard on a hand. Caption: They are the same species but may be diverging into two.

Volcano billowing smoke and ash. Caption: (male narrator) Mount St. Helen's eruption in 1980 wasn't a surprise.

3D graphic of a bright yellow cylindrical object with fins underwater. Caption: Barth is studying low oxygen, or dead zones,

Computer simulation of a fire moving through a forested area. Caption: to really mimic the real spread of the fire.

A rapidly moving river with trees on the bank. Caption: (male narrator) Water, a precious resource for sure.

Aerial view of small islands covered in greenery with the water between them dotted in plants. Caption: The Everglades is the largest remaining subtropical wilderness

Aerial view of small islands covered in greenery with the water between them dotted in plants. Spanish captions.

Covered wagon is drawn by horses through a field. Man walking and a man riding a horse follow behind. Caption. And for the 5,000 immigrants traveling the Oregon Trail.

Still image from: Sea Change: Cultural Ripples (Part 7)

Still image from: Sea Change: Diving Deeper (Part 2)

Still image from: Sea Change: Economic Waves (Part 5)

Still image from: Sea Change: Introduction (Part 1)

Still image from: Sea Change: Rising Tides (Part 3)

Still image from: Sea Change: Storm Warning (Part 4)

Still image from: Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs (Mission Jurassic)

Fossilized dinosaur skeleton still partially encased in rock displayed next to a model of the same dinosaur. Caption: Out of those, only a few are really prepared well.

Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Amethyst

Still image from: Snow Dogs: Into the Wild

Oil drilling platforms in the ocean with many ships in the water around them. Caption: but they can make money because of our energy policy.

A handful of white birds with long legs cluster together near the edge of a pond. Caption: a second migratory flock of whooping cranes.

Person crouched next to an electrical box on the bank of a river. Caption: to issue timely and accurate river forecasts and warnings

Coral of various shapes and a range of colors. Caption: and these are the corals we call "super corals."

Ash from an eruption filling the air. Caption: An eruption could be the largest natural disaster

Image of men in Confederate uniforms riding horses in a Civil War battle reenactment. An overlay of an oval shaped photo appears next to the soldiers with text that reads, "Robert E. Lee." Caption. They don't have a general the equal of Robert E. Lee.

Still image from: Teen Kids News (2302)

Closeup of teenage girl as she speaks into a handheld microphone as she stands in front of a backdrop of green foliage. She appears to be in a news segment interview.

Teenage girl watches a young woman behind a boutique counter fold a bright fuchsia dress to pack into a store bag. Text that reads, "Teen Kids News" is next to a text box that reads, "Coming up. Threads for Teens."

New Jersey's state flag, a buff-colored background with the state crest in the middle, which features two women standing on either side of a shield, a helmet, and a horse head. Below the women's feet, a banner says, "Liberty and Prosperity, 1776."

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2106)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2108)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2109)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2119)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2129)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2130)

Gray map of the United States with an American flag backdrop. Text reads, "The Fifty States."

Side view of a bison with heavy fur tilting its head down and forward in the grass. Caption. In fall, bison grow a heavy coat of fur to keep them warm.

Large rounded rock formation half covered with trees and iridescent light juts out of a forested hillside.

Smiling cartoon man with long wavy hair wears a bow tie with ruffled collar and a waistcoat as he points down towards text that reads, "Boston Tea Party."

Host Emily talks to Lance Grande at the Fossil Lake in Wyoming. Caption: One of the longest-lived lake systems we know of

Person holding a small insect. Inset of a picture of the insect. Caption: Necrophila Americana

The Kankakee Mallow flowers have bloomed at the apex of the plant. Caption: From extinction to several feet tall.

A large ship is in the water piping fossil fuels. An expanded view from the ship depicts a man researching in a lab setup. Caption: What happens over the last 70 million years.

Still image from: The Carolina Brogue

Still image from: The Evolution of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Abundance, Prosperity, and Complexity

Closeup of a man in a neckerchief and wide brimmed hat. Caption. Milt Elliot joined the party as James Reed's main ox driver.

Woman in pioneer costume sits at the edge of a covered wagon with children in pioneer costumes surrounding her. Caption. This scene made a woman of me.