Raphael Perea, a high school biology intern at the Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, celebrates a developing storm by jump-roping his survey quadrat on July 18, 2006. The preserve's field crew, responsible for rangeland monitoring, is often forced to leave work early during monsoon season, chased out by the second highest incidence of lightning strikes in the country.
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