Churchgoers prepare for a sweat lodge ceremony during the annual 'Drum & Splash' gathering at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 05 July 2014. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Republican Speaker of the House from Ohio John Boehner (R) kisses Democratic House Minority Leader from California Nancy Pelosi (L) after Boehner was re-elected as Speaker of the House on the floor of the House of Representatives in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2015. Boehner faced opposition from conservative Republicans, including Texas congressman Louie Gohmert. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
A decommissioned Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile sits in an underground silo at the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Arizona, USA, 06 April 2015. During the Cold War, Titan II missiles, each armed with a nine-megaton nuclear warhead, were deployed to Arizona, Arkansas, and Kansas and were kept on continuos alert; this site preserves the last remaining Titan II missile and launch facility. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Members of Jews United Against Zionism protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 03 March 2015. Netanyahu's speech, which will address his concerns about Iran, is said to have further damaged relations between the Obama administration and Israel. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Dozens of Sandhill cranes are seen in a long exposure spending the night on the Platte River during their annual migration through central Nebraska just outside Gibbon, Nebraska, USA, 26 March 2014. Every spring in central Nebraska, as the last snow melts and the region’s fertile farmland is newly revealed, the Platte River Valley plays host to a remarkable gathering. Hundreds of thousands of Sandhill cranes, tired and hungry, with yellow eyes and bright red foreheads, pause here on their way north to the Arctic. For three weeks, they rest and refuel - fattening themselves on last-year’s corn and sleeping in the shallow braids of the Platte River. At four feet (1.2 meters) tall, they are one of the largest birds in North America - and one of the most romanticized; bird watchers from across the country descend on this area to witness one of North America’s most dramatic migrations. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Departing Attorney General Eric Holder (C) says goodbye to an employee at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, USA, 24 April 2015. The US Senate confirmed Holder's successor, Loretta Lynch, to the position on 23 April. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Chance Forney (L) kisses Sam Hunsicker (C-L) as church members wrap them and others in ribbons from a maypole during a Beltaine celebration at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 02 May 2015. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) waits to speak at a Tea Party protest against the Iran Nuclear deal on the West Front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 09 September 2015. US President Barack Obama has already secured commitments from enough Senators to sustain a veto should Congress vote to kill the bill. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
The so-called 'Apple-2 House' is one of two homes that remain from Doomtown's fake American community that included cars, furniture, and mannequins, which was destroyed by an atomic bomb test in 1955 to determine the civil effects of an nuclear blast at the Nevada National Security Site, 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 08 April 2015. This house was a little more than a mile from the 29-kiloton nuclear explosion. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Three months after same sex marriage was legalized in Pennsylvania, Rhys McGovern (R) and Mel Novner (L) share a kiss inside a shed while waiting for the start of their wedding ceremony at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 30 August 2014. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
The remains of a pyramid-like anti-missile radar, part of the the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, which was built during the Cold War to detect an incoming nuclear attack from the Soviet Union, is seen just outside Nekoma, North Dakota, USA, 24 March 2015. The complex was completed in 1975 and was operational for less than a year before the Defense Department, concerned about the program's cost and effectiveness, pulled the plug. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Chelsea Hope Boyles (C) walks in a red dress to a reception after being crowned the festival queen during an event called the Coronation of Regina Maria, at the annual West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA 04 September 2015. The festival is in its 37th year. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Dozens of Sandhill cranes sleep on a misty morning after spending the night on the Platte River during their annual migration through central Nebraska just outside Gibbon, Nebraska, USA, 27 March 2014. Every spring in central Nebraska, as the last snow melts and the region’s fertile farmland is newly revealed, the Platte River Valley plays host to a remarkable gathering. Hundreds of thousands of Sandhill cranes, tired and hungry, with yellow eyes and bright red foreheads, pause here on their way north to the Arctic. For three weeks, they rest and refuel - fattening themselves on last-year’s corn and sleeping in the shallow braids of the Platte River. At four feet (1.2 meters) tall, they are one of the largest birds in North America - and one of the most romanticized; bird watchers from across the country descend on this area to witness one of North America’s most dramatic migrations. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Roger Grandstaff (C-R), Church President of Four Quarters, wears a mask to dinner during a Dumb Supper, a Pagan rite, with Celtic roots, of staying silent and hiding one's identity on Samhain (Gaelic for 'summer's end,' when Pagans believe the veil between the living and the dead is at its most thin), so that they may dine with ancestors who have passed on, at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 01 November 2014. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
A Sandhill crane takes flight on a misty morning after spending the night on the Platte River during their annual migration through central Nebraska just outside Gibbon, Nebraska, USA, 27 March 2014. Every spring in central Nebraska, as the last snow melts and the region’s fertile farmland is newly revealed, the Platte River Valley plays host to a remarkable gathering. Hundreds of thousands of Sandhill cranes, tired and hungry, with yellow eyes and bright red foreheads, pause here on their way north to the Arctic. For three weeks, they rest and refuel - fattening themselves on last-year’s corn and sleeping in the shallow braids of the Platte River. At four feet (1.2 meters) tall, they are one of the largest birds in North America - and one of the most romanticized; bird watchers from across the country descend on this area to witness one of North America’s most dramatic migrations. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Michelle Donnelly dons horns and crystals for the annual Samhain (Gaelic for 'summer's end') festival at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 01 November 2014. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
A satellite calibration target, used during the Cold War to help America's Corona satellites focus their lenses before spying on the Soviet Union, gathers dust in the desert outside Casa Grande, Arizona, USA, 06 April 2015. At one time there were 272 of these 60-foot-wide (18 meters) crosses scattered throughout southern Arizona. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Magnolia Adamas (C-L) prepares to march in an evening parade during the annual 'Drum & Splash' gathering at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 05 July 2014. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Visitors to White Sands Missile Park check out a 'Hound Dog,' a supersonic Cold War missile that could be launched from a B-52 and carry a nuclear warhead, at the White Sands Missile Range outside Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, 03 April 2015. The park displays more than 50 missiles and rockets that were tested on the range. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Churchgoers dance at an evening drum circle during the annual 'Drum & Splash' gathering at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 05 July 2014. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Church members move an 8-ton rock by hand toward a giant stone circle during the annual 'Stones Rising' gathering at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 31 August 2014. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Visitors to an exhibit called 'the BEACH' play in a simulated ocean of nearly one million translucent plastic balls at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, USA, 11 July 2015. The 10,000 square foot (3,000 square meter) exhibit also includes beach chairs, umbrellas, and a simulated shoreline. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Pope Francis (bottom L) delivers a much anticipated speech to the U.S. House of Representatives in the US Capitol in Washington DC, USA, 24 September 2015. Pope Francis is on a five-day trip to the USA, which includes stops in Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia, after a three-day stay in Cuba. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Church members socialize after a Yule celebration 'gift exchange' in a building they call 'the loft,' a communal gathering place where visiting members can also spend the night when it is too cold to camp, at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 13 December 2014. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
The atomic cloud logo of the Richland High School Bombers, which reflects the pride in the Richland area for the community's role in the development of the Manhattan Project and the end of WW II, is seen on the floor of the high school's gymnasium in Richland, Washington, USA, 28 May 2015. Richland is home to many workers from the nearby Hanford Site, which was established near the end of WWII to make plutonium for nuclear weapons. Hanford plutonium was in the so-called 'Fat Man' atom bomb that the US dropped on Nagasaki in 1945. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Mason Jean (L) hugs Coriander Woodruff (C) as they and other church members return from blessing several of the most sacred sites on the church property during a Yule celebration at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 13 December 2014. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Josh Powell (L) prepares to lift the lid of a giant smoker so that John Pees (R) can add four stuffed ducks, three geese were already cooking inside the smoker, for the church's Yule celebration at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 13 December 2014. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
During a memorial ceremony for Nate 'El Rico' Medellin, a 26-year-old community member who died the previous July, churchgoers comfort Medellin's mother Debra DeLucca (C) as she weeps at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 01 November 2014. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Church members dressed as the 'megalithic ancestors of stone builders from the Scottish highlands' preside over a ceremony to begin pulling an 8-ton rock into the church's Stone Circle during the annual 'Stones Rising' gathering at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 29 August 2014. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
The room that would have served as the House of Representatives in the event of a nuclear war is seen in a once-secret nuclear bunker built for members of Congress beneath the Greenbrier, a four-star resort near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA, 09 June 2015. The 112,544-square-foot (34,303-square-meter) bomb shelter, completed during the Cold War in 1961, included enough beds and supplies to accommodate all 535 lawmakers, as well as one staffer each. There were also decontamination chambers, an intensive care unit and a communications briefing room, all surrounded by three to five feet (one to one and a half meters) of concrete. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
The 25-ton blast door of a once-secret nuclear bunker built for members of Congress is seen beneath The Greenbrier, a four-star resort near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA, 09 June 2015. The 112,544-square-foot (34,303-square-meter) bomb shelter, completed during the Cold War in 1961, included enough beds and supplies to accommodate all 535 lawmakers, as well as one staffer each. There were also decontamination chambers, an intensive care unit and a communications briefing room, all surrounded by three to five feet (one to one and a half meters) of concrete. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Tourists are seen in a long-exposure image visiting Trinity Test Site, where on July 16, 1945 scientists working with the Manhattan Project detonated the world's first atomic bomb, on White Sands Missile Range just outside San Antonio, New Mexico, USA, 04 April 2015. The Department of Defense allows the public to visit the site on just two days a year. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
The Sedan Crater, formed by a 104-kiloton thermonuclear detonation in 1962, is a major draw for visitors hoping to land a spot on one of 12 annual tours of the Nevada National Security Site, 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 08 April 2015. The nuclear blast that created Sedan displaced 12 million tons of earth, leaving behind a crater 320 feet (100 meters) deep. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
The world's first, full-scale nuclear reactor, the historic B Reactor, is seen from the window of a bus tour on the Hanford Site in Washington, USA, 27 May 2015. The B Reactor, which was built in secret in 1943-1944 and produced the plutonium used in the 'Fat Man' bomb dropped over Nagasaki, Japan, will become part of the soon-to-be-established Manhattan Project National Historical Park. Constructed near the end of WWII, the Hanford Site is now one of the most toxic nuclear sites in the Western Hemisphere. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
The blast door of the November-33 launch facility, which once protected a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile and is now owned by the North Dakota Historic Society, is seen at dusk in Cooperstown, North Dakota, USA, 23 March 2015. The missile was removed to comply with the terms of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, signed in 1991 by US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Michael Gorbachev. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO