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A sheen of oil is seen around a pump jack surrounded by flood waters in High Island, Texas, after the passing of Hurricane Ike, Sept. 14, 2008. Smiley N. Pool/Reuters
A night exposure of Old Faithful Geyser, the first geyser in the park to be named, erupting in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, June 23, 2011. Jim Urquhart/Reuters
A humpback whale lunges out of the water to feed near a gathering of spectators just off a beach at San Luis Obispo, Calif., Aug. 18, 2012. Bill Bouton/AP
From left, Ashley Weisel of Minneapolis, Helene Seymour from New York, and Nate Lobas of Bend, Ore., soak away the dust in Willow Creek Hot Springs at the edge of the Trout Creek Mountains in Oregon. Terry Richard/The Oregonian/AP
A young surfer sails his board off a wave as large swells hit the California coastline at dusk in Cardiff, Calif., January 5, 2012. Mike Blake/Reuters
A Nov. 23, 2010 photo shows canal and temporary water heaters at Port St. John, where manatees hang out at the Florida Power and Light power plant in winter. Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/AP
Children look out a window as floodwaters continue to rise in their neighborhood, Aug. 30, 2012, in Reserve, La. Eric Gay/AP
This July 16, 1997 photo shows Owens Lake, Calif., about 200 miles north of Los Angeles. Damian Dovarganes/AP
Low-lying fog begins to lift as the sun rises over Victoria, Texas, near a water park and soccer fields, Sept. 26, 2012. Frank Tilley/Victoria Advocate/AP
With his boat parked on the levee, a homeowner walks to the front door of his levee-protected home near the Yazoo River in Yazoo City, Miss., May 21, 2011. Dave Martin/AP
Merel Adriaanse, 7-months-old, is propelled through the water by a Waterbabies instructor (l.) and into the arms of her mother Frederieke Adriaanse (r.) June 2, 2004, during an infant swim class in Bellevue, Wash. Ted S. Warren/AP
An irrigation canal feeds water to a field of rice on the Lehrer Interests property is fed by the main Lower Colorado River Authority canal in Garwood, Texas, Oct. 7, 2012. Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman/AP
The moon rises behind the skyline of New York's Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center as people stand along the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey, Oct. 1, 2012. Picture taken with a 30-second exposure. Gary Hershorn/Reuters
The surf crashes on the rocks around Sima Simic, of Portland, Maine, while fishing for striped bass below Portland Head Light at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, July 25, 2011. Robert F. Bukaty/AP
Jerry Goddard and son Greg enjoy a Saturday morning tradition of fishing on the Salt River, May 4, 2002. Robert Harbison/The Christian Science Monitor/File
The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy, in the midst of their ICESCAPE mission, retrieves supplies for some mid-mission fixes dropped by parachute from a C-130 in the Arctic Ocean, July 12, 2011. Kathryn Hansen/NASA/Reuters
Participants dive into the water at Corona del Mar, California's main beach to start the Tustin, Calif.-based Swim for Life Foundation’s 10th annual ocean swim Sunday morning, Sept. 16, 2012. Michael Goulding/The Orange County Register/AP
American pelicans preen in shallows in the Lower Klamath Refuge in California on May 7, 2001. Robert Harbison/The Christian Science Monitor/File
In this May 25, 2010 photo, the amusement pier in Santa Monica, Calif., is seen in the background, as a man crosses the beach near the outfall of the Pico-Kenter storm drain in Santa Monica Bay, California. Reed Saxon/AP
Wild rice grows along the banks of Upper Whitefish Lake in Pine River, Minn., Sept. 20, 2006. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
In this photo taken May 16, 2012, a rainbow forms in the mist from water releases at Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. John Holland/The Modesto Bee/AP
Rowboats and canoes wait at Jack's Boats in Georgetown for rental by visitors wanting to venture out on the Potomac River, Sept. 3, 1998 in Washington D.C. Andy Nelson/The Christian Science Monitor/File
William Dyer, Jr., of Gortham, Maine, stays cool seated on his beach chair waist-deep in Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester, Maine, July 21, 2011. Robert F. Bukaty/AP
Oil blobs and oil sheen are seen in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 4, 2010. Eric Gay/AP
The Grand Prismatic Spring, the largest in the United States and third largest in the world, is seen in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, June 22, 2011. Jim Urquhart/Reuters
Fall foliage is reflected in the water at Walden Pond in Concord, Mass., Oct. 14, 2009. Brian Snyder/Reuters
Thomas Weston of Canberra, Australia, tosses his one-year-old son William into the air as the sun sets over Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 1, 2012. Jason Reed/Reuters
The sun sinks toward the horizon and is reflected in the Missouri River north of Sioux City, Iowa, June 13, 2002. Andy Nelson/The Christian Science Monitor/File
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
More accurate, more frequent measurements of mountain snowpacks will allow water managers to mete out reservoirs with greater confidence. Two watersheds in the western US are testing grounds for a new aerial approach.
Scientists are testing a new approach for gauging the amount of water stored in mountain snows – reservoirs that supply more than 75 percent of the fresh water in the western US and that slake the thirst of some 1.5 billion people around the globe.
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