February 17 2013

Australia

Little Pied Cormorant on rocks near Kings Beach,Caloundra,Queensland,Australia

(© Glenn Liam Kelly Photography/Getty Images)

China

Dew Hanging on Dandelion

(© vkimages/E+/Getty Images)

France

Lava Flow along the Piton de la Fournaise,Reunion Island

(© Siegfried Tauqueur/Stockphotos)

Germany

Aponogeton Pollen on the Chip of a Digital Camera shot with Scanning Eelectron Microscope (SEM)

(©Martin Oeggerli/Visuals Unlimited, Inc.)

New Zealand, United States

Empty Seed Pods from a Kassod Tree in the District of Anantapur,Andhra Pradesh,India

(© Tim Gainey/Alamy)

 

United Kingdom

 

Kraków,Poland

(© Henryk T. Kaiser/age fotostock)

 

Canada, Japan

 

Radcliffe Camera,Oxford,England,UK

(© Paul Hardy/Corbis)