March 10 2012

Australia

Hot-air balloon,Canberra festival,Australia

(© David Messent/Photolibrary/Getty Images)

Japan

Fold stone of cauldron Hanzo half structure,Rikuchu coast national park,Kesennuma,Miyagi,Japan

(© GYRO PHOTOGRAPHY/Photolibrary)

 Canada, China, Germany, United Kingdom

The Avenue of the Baobabs,Madagascar

(© Nigel Pavitt/Corbis)

New Zealand, United States

A Knysna Turaco in South Africa

(© Hoberman Collection/SuperStock)

France

Ruby brittle star on coral off the shore of the Cayman Islands

(© Hal Beral/Corbis)