An underwater view of an elephant and his mahout swiming in the Andaman Sea, India. index.html?autoload=JDK_081027_100001 JDK_081027_100001 Rainbow scorpionfish, Scorpaenodes xyris. index.html?autoload=JDK_100805_101541 JDK_100805_101541 A lone skin diver plys the waters of the Andaman Sea, India. index.html?autoload=JDK_071220_100015 JDK_071220_100015 Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica, resembles sea anemones, but are more closely related to stony corals. The strawberry anemone is found in water deeper than ten feet around in the subsea city of the Channel Islands National Park, California. index.html?autoload=JDK_081027_101398 JDK_081027_101398 Mustache competition, Rajasthan, India. index.html?autoload=JDK_081110_5297 JDK_081110_5297 A young woman pierces her tung and cheek during a fire walking festival, Tamil Nadu, India. index.html?autoload=JDK_080625_101087 JDK_080625_101087 Village elders carry the village gods on their heads in Tamil Nadu, India. index.html?autoload=JDK_081028_101030 JDK_081028_101030 A adult man winces from smoke getting in his eyes while making a ravanatha instrument for tourists at the Pushkar mela, Rajasthan, India. index.html?autoload=JDK_081112_6679 JDK_081112_6679 Rock climber, Yangshuo, China. index.html?autoload=JDK_100928_4522 JDK_100928_4522 A surfer catches a wave in Santa Barbara, California. index.html?autoload=JDK_071220_100049 JDK_071220_100049 Rock climber, Yangshuo, China. index.html?autoload=JDK_100928_4425_27_tonemapped JDK_100928_4425_27_tonemapped A man jumps his mountain bike off a water storage tower near Santa Barbara, California. index.html?autoload=JDK_080624_100086 JDK_080624_100086 The Mauna Loa Solar Observatory and the air sampling tower at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii. index.html?autoload=JDK_101207_1700_Edit1 JDK_101207_1700_Edit1 Material evidence from an excavation site in the laboratory of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command or JPAC, Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command is located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The command was activated on Oct. 1, 2003, created from the merger of the 30-year-old U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, and the 11-year-old Joint Task Force - Full Accounting. The mission of JPAC is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of the nation's past conflicts. On average, JPAC identifies about six MIAs each month. To date, the U.S. government has identified over 1,400 individuals. index.html?autoload=MS0906_090113_8887_Edit MS0906_090113_8887_Edit The Lidar laser and air sampling tower at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii. Lidar is used for long term monitoring of the stratospheric aerosol layer and can detect changes of airborne particulate matter such as airborne volcanic ash. Stratospheric aerosols cool the earth by reflecting light back into space. index.html?autoload=JDK_101206_0956 JDK_101206_0956 A shadowgraph of a bullet being fired through piano wire and the resulting bullet bow shockwave. index.html?autoload=bullet1 bullet1