01-25Statue of Robert Burns in the Birks of Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland - Dennis Barnes/Getty Images)
01-13Giant kelp in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, California - Brandon Cole Images/Shutterstock)
01-12Rumelihisarı on the Bosporus Strait at Istanbul, Türkiye - Drone in Wonderland/Amazing Aerial Agency)
01-03Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico - Jay Goodrich/Tandem Stills + Motion)
12-22Christmas tree of the Galeries Lafayette in Paris, France - Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images)
12-19A northern cardinal perched in a common winterberry bush in Marion County, Illinois - Richard and Susan Day/Danita Delimont)
12-14Great horned owls and a gilded flicker on a saguaro cactus in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona - John Cancalosi
12-07Mokoli'I Island in Kaneohe Bay, seen from Kualoa Regional Park, Oahu, Hawaii - Riddhish Chakraborty/Getty Images)
12-04Elephants near Mount Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park, Kenya - Diana Robinson Photography/Getty Images)
12-02Tlikakila River Delta in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska - Dawn Wilson Photography/Getty Images)
11-29Great blue herons building a nest in Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida - Imagebroker/Alamy)
11-26An olive tree in front of the Temple of Concordia on the island of Sicily, Italy - Alfio Finocchiaro/Shutterstock)
11-25Monks Mound at the Cahokia Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site near Collinsville, Illinois - Matthew Gush/Alamy)
11-17Bridge on the McKenzie River Trail, Willamette National Forest, Oregon - Don Paulson/Danita Delimont)
11-14Ruins of the medieval castle of the Knights of St. John above the village of Chorio, Halki Island, Greece - Massimo Ripani/eStock Photo)
11-13The Punch Bowl on the River Quoich in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - AWL Images/Danita Delimont)
11-10Rock formations in Badlands National Park during a lightning storm, South Dakota - DEEPOL by plainpicture)
11-08Sky lanterns take flight during the Yi Peng Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand - Suttipong Sutiratanachai/Getty Images)
11-06Runners in the 1990 New York City Marathon crossing the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge - David Madison/Getty Images)
11-04Depiction of deities from the Tomb of Tutankhamun at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt - Stefan Lippmann/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
11-03Mount Kilimanjaro with Cape buffaloes in foreground, Amboseli Biosphere Reserve, Kenya - RealityImages/Shutterstock)
11-02The Hughes H-4 Hercules, aka the Spruce Goose, November 1947, Long Beach Harbor, California - J R Eyerman/Shutterstock)
11-01Skeleton figures (calacas) dressed up for Día de los Muertos celebrations in Mexico - Amelia Fuentes Marin/Getty Images)
10-31Trees in Wychwood Forest near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England - Frederick Ardley/Getty Images)
10-24Oil lamps arranged on a rangoli to celebrate Diwali in Guwahati, India - Biju Boro/Getty Images)
10-20Hoffmann's two-toed sloth mother and young, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica - Suzi Eszterhas
10-17Long-eared owl in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands of the Czech Republic - Ondrej Prosicky/Alamy)
10-14Waterfall on the Río Arazas in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Pyrenees, Spain - David Santiago Garcia/Cavan Images)
10-12Ammonite Pavement at Monmouth Beach, Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, Dorset, England - AWL Images/Danita Delimont)
10-10The 'Circle of Sacred Smoke' sculpture by Junkyu Muto frames Devils Tower in Wyoming - Nagel Photography/Shutterstock)
10-09Phytoplankton blooming in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska - Norman Kuring/Kathryn Hansen/U.S. Geological Survey/NASA)
10-07Designs projected on the Oberbaum Bridge during the yearly Festival of Lights in Berlin, Germany - John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images)
10-05Caribbean flamingos, Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico - Claudio Contreras
10-02Hot air balloons at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico - gmeland/Shutterstock)
09-30Southern right whale diving in the Golfo Nuevo near the Valdes Peninsula, Argentina - Gabriel Rojo
09-29Infini-D, modeled during the World of WearableArt Awards in 2019 in Wellington, New Zealand - Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images for World of WearableArt)
09-23Golden jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake on the island of Eil Malk, Palau - Nature Picture Library/Alamy)
09-22The aspen canopy along the Last Dollar Road near Telluride, Colorado - Grant Ordelheide/Tandem Stills + Motion)
09-19Floral tributes left in London, England, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II - Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters)
09-14Navajo Bridge over the Colorado River at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in northern Arizona - trekandshoot/Alamy)
09-11Statue of Liberty seen behind US flags at half-staff for the anniversary of September 11 in 2014, New York City - Adam Parent/Shutterstock)
09-10Moon installation for the Mid-Autumn Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Lim Huey Teng/Reuters)
09-08View of the city from the Setas de Sevilla (Metropol Parasol) in Seville, Spain - LucVi/Shutterstock)
08-19Solar Impulse 2 flying over the pyramids in Giza, Egypt - Jean Revillard/Solar Impulse2 via Getty Images)
08-18Källö-Knippla, an island in the archipelago of Gothenburg, Sweden - Martin Wahlborg/Getty Images)
08-17Freshwater plants and tetra fish, Aquário Natural, Rio Baía Bonita, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil - Michel Roggo
08-13Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Superior National Forest, Minnesota - Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
08-08Aerial view of the island Pantaleu near Sant Elm, Mallorca, Spain - Dimitri Weber/Amazing Aerial Agency)
08-04Farmers collecting water lilies in the Satla marshland near Bagdha, Barisal, Bangladesh - Mustasinur Rahman Alvi/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
08-01An active lava tube, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii - Tom Schwabel/Tandem Stills + Motion)
07-30Rainforest hike near Milford Sound/Piopiotahi in New Zealand - Jim Patterson/Tandem Stills + Motion)
07-25Golden Gallopers Carousel on the seafront in Brighton, East Sussex, England - Graham Prentice/Alamy)
07-22Our Lady of the Rocks and Saint George Island in the Bay of Kotor, Perast, Montenegro - Dmitrii Sakharov/Shutterstock)
07-18Omijima Island in Kita-Nagato Kaigan Quasi-National Park, Japan - Sean Pavone Photo/Adobe Stock)
07-17The Wave sandstone formation in Coyote Buttes North, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona - Dennis Frates/Alamy)
07-14Baby lemon sharks swimming among mangroves near Alice Town, Bimini, Bahamas - Ken Kiefer 2/Getty Images)
07-10Aerial view of colorful boats in the Mediterranean Sea in Ölüdeniz, Turkey - den-belitsky/Getty Images)
07-05Fannette Island surrounded by Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California - Rachid Dahnoun/Tandem Stills + Motion)
07-04Fireworks explode during Independence Day celebrations on July 4, 2021, in Washington, DC - White House Photo/Alamy)
07-02Aerial view of a road separating two lakes in the Scottish Highlands - Abstract Aerial Art/Getty Images)
06-30The Acraman crater, Australia - USGS/NASA Landsat data/Orbital Horizon/Gallo Images/Getty images)
06-29Mangrove forest in Phang Nga Bay, Andaman Sea, Thailand - Ratnakorn Piyasirisorost/Getty Images)
06-24Scuba diver exploring the underwater cenotes near Puerto Aventuras, Mexico - Extreme Photographer/Getty Images)
06-18Surfers catching waves at Palm Beach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia - Darren Tierney/Getty Images)
06-17Balsamroot wildflowers bloom below the Teton Mountains in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming - Mike Cavaroc/Tandem Stills + Motion)
06-16Seungseon Bridge at Seonam Temple in Jogyesan Provincial Park, South Korea - Aaron Choi/Getty Images)
06-11Misool Island, one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua, Indonesia - Elsy Saldek/Getty Images)
06-08Long-beaked common dolphin pod and diving Cape gannets hunting sardines off the Eastern Cape, South Africa - Pete Oxford
06-06An indigo bunting at the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove in Audubon, Pennsylvania - Vicki Jauron/Getty Images)
06-04Banner Peak and Thousand Island Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness, California - Michael DeYoung Photography/Tandem Stills + Motion)
05-30Rainbow Pool and the field of stars in the World War II Memorial with the Lincoln Memorial in the background, Washington, DC - Sean Pavone/Getty Images)
05-28Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park, Australia - Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images)
05-27Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands photographed from Golden Gate Overlook in San Francisco, California - Jeff Lewis/Tandem Stills + Motion)
05-26Hanging bridge in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica - Dmitriy Burlakov/Getty Images)
05-23Florida red-bellied turtle in Rainbow Springs, Rainbow Springs State Park, Florida - Michel Roggo
05-22A Burchell's zebra and a cattle egret at the Rietvlei Nature Reserve in South Africa - Richard Du Toit
05-18Museum at Prairiefire, Overland Park, Kansas - Bernard P. Friel/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
05-17Salt ponds of Maras in Peru's Sacred Valley of the Incas - Fotofeeling/Westend61 on Offset/Shutterstock)
05-16Burrowing owl chicks gaze out from among flowers near the Pawnee National Grassland in Colorado - Roberta Olenick/Alamy)
05-15Panoramic view of the Bernina Range with blood moon, Eastern Alps, Engadin, Switzerland - Bernd Zoller/Shutterstock)
05-12Nurses serving with the American Red Cross in Paris, France, in May 1919 - Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
05-10Panther Creek Falls in spring, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington - Stephen Matera/Tandem Stills + Motion)
05-09View of Göreme from an observation deck, Göreme National Park, Cappadocia, Turkey - Anton Petrus/Getty Images)
05-06A path winding through a forest carpeted with bluebells in Hertfordshire, England - JayKay57/Getty Images)
05-05Tree in blue agave field in the tequila-producing region near Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico - Brian Overcast/Alamy)
05-01Dancers on the site of a lele (altar) on Mount Maunaloa, Molokai, Hawaii - Alvis Upitis/Getty Images)
04-30The North Beach Jazz Mural created by Bay Area artist Bill Weber in San Francisco - Kosso/Getty Images)
04-29A young coast redwood sprouting out of an old log in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California - Hutch Axilrod/Getty Images)
04-25Three king penguins on the shore of St. Andrew's Bay, South Georgia Island - Paul Souders/Getty Images)
04-24Milky Way rising above Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California - Cory Marshall/Tandem Stills + Motion)
04-20Mute swan chicks shelter under mom's tail feathers, Massapequa Preserve, Long Island, New York - Vicki Jauron/Getty Images)
04-16Aerial view of Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - AirPano LLC/Amazing Aerial Agency)
04-12Waning gibbous moon above the Earth's horizon, photographed from the International Space Station - NASA)
04-04The Kjeragbolten boulder on the mountain Kjerag in Rogaland county, Norway - Angel FAyE/Getty Images)
04-02Whangārei Falls near the city of Whangārei, North Island, New Zealand - Nathan Kavumbura/Getty Images)
03-28Wisteria blooms at Kawachi Fuji Garden in Kitakyushu, Japan - Steve Tan C K Photography/Getty Images)
03-22Waterfalls in Thousand Springs State Park, Hagerman Valley, Idaho - knowlesgallery/Getty Images)
03-12Girl Scouts camping on the shore of Todd Lake in 1960, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon - CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
03-09The 'Flower of Life' symbol drawn in the snow by artist Michael Uy, Jacobsdorf, Brandenburg, Germany - Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)
03-08The 'Fearless Girl' statue outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York City - Brendan McDermid/Alamy)
03-07Lake Tekapo with Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in the background on New Zealand's South Island - Sophie Dover/Getty Images)
03-04The National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China - Han Haidan/China News Service via Getty Images)
03-03Greater one-horned rhinoceroses in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India - Robert Harding World Imagery/Shutterstock)
03-02Moonlight and the Milky Way over Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington - Brad Goldpaint/Cavan)
02-23The cypress tunnel at Point Reyes National Seashore in California - Spondylolithesis/Getty Images)
02-21The Washington Monument seen from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC - lucky-photographer/Getty Images)
02-19Mount Logan in Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon, Canada - plainpicture/Design Pics/Robert Postma)
02-15Red lanterns hanging on trees during the Lantern Festival in Chengdu, Sichuan, China - Philippe Lejeanvre/Getty Images)
02-14Heart-shaped island with sandy beach, offshore coral reef, Indian Ocean, Maldives - Willyam Bradberry/Shutterstock)
02-09The Ceremony Hall of Icehotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden - Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
02-05Monarch butterflies in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Angangueo, Mexico - Sylvain Cordier
02-04Big Air Shougang venue in Shijingshan District, Beijing, China - Gao Zehong/VCG via Getty Images)
01-31Workers sorting incense in the Huyện Ứng Hòa district of Hanoi, Vietnam - Azim Khan Ronnie/Amazing Aerial Agency)
01-29Symmetrical brain coral on a reef in the Caribbean Sea near Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - Alex Mustard
01-23Meoto Iwa (Wedded Rocks) off the coast of Futami, Mie Prefecture, Honshu, Japan - Marco Gaiotti/plainpicture)
01-19Saint Elias Mountains and Kaskawulsh Glacier in Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon, Canada - Design Pics Inc/Alamy)
01-17MLK memorial sculpture by William Tarr outside of Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus in New York City - Randy Duchaine/Alamy)
01-16Sorting chili peppers at a farm in Bogra, Bangladesh - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset/Shutterstock)
01-14The road leading to Sa Calobra on the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca - Tolo Balaguer/agefotostock)
01-10Ski touring in the High Tauern mountain range near Bad Gastein, Austria - RooM the Agency/Alamy)
01-09Rice laid out to dry in Dhamrai, Dhaka, Bangladesh - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
01-07Nazaré Lighthouse atop Forte de São Miguel Arcanjo, Nazaré, Portugal - Richard A Lock/Getty Images)
01-03The Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California - Jeffrey Lewis/Tandem Stills + Motion)
01-01Harp seal sleeping at Jones Beach, Long Island, New York - Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography/Getty Images)
12-25Trees on the northern slope of Mount Khomyak in the Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine - panaramka/Getty Images)
12-22Winter scene illuminated on the Palais de l'Isle in Annecy, Haute Savoie, France - blickwinkel/Alamy)
12-21Sunlight in the forest of Western Siberia, near the city of Raduzhny, Russia - Leonid Ikan/Shutterstock)
12-16The English National Ballet's 2016 production of 'The Nutcracker' at the London Coliseum in London, England - Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images)
12-11The shadow of Mount Everest over the western Himalayas in Nepal - Kent Karvey/KH Films, Inc./Tandem Stills + Motion)
12-06An 1840 design for the Analytical Engine by Charles Babbage - Science & Society Picture Library/Getty Images)
12-04Mother cheetah and her cub in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya - gudkovandrey/Adobe Stock)
12-02Dall sheep rams at Polychrome Pass, Denali National Park, Alaska - Patrick J. Endres/Getty Images)
11-29Aerial view of snowy peaks of Vinicunca (aka Rainbow Mountain), Peru - Jude Newkirk/Amazing Aerial Agency)
11-28Centennial Bridge towering above Soberanía National Park, Panama - David Tipling/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
11-27Aerial view of Penn Station and the New York City skyline at night in the 1950s - R. Gates -Staff/Getty Images)
11-26Zuni Olla Maidens at the annual Inter-Tribal Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico - Julien McRoberts/Danita Delimont)
11-16The Jacobite steam train crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct in Inverness-shire, Scotland - The Escape of Malee/Shutterstock)
11-13Aerial view of El Tajo gorge and the Puente Nuevo bridge in Ronda, Málaga, Spain - Jude Newkirk/Amazing Aerial Agency)
11-11Sailors on the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima on New York's Hudson River during Veterans Week, 2016 - Apple White/Alamy)
11-05Pont Rouge (Red Bridge) over the Palmer River in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada - Jean Surprenant/Getty Images)
11-02Marigolds decorate a cemetery in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico, for a Day of the Dead ceremony - Daniel Elizalde S/Shutterstock)
11-01The sculpture 'Kindred Spirits' by Alex Pentek in Bailick Park, Midleton, County Cork, Ireland - David Creedon/Alamy Live News/Alamy)
10-22Comet NEOWISE streaks across the sky over Sunwapta Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada - Stocktrek Images, Inc./Alamy)
10-21Bald cypress and Spanish moss in the Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana - Chris Moore/Exploring Light Photography/Tandem Stills + Motion)
10-20Brown-throated three-toed sloth in Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica - Lukas Kovarik/Shutterstock)
10-18Capel Curig in Snowdonia National Park, Wales, United Kingdom - Sebastian Wasek/Sime/eStock Photo)
10-17Redwood Memorial Grove in Whakarewarewa Forest, North Island, New Zealand - Michael Breitung/Huber/eStock Photo)
10-16Aerial view of the Temple of Hatshepsut near Luxor, Egypt - Ratnakorn Piyasirisorost/Moment/Getty Images)
10-14Saguaro 'family' and Milky Way, Saguaro National Park, Arizona - Christian Foto Az/Shutterstock)
10-13An ichthyosaur fossil of the Jurassic period, Dinosaurland Fossil Museum, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England - Christopher Jones/Alamy)
10-11The Clan House at Totem Bight State Historical Park near Ketchikan, Alaska - Ron Niebrugge/Alamy)
10-09Sandhill cranes and mallard ducks, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico - Cathy & Gordon Illg/Jaynes Gallery/DanitaDelimont.com)
10-07Huay Mae Khamin Waterfall in Khuean Srinagarindra National Park, Thailand - Casper1774Studio/Getty Images)
10-05Kindergarteners drawing on canvases in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China - Xu Hui/VCG via Getty Images)
10-03The Roman amphitheater of Itálica, near Seville, Spain - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
09-26The Mackenzie River in Canada emptying into the Beaufort Sea - Norman Kuring, GSFC/NASA/USGS Landsat)
09-25Escarpment Trail in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan - Pat & Chuck Blackley/Alamy)
09-15Artist Jesus 'CIMI' Alvarado painting his mural 'Fronterizos' on a wall of the El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas - Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images)
09-14Aldeyjarfoss waterfall in northern Iceland's interior landscape - Jim Patterson/Tandem Stills + Motion)
09-13Aerial view of the Venice Skatepark in Venice Beach, Los Angeles - Ingus Kruklitis/Getty Images)
09-11US flag on part of a 9/11 memorial overlooking the New York skyline from Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey - Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
09-06Park service employees inspecting Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota - Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
09-03The 'Alien Egg Hatchery' in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico - Ian Shive/Tandem Stills + Motion)
08-29Underground lake in Ruskeala Mountain Park, Karelia, Russia - Konstantin Trubavin/Offset by Shutterstock)
08-26A sea swallow feeding on the tentacles of a blue button in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia - Gary Bell
08-24Old surfboards lined up as a fence near Paia, Maui, Hawaii - Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images)
08-22The shoreline of Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Washington state - Chris Moore/Tandem Stills + Motion)
08-21Petit Minou Lighthouse in the roadstead of Brest, Finistère, France - Mathieu Rivrin/Getty Images)
08-20Rub' al Khali desert on the border of Oman and the Emirate of Dubai - Daniel Schoenen/Offset by Shutterstock)
08-16Silhouette of Shambhala roller coaster at sunset in PortAventura Park, Salou, Tarragona, Spain - Joaquim F. P./Getty Images)
08-15Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen, a public pool on the shore of Lake Zürich, Switzerland - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
08-11The Perseid meteor shower photographed at the Dinosaur Museum of Erenhot in Inner Mongolia, China - bjdlzx/Getty Images)
07-31Northern carmine and European bee-eaters in Mkomazi National Park, Tanzania - webguzs/Getty Images)
07-27Adler Planetarium near Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
07-22The Minokake-Iwa rocks off the coast of the Izu Peninsula, Japan - Krzysztof Baranowski/Getty Images)
07-18Tour de France riders in front of the Louvre Pyramid and Museum in Paris, France, during the 2020 race - Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images)
07-15Boats float by rice fields on the Ngo Dong River in Ninh Bình province, Vietnam - Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images)
07-12Wave crashing on Farolim de Felgueiras, a lighthouse in Porto, Portugal - Stephan Zirwes/Offset by Shutterstock)
07-10Milky Way over the Tagus River in Monfragüe National Park, Spain - Miguel Angel Muñoz Ruiz/Cavan Images)
07-05Serra da Malagueta mountains on Santiago Island, Cabo Verde - Samuel Borges Photography/Shutterstock)
06-30Manicouagan Crater in Québec, Canada - Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
06-27Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts lit in Pride colors on June 18, 2020 in New York City - Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
06-26Glass sightseeing platform in Shilinxia Scenic Area, Pinggu District of Beijing, China - STR/AFP via Getty Images)
06-18Aerial view of Chapel Bridge over the River Reuss in Lucerne, Switzerland - Neleman Initiative/Gallery Stock)
06-15Aerial view of volcanic Lake Pinatubo and mountains, Luzon, Philippines - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
06-14The George Washington Bridge displays the American flag in honor of Flag Day, June 14, 2016, Fort Lee, New Jersey - Robert D. Barnes/Getty Images)
06-08Thousands of jack fish swimming together at Cabo Pulmo National Park, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico - Christian Vizl/Tandem Stills + Motion)
06-05Black-mandibled toucan in the rainforest canopy of La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica - Greg Basco
06-03Cyclists on a wooden suspension bridge over the Soča River in Slovenia - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
06-01Aerial view of the Grotta della Poesia (Poetry's Cave) near Roca, Lecce, Italy - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
05-31Military Women's Memorial, located at the gateway to Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia - Brycia James/Getty Images)
05-30California sea lion in a forest of giant kelp near the Channel Islands of California - Nature Picture Library/Alamy)
05-29Alley and bamboo grove in Wuhou Temple, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China - Eastimages/Getty Images)
05-26The total lunar eclipse of April 4, 2015, photographed over Monument Valley, Utah - Alan Dyer/Alamy)
05-23The renovated Rose Main Reading Room, New York Public Library Main Branch, New York City - Sascha Kilmer/Getty Images)
05-20A bee dives into a lotus flower at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC - Linda Davidson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
05-19Fallen rhododendron petals line a trail through Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina - aheflin/Getty Images Plus)
05-16Aerial view of El Peñón de Guatapé, Guatapé, Antioquia, Colombia - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
05-14Amazon rainforest with morning fog near Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Pulsar Imagens/Alamy)
05-12A view across the River Shannon in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland - Piotr Machowczyk/Shutterstock)
05-10The Hōkūle'a, a traditional Hawaiian voyaging canoe, departs for a 3-year voyage from Honolulu, Hawaii, on May 17, 2014 - Reuters/Alamy)
05-07Norcross Brook and wetlands near Moosehead Lake in Piscataquis County, Maine - Aaron Black-Schmidt/Tandem Stills + Motion)
05-04Grey seal hitching itself over the beach at Donna Nook, North Lincolnshire, England - Frederic Desmette
05-03Poster for Teacher Appreciation Week by 12-year-old Caroline Holt, 7th-grade student at the Bush School, Seattle, Washington - Caroline Holt/Eugenia Chang)
05-01Cherry blossoms at the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California - luisascanio/iStock/Getty Images)
04-29Aerial view of tidal channels in marshland of the Mockhorn Island State Wildlife Management Area, Virginia - Shane Gross
04-24The Cholla Cactus Garden in Joshua Tree National Park, California - Bryan Jolley/Tandem Stills + Motion)
04-19Large school of Munk's devil rays seen from the air, Gulf of California, Mexico - Mark Carwardine
04-18Montalbano Elicona, Messina, Sicily, Italy - Antonino Bartuccio/SOPA Collection/Offset by Shutterstock)
04-17New River Gorge Bridge in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, West Virginia - Entropy Workshop/iStock/Getty Images Plus)
04-15Jackie Robinson signs autographs at spring training in Ciudad Trujillo, now Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on March 6, 1948 - Bettmann/Getty Images)
04-12Earth viewed from the International Space Station, photographed by astronaut Jeff Williams - Jeff Williams/NASA)
04-10Grizzly bear cub siblings playing in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska - Ron Niebrugge/Alamy)
04-09Square Tower Group in Hovenweep National Monument, Utah - Brad McGinley Photography/Getty Images)
04-05Saut du Brot stone bridge in the Areuse Gorge, Neuchâtel, Switzerland - Andreas Gerth/eStock Photo)
04-03Lighthouse at Cape Aniva, Sakhalin Island, Russia - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
04-02Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in the state of Maranhão, Brazil - WIN-Initiative/Getty Images)
04-01Common chia elephant (Loxodonta laprofolis) in stealth stance, Marakele National Park, Limpopo, South Africa - Staffan Widstrand
03-29Reynisdrangar (basalt rock formations) on Reynisfjara Beach, Iceland - Cavan Images/Getty Images)
03-28The Jefferson Memorial during the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC - Rae Gabrielle/Alamy)
03-26Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia - Paparwin Tanupatarachai/Getty Images)
03-25Ancient Roman gold mining site of Las Médulas, León province, Spain - David Santiago Garcia/Getty Images)
03-23Satellite image of the Mania River in Madagascar - NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the US Geological Survey)
03-21Bluebell flowers carpet the Hallerbos forest floor, Flanders, Belgium - Jason Langley/plainpicture)
03-19Aerial view of the City of Adelaide shipwreck with trees growing on it, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
03-15Screech owl resting in a tree cavity, Massapequa Preserve, Long Island, New York - Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography/Getty Images)
03-12A balloon flies over the Pyramid of the Sun at sunrise in Teotihuacan, Mexico - Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)
03-09Foothills of the Diablo Range in the East Bay region of Northern California - Jeff Lewis/Tandem Stills + Motion)
03-07Great blue herons in the Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida - Marie Hickman/Getty Images)
03-05Mineral-laden water in the Rio Tinto, Minas de Riotinto mining area, Huelva province, Andalusia, Spain - David Santiago Garcia/Getty Images)
03-02Volcano Llaima with Araucaria trees in the foreground, Conguillío National Park, Chile - Fotografías Jorge León Cabello/Getty Images)
03-01A section of a large mosaic of Ida B. Wells displayed at Union Station in Washington, DC, in August 2020 - Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
02-27Twin polar bear cubs asleep in a snow den in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada - AF archive/Alamy)
02-18Rocks in the Verzasca River near the hamlet of Lavertezzo in the Valle Verzasca of Switzerland - Robert Seitz/Offset by Shutterstock)
02-17Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia's Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina - Juergen Schonnop/Getty Images)
02-16Flowers and an ironwork fence in front of a house in New Orleans, Louisiana - Lauren Mitchell/Offset by Shutterstock)
02-14Ocean waves crashing over a heart-shaped rock island off the coast of Sydney, Australia - Kristian Bell/Getty Images)
02-12Muskox with newborn in the central Arctic coastal plain of Alaska - Steven Kazlowski/Danita Delimont)
02-10Nieve penitente ice formations seen on Agua Negra Pass in the Coquimbo Region of the Andes, Chile - Art Wolfe/Danita Delimont)
02-09Moon dog photographed at Hug Point Falls on the Oregon coast - Ben Coffman/Tandem Stills + Motion)
02-08John Lewis hero mural by Sean Schwab in the Sweet Auburn district of Atlanta, Georgia - Ilene Perlman/Alamy)
02-06Mount Sefton in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand - AWL Images/Danita Delimont)
02-03Colossal limestone statues on Mount Nemrut, Adıyaman, Turkey - Peerakit JIrachetthakun/Getty Images)
02-01Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC - tse Pui Lung/Alamy)
01-30Svalbard Global Seed Vault with a glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne, Svalbard, Norway - Pal Hermansen
01-29European robin during a winter snowstorm, Peak District National Park, England - Ben Robson Hull Photography/Getty Images)
01-26Heart Reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia - Peter Adams/Offset by Shutterstock)
01-24Handicrafts of the Guna people of the Guna Yala archipelago, Panama - Lars Schneider/Tandem Stills + Motion)
01-22Paddleboarder in Bloody Brook, alongside the Connecticut River in Hanover, New Hampshire - DEEPOL by plainpicture)
01-19Ruins of the ancient Maya city of Calakmul surrounded by jungle in Campeche, Mexico - Alfredo Matus/Shutterstock)
01-16Glass igloos at the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort in Saariselkä, Finland - Lingxiao Xie/Getty Images)
01-13Flamingos in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve in Bolivia - Art Wolfe/Danita Delimont)
01-12Antique iceboats on the frozen Hudson River near Astor Point in Barrytown, New York - Mike Segar/REUTERS)
01-10Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area in Sichuan province, China - primeimages/Getty Images)
01-09Spanish shawl nudibranch on kelp off Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California - WaterFrame/Alamy)
12-26Families play on the snow-covered slopes at Barnett Demesne Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Stephen Barnes/Alamy)
12-25Santa's giant sleigh and mailbox, Ilulissat, Greenland - Walter Bibikow/Jon Arnold Images Ltd/Alamy)
12-21Castlerigg stone circle near Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, United Kingdom - Alan Copson/plainpicture)
12-19Early morning frost on trees in Mount Siguniang National Park in Sichuan province, China - Robert Harding World Imagery/Offset by Shutterstock)
12-18Tre Cime di Lavaredo as seen from the Lavaredo fork, Sexten Dolomites, Italy - AWL Images/Danita Delimont)
12-16Ludwig van Beethoven sculptures and monument at the Münsterplatz, Bonn, Germany - dpa/Alamy Live News)
12-15Bastei Bridge above the Elbe River in Saxon Switzerland National Park, Germany - Reinhard Schmid/eStock Photo)
12-13Gornergrat railway station and the Matterhorn in Zermatt, Switzerland - coolbiere photograph/Getty Images)
12-11Queen of the Andes plants with the Cordillera Blanca massif in the background, Peru - Cyril Ruoso
12-07View of the Washington Monument and the National World War II Memorial with its Pearl Harbor Dedication, Washington, DC - Olga Bogatyrenko/Shutterstock)
12-06Elevated path in Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia - Alessandro Laporta/Offset by Shutterstock)
11-29Mount Taranaki, Egmont National Park, North Island, New Zealand - Francesco Vaninetti/plainpicture)
11-28Partly snow-covered slope in Val Cervara, an old-growth beech forest, Abruzzo, Italy - Bruno D'Amicis
11-25A grove of American elm trees at Central Park's Mall, New York City - AWL Images/Danita Delimont)
11-24Huge waves crashing on rocks along Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Grove, California - Sheila Haddad/Danita Delimont)
11-21Autumn leaves frozen in ice, Price Lake, Julian Price Memorial Park, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina - Richard Bernabe/Offset by Shutterstock)
11-20Aerial view of the Aiguille du Midi in the Mont Blanc massif, France - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
11-18Interior view of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia - Rebecca Wyatt/Offset by Shutterstock)
11-17Andy Goldsworthy's 'Wood Line' installation near Lovers' Lane in the Presidio of San Francisco, California - Chris LaBasco/Alamy)
11-08Derwent Island on Derwentwater in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England - Chris Warren/eStock Photo)
11-06West Indian manatees in Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, Florida - Norbert Probst/Getty Images)
11-01Sky Rock petroglyphs in the Volcanic Tablelands near Bishop, California - JTBaskinphoto/Getty Images)
10-28Grotesques of Ecuadorian seabirds on the Basílica del Voto Nacional in Quito, Ecuador - Henri Leduc/Getty Images)
10-27Cambron Covered Bridge on Madison County Nature Trail near Huntsville, Alabama - Jens Lambert/Shutterstock)
10-19The Mati Si (Horse's Hoof Temple) and grottoes of Mati Si Scenic Area, Gansu province, China - Ana Flašker/Alamy)
10-16View of a tractor and trailers of cabbage in a field in Sankt Pölten, Austria - Stephan Zirwes/Getty Images)
10-10Aerial view of American flamingos flying over Los Roques Archipelago National Park, Venezuela - Cristian Lourenco/Getty Images)
10-05Emperor penguin adults and chicks at the Snow Hill Island rookery, Antarctica - Martin Ruegner/Getty Images)
10-04Montage of images of Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io - NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Goddard Space Flight Center)
10-03Brown bear in the Brooks River, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska - littleting/Pradthana Jarusriboonchai/Getty Images)
09-29Steeply terraced vineyards of the Lavaux region on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland - Yves Marcoux/plainpicture)
09-27The Fraser River, east of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with the Golden Ears mountains - LeonU/Getty Images)
09-26Watkins Glen State Park's Rainbow Falls in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York - Kenneth Keifer/Alamy)
09-25Ceiling and cove of the Great Hall at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC - Susan Candelario/Alamy)
09-24Cows decorated for the Almabtrieb in Tannheimer Tal, a valley in Tyrol, Austria - Hans Lippert/Alamy)
09-23Golden ginkgo leaves at Xuanwu Lake Park in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China - SIPA Asia/ZUMA Wire/Alamy)
09-21The Ship of Tolerance, an international art installation in Zug, Switzerland - Linda Kennard/Alamy)
09-17The US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence on display in the National Archives, Washington, DC - Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)
09-14Ruby-throated hummingbird feeding on yellow bells in the Texas Hill Country - Rolf Nussbaumer/Danita Delimont)
09-13Sand dunes with Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado - Tim Fitzharris
09-11One World Trade Center and lower Manhattan, seen from the Empty Sky memorial in Jersey City, New Jersey - Maurizio Rellini/Offset by Shutterstock)
09-10Huay Mae Khamin waterfall in Khuean Srinagarindra National Park, Thailand - ImpaKPro/Getty Images)
09-09A bearded reedling in Elmley National Nature Reserve in Kent, England - Mark Bridger/Offset by Shutterstock)
09-07A worker painting the Hammering Man, a sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky, in Frankfurt, Germany - Arne Dedert/Alamy)
09-04A bull in the foothills of Mount Pico on Pico Island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores - Atmo-Sphere/Getty Images)
08-31Cavern in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Michigan - Kenneth Keifer/Getty Images)
08-29Bicycle sculptures at the Col d'Aubisque, Hautes Pyrenees, France - Fco. Javier Sobrino/age fotostock)
08-27Sailing stone at Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park, California - Patrick Walsh/Getty Images)
08-26Spotted Lake in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada - Galyna Andrushko/Shutterstock)
08-25The Tasman Sea from Punakaiki on South Island, New Zealand - Maurizio Rellini/Sime/eStock Photo)
08-24Caño Cristales river in the Serranía de la Macarena region of Colombia - Jorge Iván Vásquez Cuartas/Getty Images)
08-23Stars reflected in the Totensee, a mountain lake at Grimsel Pass, Switzerland - magodevita/Getty Images)
08-16An adult burrowing owl emerges from its burrow at sunset in Davis, California - Neil Losin/Tandem Stills + Motion)
08-15Caves and coastal features at low tide on the Bay of Fundy, near St. Martins, New Brunswick, Canada - Jamie Roach/Shutterstock)
08-14A view of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park from Hunts Mesa, Navajo Nation, between Arizona and Utah - AWL Images/Danita Delimont)
08-10Lion cubs hiding in tall grass in the Kalahari Desert region of Botswana - Jami Tarris/Getty Images)
08-07Young humpback whale giving its mother a hug off the coast of the Tongan archipelago - Biosphoto/Alamy)
08-06Former lifeguard station on the island of Rügen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany - DR pics/Shutterstock)
08-03Lightning storm in the Tortolita Mountain foothills, north of Tucson, Arizona, in the Sonoran Desert - Jack Dykinga
08-01A lava flow hits water as a tour boat passes, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - Patrick Kelley/Getty Images)
07-27Tamul waterfall in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico - Robert Harding World Imagery/Offset by Shutterstock)
07-26Frank Gehry's BP Pedestrian Bridge connecting Millennium Park and Maggie Daley Park in Chicago - Devon Neff/Shutterstock)
07-20Earthrise across Mare Smythii on the moon - Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center)
07-19The Grand Canal and Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, Italy - Jim Richardson/Offset by Shutterstock)
07-13The Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park, Washington state - Jorge Romano/Offset by Shutterstock)
07-11Bàu Cá Cái mangrove forest in Quảng Ngãi province, Vietnam - Robert Harding World Imagery/Offset)
07-08Gray seal pup resting on a beach in Blakeney National Nature Reserve, England - Kevin Sawford/Getty Images)
07-07Enhanced-color composite of the Caloris Basin, Mercury - NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington)
07-02Aerial view of blue and white parasols on the rocky coast of Rhodes, an island in Greece - Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
06-28The Empire State Building lit up in honor of Pride Week in 2014, New York City - C. Taylor Crothers/Offset by Shutterstock)
06-25German navy tall ship Gorch Fock in waters off Reykjavík, Iceland - DEEPOL by plainpicture/Henn Photography)
06-24Midsummer light captured at a lake near the city of Örebro, Sweden - Anders Jorulf/Getty Images)
06-22Male southern double-collared sunbird on a rocket pincushion flower, Cape Town, South Africa - Martin Willis
06-20Artist Saype's 'Beyond Walls' installation in the Parc de la Grange, Geneva, Switzerland - Valentin Flauraud/Shutterstock)
06-19The Texas African American History Memorial on the State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas - Moab Republic/Shutterstock)
06-14US Flag Plaza at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey - Antonino Bartuccio/eStock Photo)
06-13The Dourbie Gorge Corps Mill and adjoining bridge in Grands Causses Regional Nature Park, France - Hemis/Alamy)
06-12Santa Elena Canyon under the Milky Way in Big Bend National Park, Texas - Stanley Ford/Shutterstock)
06-11Griboyedov Canal and the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg, Russia - Tomas Sereda/Getty Images)
06-10Millennium Bridge with St. Paul's Cathedral in the background, London, England - Scott Baldock/Getty Images)
06-09Baron Lake and Upper Baron Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness in Idaho - Patrick Brandenburg/Tandem Stills + Motion)
06-05Synchronous fireflies illuminate the forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee - Floris van Breugel
06-03Mountain bikers on White Rim Road in Canyonlands National Park, Utah - Grant Ordelheide/Tandem Stills + Motion)