May 20 2014

Germany

Aerial view of the island Frauenchiemsee with Convent Frauenwoerth in the background,Chiemsee,Chiemgau,Bavaria,Germany

(© Florian Werner/Look/age fotostock)

France

Aerial view of the bird reserve Island d'Olonne,Vendée,Pays de la Loire,France

(© LEROY Francis/Hemis/Corbis)

Japan

London Eye,Big Ben and Palace of Westminster,London,UK

(© Gavin Hellier/Alamy)

China

Poppy Fruit

(© blickwinkel/Alamy)

Canada

Castle Butte,Big Muddy Badlands,Saskatchewan,Canada
(© Dave Reede/All Canada Photos/Getty Images)

Australia

Kingfisher,Taipei,Taiwan

(© htu/Flickr Select/Getty Images)

New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States

Compound eye of a Female Asian Tiger Mosquito

(© Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc./Corbis)

May 19 2014

Japan

Awa forest track,Yakushima,Kagoshima,Japan

© B.SCHMID/amanaimages/Corbis)

Canada,France

Kingfisher,Taipei,Taiwan

(© htu/Flickr Select/Getty Images)

Australia,China,Germany

Compound eye of a Female Asian Tiger Mosquito

(© Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc./Corbis)

New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States

Herzliya,Israel

(© Dima Shapira/500px)

February 07 2012

Australia

Azure Kingfisher in the Yellow Water Wetlands,Kakadu National Park,Australia

(© Andrew Watson/Photolibrary/Getty Images)

 Canada, France

The Oregon Convention Center in Portland,Oregon,US

(© Janis Miglavs/Danita Delimont)

Japan

Otaru snow thou ka ri Full road, Otaru,Hokkaido,Japan

(© JTB Photo Communications, Inc./Age Fotostock)

New Zealand, United States

Split Rock near Roswell,New Mexico,US

(© John B. Carnett/Getty Images)

China, United Kingdom

 Marismas del Odiel Biosphere Reserve,Huelva Province,Spain

(© Martin Ruegner/Getty Images)

Germany

 Mantles of giant clams in Kingman Reef,Pacific Ocean

(© Brian J. Skerry/Getty Images)

August 30 2009

Canada, United States, New Zealand

Lighthouse,Grand Haven,Michigan,US
age fotostock/Superstock ©

Australia, Japan

Aerial View of Langkawi Sky Bridge,Malaysia
Chan Shu Kai/Corbis ©

China

Mold - Common Indoor Allergens
Dennis Kunkel microscopy, Inc./Visuals Unlimited ©

Germany

The Kingfisher is a bird of the year 2009
Bildagentur Waldhaeusl/waldhaeusl.com/age fotostock ©

United Kingdom

Notting Hill Carnival,London,England
Jon Arnold Images/DanitaDelimont.com ©