Some moments you can't miss—heavy equipment mobilized to fight a potential flood, or a football victory before thousands of Hawkeye faithful.
Other moments, however, might slip by unnoticed—a laugh and connection between two friends, a man's daily trek to work, a young clinic patient describing how he sees the world.
University of Iowa photographers caught all these moments—and thousands more—during 2013. The gallery below presents of few of the most striking images from a year to remember. Click the thumbnails to launch and navigate.
To read two related stories, see 2013 timeline and 2013 almanac.