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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.”

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

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.”

Still image from: NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center: Wildfires 101

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.

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

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: 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 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

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: Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs (Mission Jurassic)

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.

Sandbank and land with ocean in foreground. Caption. Is a strip of islands called the Outer Banks.

Physical map of the United States with the 4 Southwest states enlarged and in colors of blue, green, red and orange. Caption. Southwest Region. In the south central portion of the continent.

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

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.

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)

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

Wide-angle shot looking down a straight, two-lane tree-lined highway, stretching out towards a snowy mountain range.

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 Great Great Salt Lake Monster Mystery

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.

Man wearing a headset leans over towards a Civil War-era submarine. Caption. Once we get it away, we'll run a wire inside to ensure.

Group of Pacific Islander children. 1 of the older girls wears an American flag bandana on her head and holds a baby to her chest.

Man in military dress blues walks through a military cemetary with hundreds of white tombstones.

Wide shot of the Ohio Delta river snaking through dry land. Caption. To the sediment that continues to build The Delta.

2 story white house with veranda facing a green lawn. 2 figures are on steps leading to veranda. Caption. Only 640,000 people call North Dakota home.

Silhouettes of a flock of geese fly above bare branches in a peachy pink sky.

Title card shows a photo of a pitched tent superimposed on a blurry photo of a forest. A dotted trail map starts near the tent and travels across the frame. Text reads, "110-Mile Trail. Designated Campsites."

Title card shows a photo of a pitched tent superimposed on a blurry photo of a forest. A dotted trail map starts near the tent and travels across the frame. Text, in Spanish, reads "Sendero de 110 Millas. Campamentos Designados."

Overcast, foggy landscape showing a bayou, with tall trees, grasses, shrubs, and palms crowded along the edges on both sides.

Two boys walking through a sun-dappled Florida forest trail surrounded by trees, grasses, and palms.

Bright, sunny view from an observation deck onto the landscape of grasses and shrubs under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Girl stands in a sunny but swampy area and examines the fenced-in propeller of an airboat.

Propeller and engine on an airboat, encased in a rounded metal cage, against a blue-sky background with sparse tall trees.

Boy looks at us with enthusiasm while sitting in a green forest next to moss-covered rocks. His backpack lies on the ground next to him.

Girl crouches slightly while walking through a dark, rocky cave.

Girl smiles and poses, pointing toward the sign posted behind her, which reads, "John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park," and features paintings of turtles, fish, and coral.

Girl smiles and poses, pointing toward the sign posted behind her, which reads, "John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park," and features paintings of turtles, fish, and coral.

Girl dressed in old-fashioned work clothes sits among lush green ferns, palm trees, oak trees, and other plants.

Girl dressed in old-fashioned work clothes appears to be sitting down or getting up, surrounded by lush green ferns, palm trees, oak trees, and other plants.

Children talk to each other while standing next to a chain-link fence.

Young woman with her hair in a braid stands near a small pond in a park, with palms and tall trees in the background, as she speaks to someone off-screen.

Boy wearing a headlamp speaks to us as he sits on the platform of a bronze statue of a man wearing work pants and boots, near a bright green forest.

Boy with a quizzical facial expression sits on the platform of a bronze statue of a man who wears work pants and boots.

Blonde-haired woman wearing glasses and a white chef's shirt speaks to someone off-screen from inside a professional kitchen.

Blonde-haired woman wearing glasses and a white chef's shirt speaks to someone offscreen from inside a professional kitchen.

Wooden sign for Amelia Island State Park held up between thick wood dock pilings and rope, in front of a forest of trees that the sun is peeking through

Wooden sign for Amelia Island State Park held up between thick wood dock pilings and rope, in front of a forest of trees that the sun is peeking through

Painted wooden sign for John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, depicting colorful corals, a brown sea turtle, and a school of blue and yellow fish.

Painted wooden sign for John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, depicting colorful corals, a brown sea turtle, and a school of blue and yellow fish.

Underwater photo of a manatee poking its nose up to the surface of the water. A cartoon illustration of a manatee surrounded by small red hearts is overlaid at the edge of the frame.

Underwater photo of a manatee near the sunny surface of the water. A cartoon illustration of a manatee surrounded by small red hearts is overlaid at the edge of the frame.

Boy wearing a lime green helmet leans over while mountain biking through a park.

Boy stands up on his bike as he rides through a park with trees, grass, and sand dunes.

Downward angled view of a child holding a teal-colored paddle, standing on a white sandy shore.

Girl wearing a blue life vest grasps the pole of a paddle with both hands, standing on the beach. Paddleboards, mangroves, and boats are visible behind her.

Cast-iron skillet on a wooden surface with a digital illustration of a brownish-green fish.

Cast-iron skillet on a wooden surface with a digital illustration of a brownish-green fish.

Digital road map showing the George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park which connects a patch of land to Amelia Island State Park and travels across the Nassau Sound.

Digital road map showing the George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park which connects a patch of land to Amelia Island State Park and travels across the Nassau Sound. The bridge and island are labeled in Spanish: "Puente George Crady Muelle Pesquero del Parque Estatal" and "Parque Estatal Amelia Island."

Two people ride their bikes through a mulchy park on a pump track, made of wood that gradually angles up from the ground.

Two people ride their bikes through a mulchy park on a pump track, made of wood that gradually angles up from the ground.

Boy holds up a fabric net while talking. In the background, the thick sloping trunks of cypress trees emerge from still water.

Boy holds up a fabric net while talking. In the background, the thick sloping trunks of cypress trees emerge from still water.

Children bend forward with their backs to the river at the edge of a dock, holding blue inner tubes that they're preparing to plop into.

Standing up in front of a river, a girl smiles as a boy holding a blue inner tube comes up behind her, looking as if he is teasing her.

Children swimming in a spring up to their shoulders. The girl wears pink goggles pushed up on her forehead and a snorkel, and the boy holds an orange action camera.

Children swimming in a spring up to their shoulders. The girl wears pink goggles pushed up on her forehead and a snorkel and smiles at the boy, who talks to us while holding an orange action camera.

Shallow tub of water holding a few dozen round white discs with small pieces of coral on top of them.

Boy smiles and a girl shakes hands with a bearded man who stands near a table full of tiny circular concrete molds. Behind them, two staffers wearing Mote Marine Laboratory shirts work at the sinks.

Blue jay perched on a tree trunk pokes its beak into a divot in the wood.

Blue jay perched on a tree trunk pokes its beak into a divot in the wood.

White-tipped waves from a deep blue-green sea roll up on the beach sand, leaving behind a thin layer of foam.

Blue-green sea fades into white foamy wave tips as the tide goes towards the shore.

Handful of blackish-brown triangular shark teeth varying in size piled up on a mat.

Boy and girl lean over a steep grass-covered riverbank examining the contents of small drawstring bags.

Children with bicycles and helmets talking against the backdrop of a high dune with tall grasses.

View from the ground looking out at a sunny tree-lined trail as a boy comes biking down the sandy path.

Boy and girl hike while surrounded by cypress trees and roots, underneath a bright green canopy of leaves.

Children carrying backpacks and a walking stick talk amongst cypress trees and other plant life.

Title card. Pale green palm shapes recede with the show's title, "The Outsider's Club," as the next video segment starts to appear.

Three people drive up to a grass-covered sand dune on the beach in a red golf cart.

Boy and girl in swimwear get ready near a truck bed that holds skim and surf boards. Behind them are a driveway, house, and bait shop. Caption reads: Brianna and Chase.

Girl wearing long-sleeve swimwear squints and smiles as she speaks to us outside.

Two kids in yellow jumpsuits stand on either side of an adult as he unfolds a bright green fire shelter.

Man wearing sunglasses and a bright yellow button-down shirt shows a folded-up fire shelter to two kids who are clad in yellow jumpsuits. Behind them, a fire truck is parked on the grass.

Two kids walk through a trail bordered by palm fans and surrounded by trees. A thick tree limb in the foreground frames the top of the scene. Caption reads: "Lake Griffin State Park."

Two kids walk through a trail bordered by palm fans and surrounded by trees. A thick tree limb in the foreground frames the top of the scene. Caption, in Spanish: "Parque Estatal Lago Griffin."

Sea turtle grazing on the ocean floor. Caption: in the waters off the west coast of Florida.

Color illustration. Animated figure in the shape of Illinois looking down and holding a corded phone up to one ear. Caption. No, the S is silent.

Photo of desert in the foreground with snow-capped peaks in the background. Caption. The spectacular Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges.

Digital map closeup of the intersection of U, S state borders for Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri. The Civil War battle site, Shiloh, is on the border of Tennessee and Mississippi, southwest of Nashville and south of Columbus.

Digital map of the Battle of Shiloh. The Hornet's Nest battle line is in blue, west of the Tennessee River, east of Shiloh Church. Grant's Last Line, also in blue, is behind the Hornet's Nest at the river border. 4 red battle lines southwest of Shiloh Church have arrows extending out and to the middle and edges of the Hornet's Nest battle line.

Cartoon map of the state of Florida and surrounding islands. Caption. With a total area of 5900 square kilometers.

Low-angle view of the top of a green spire with a gold statue of an angel at its top against a gray sky. Caption. Through different phases of construction.

Woman in a tan ranger's hat leaning out of a window and handing something to a person in a blue vehicle with 1 brown and 1 tan wide-brimmed hat in the dash. Caption. Made the Grand Canyon a national monument.

Aerial view of the U, S, S Slater World War 2 destroyer ship parked at a dock, showing 4 levels, stationary cannons, and stacked rounds on display. Caption. You can visit it in Albany.