Ithamar Glumac, a native of Texas who is one of only a few commercial crawfishermen in Washington State, spools rope while collecting his traps from the Snohomish River on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, near Snohomish, Washington. Glumac is a welding engineer by day but has also run Washington Crawfish Company since 2015.
A group of cowboys help Kollin Gustitis, 8, of Chinook, prepare for a bull ride during rodeo events at the Great Northern Fair on Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Havre, Montana.
A runner’s shadow is cast on the Northern Cheyenne flag as she runs in the Fort Robinson Outbreak Spiritual Run on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 along the road from Lame Deer to Busby. The 400-mile run, which traces the steps of the kids’ ancestors as they fled Fort Robinson over a hundred years ago, came to an end on Thursday with a brief ceremony as the sun set behind the hills.
Edith Farrar watches as people begin to run into the ocean — perhaps a moment too early — during the 2023 Edmonds Polar Bear Plunge on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, at Brackett’s Landing in Edmonds, Washington.
Stunt dog Wee Wee goes for a jump after balancing on master Abby Cline’s feet during the All-Star Stunt Dog Show on opening day of the Evergreen State Fair on Thursday, August 24, 2023, in Monroe, Washington.
Everett Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ian B. Saltzman gets drenched with a bucket of ice water as Cedar Wood Elementary celebrates their success in the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge on Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Bothell, Washington. Students at Cedar Wood raised over $20,000 for the AHA during the months of February and March, and five educators, including Saltzman, sacrificed themselves to buckets of ice-cold water to help reward the hundreds of students who participated in the Kids Heart Challenge.
A couple watches the Cold Moon rise while standing amongst "The Lighting of the Teepees: A Symbol of Hope" at Swords Park Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020 in Billings, Montana.
A skier comes to a stop before heading down a patch of ungroomed snow on the opening day of ski season at Stevens Pass Ski Area on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, near Skykomish, Washington.
Rory Venable, 11, of Monroe, feeds his 7-week-old pygmy goat Mr. Darcy during opening day of the Evergreen State Fair on Thursday, August 24, 2023, in Monroe, Washington. Mr. Darcy is Venable’s first 4-H animal.
A harbor seal pup sleeps on the riprap below a walkway Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at the Port of Everett in Everett, Washington. Local wildlife enthusiasts gathered to watch the pup and protect it from curious passersby until its mother returned. According to the National Park Service, harbor seal pup season lasts from March through July, and babies can often be found on their own along the waterfront. This rarely means they have been abandoned, though, as the mothers are typically feeding in nearby waters.
Desirae Desnomie braids the hair of her daughter, Aiyana Burnstick, 13, before the Grand Entry of Milk River Indian Days on Sunday, July 28, 2019 at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Montana.
The sun turns a deep red as it sets beyond the Port of Everett and the Olympic Mountains on a hazardously smoky evening Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, in Everett, Washington. Following the start of the Bolt Creek Fire and other wildfires in the region, air quality in Snohomish County was seemingly always hazardous through September and October.
Kenneth Beyer, 4, holds out an orange and winces as a horse nibbles on his hat during an open house at United In Light Draft Horse Sanctuary on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, in Livingston, Montana.
Flight Crew Chief Dennis Fennessey stands and takes notes on the wing of Sentimental Journey, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, after a morning flight on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, at Arlington Municipal Airport in Arlington, Washington. Sentimental Journey is now one of only four airworthy B-17s in the world following the fatal crash of Texas Raiders in Dallas on November 12.
Twenty-four-year-old Joel Christensen, who was born with Infantile Refsum disease, causing him to be unable to see or fully hear, stands with his grandfather Harold at his side as he tosses trash into the pit at the the Airport Road Transfer Station on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Everett, Washington. Going to the transfer station is one of Joel’s favorite activities with the vibration of humming machinery, the whooshing of front end loaders and the tactile nature of his family’s trash all stimulating his strongest senses.
Graduates Orion Wolfchief, Madison Wolf Chief and Lillian Gopher celebrate in a whirlwind of confetti after being presented as the Box Elder High School class of 2019 during their commencement ceremony Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at Box Elder School in Box Elder, Montana.
Clouds pass in front of the moon and sun as the two cross paths during an annular eclipse on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, seen from Everett, Washington. A total eclipse will be visible over parts of the United States in April 2024.
Katie Custer Bojakowski, an instructional assistant professor with the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University, right, speaks with local nautical archaeologist Nathaniel Howe, left, of Cutwater Archaeology, about the Equator on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, during a two-week survey of the vessel at its resting place in Everett, Washington.