We’re just outside Brainerd, Minnesota, for the Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Gull Lake. Each year in late January, more than 10,000 people will come out to catch as many fish as they can—mostly walleye and northern pike, but all fish species are eligible. The contest is organized and run by volunteers exclusively, and 100 percent of the proceeds—around $150,000—goes to local charities.
An icy extravaganza
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Spring comes to the Diablo foothills
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Grand Teton National Park
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Earth Day
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A most sincere pumpkin patch
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Bird’s-eye view of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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Lion cubs, South Africa
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An ancient sailing tradition takes to the water
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Bluespotted ribbontail ray
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Extraterrestrial Culture Day
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Waiting for winter
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Where can you find a red fox?
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The party’s just starting
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The moon rises for Mid-Autumn Festival
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Flocking together in the Antarctic
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A crested partridge
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A triumph of light
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American goldfinch
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What a twist
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The tortoise and the finch
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Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
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World Theatre Day
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A grotesque scene
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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
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An ice cap-puccino
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Lunar eclipse
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Sky island views
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The Crown of the Continent
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Celebrating National Panda Day
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Green fields of grain