March 03 2012

United Kingdom

Forth Rail Bridge,Queensferry,Edinburgh,Scotland

(© Christopher Belsten/Getty)

China, Germany

Hartford skyline,Connecticut,US

(© Enzo Figueres/Getty Images)

 Japan

Jelena witch hazel

(© JS. Sira/photolibrary)

New Zealand, United States

Karen Ramstead’s sled dog team during the 2005 Iditarod Great Sled Race in Alaska,US

(© AlaskaStock/Photolibrary)

Australia, Canada

A variety of Bacteria, Yeast, and Fungus on a Kitchen Sponge

(© Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc./Visuals Unlimited, Inc.)

France 

 Mantles of giant clams in Kingman Reef,Pacific Ocean

(© Brian J. Skerry/Getty Images)