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  • Menhaden jump from the water as fishermen of the Cockrells Creek begin to raise a seine net Tuesday morning September 3, 2019. The 15 fishermen of the 185-foot long Cockrells Creek are part of the Omega Proteins fleet that fish for menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. The oil of menhaden is full of omega-3 fatty acids that makes them a valuable source of nutritional supplements, and at Omega’s plant in Reedville the fish are processed for fish oil and fishmeal.
  • A super moon rises over the Buckroe Fishing Pier Saturday evening July 12, 2014.
  • A lone dove flies among pigeons perched on a line above Buckroe Beach Wednesday afternoon October 9, 2019.
  • An oil-soaked Canada goose struggles to fly out of the Kalamazoo River after a pipeline ruptured July 26, sending nearly a million gallons of oil into the river near Marshall. The feathers of the goose were saturated in thick crude oil, making it impossible to fly.
  • A jogger runs past the Lions Bridge along Museum Drive as the sun sets over the James River Tuesday evening February 8, 2022.
  • An insect rests on a wet flower petal Tuesday morning August 8, 2017. According to the National Weather Service rain is expected to continue through the day after thunderstorms moved through the region Monday evening.
  • Debbie Bunch of Carrollton admires the rainbow over Ft. Monroe Sunday evening. Bunch was at Ft. Monroe with friends and family to view the rise of Sunday's super moon.
  • A great blue heron takes flight after catching a fish in the James River Monday evening May 13, 2019.
  • Paul Richardson swims through seagrass in the water of South Bay off the Eastern Shore Tuesday morning with other VIMS scientists looking for bay scallops August 1, 2017. The scientists were conducting a scallop survey, collecting, measuring and counting ones they found as part of an effort to rehabilitate the stock by restoring seagrasses.
  • A cleared and stained moonfish is seen at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science Nunnally Ichthyology Collection in Gloucester Wednesday December 8, 2021.
  • A pelican dives into the James River Monday evening, May 9, 2022.
  • A bicyclist rides along a path among blooming flowers at Riverview Farm Park in Newport News Wednesday afternoon May 27, 2020.
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  • A bee flies around flowers along the Colonial Parkway Wednesday evening as the sun begins to set.
  • A pair of cormorants watch as the sunset reflects off of a ship heading into the Chesapeake Bay Friday evening January 18, 2019.
  • Kimmie Eaton, 10, of Centreville rests on her two dairy cows inside a barn at the St. Joseph County Grange Fair. This is Eaton's first year participating in 4-H.
  • A bee flies between blossoms on a tree in Newport News Monday afternoon February 10, 2020.
  • An egret catches a fish after tossing it into the air along the James River Monday evening November 6, 2017.
  • A spider rests as rain drops cling to a web Tuesday afternoon September 26, 2017.
  • Forest technician Nelson Jarvis of the Department of Forestry monitors a fire burning in the woods Thursday evening.
  • A couple navigates the rocks while fishing at Huntington Beach after sunset in Newport News Wednesday evening August 21, 2019.
  • Tess McEnroe of Minneapolis, Minn. is reflected in a puddle of water as she stops during a hike through the Grand Canyon to shield her eyes from the sun and admire the view. McEnroe and eleven others spent over two weeks whitewater rafting down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
  • A seagull flies through the air above Lake Maury as a rainbow appears in the sky Monday December 2, 2019.
  • A horse grazes in field surrounded by yellow flowers near York Street in Williamsburg Friday evening May 3, 2019.
  • An egret rests on a branch above the water of Hampton's Indian Creek Tuesday morning September 15, 2020. Officials have said an algae bloom is responsible for a fish kill in Hampton’s Indian Creek.
  • Young birds cross Museum Drive near the James River Monday evening, May 9, 2022.
  • Rows and rows of jars in storage bays stretch nearly from floor to ceiling at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester. Each jar contains at least one dead fish, waiting for the day it’ll interest somebody, somewhere in the world. Sarah Huber and Eric Hilton of the Nunnally Ichthyology Collection are in charge of cataloging, loaning and sometimes collecting the fish straight out of the water. This 'dead fish library' stores half a million specimens, including a great white shark.
  • A spider clings to a flower petal along the Noland Trail in Newport News Wednesday afternoon October 9, 2019.
  • Pelicans rest above Mill Creek Friday afternoon November 30, 2018.
  • A crow departs a snow covered tree at The Mariners' Museum and Park Thursday morning January 28, 2021.
  • Storm clouds roll over Ft. Monroe as people walk along Stilwell Drive Tuesday evening April 7, 2020.
  • Lightning flashes over the James River as severe thunderstorms move through Hampton Roads Tuesday evening.
  • Geese take flight as the Peninsula Pilots and Savannah Bananas play during Tuesday's game three of the Coastal Plain League Petitt Cup Championship at War Memorial Stadium on August 16, 2016.
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  • Workers are seen around the site after 36 railroad cars containing 3,600 tons of coal derailed in the Great Dismal Swap Wednesday afternoon June 26, 2019. The train derailed around 4:20 a.m. Tuesday.
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  • A spider waits in a web in the early hours of Tuesday morning on September 8, 2015.
  • Ospreys battle for a fish while flying above the James River Tuesday afternoon May 2, 2017.
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