June 18 2014

China

Dressed Suits of Adelie Penguins

(© Art Wolfe/Iconica/Getty Images)

Germany,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States

Nam Tok Thi Lo Su in Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary,Thailand

(© Apisit Sriputtirut/Alamy)

 

Australia,France

 A Frog Clings to a Branch Tip,Adelaide,Australia

(© Rob Sturman/Corbis)

 

Japan

Peak Prefectural Natural Park,Tochigi City,Tochigi,Japan

(© JTB Photo/SuperStock)

Canada

The Palais des Congres in Montreal,Quebec,Canada

(© 2/Uyen Le/Ocean/Corbis)

December 15 2013

Canada

Ice hotel near Quebec City,Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier,Quebec,Canada

(© Roderick Chen/All Canada Photos Inc./age fotostock)

Australia,China,France,Japan

Reindeer in the countryside near Karasjok,Finnmark,Norway

(© GS/Gallery Stock)

Germany

Christmas market in the Gullies,Höllental near Freiburg im Breisgau,Baden-Württemberg,Germany

(© Daniel Schoenen/imagebroker/Corbis)

United States

Mural in Cape Town, illustrating anti-apartheid activist and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela

 (© Frederic Soltan/Corbis)

 

New Zealand

Foliage, including cottonwoods, willows, sage, and rabbitbrush in Owens Valley,California,US

(© Marc Adamus/Aurora Photos)

 

United Kingdom

Winter Sheep in a V Formation in the Lake District,England,UK

(© Daniel Eitzen/Getty Images)

October 31 2013

 Australia

An Ant on the Anther of a Yellow and Orange Flower in Australia

(© Steve Passlow/Flickr/Getty Images)

Canada,Germany,France,Japan,United Kingdom

Pays-Bas,Maastricht,Sculpture by Italian artist Maura Biava,Stars of Europe inaugurated for the 10th anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty,Netherlands

(© Ludovic Maisant/Getty Images)

China

Two American Black Bear Cubs Playing in Dead Tree Branches

(© Don Johnston/All Canada Photos/Corbis)

New Zealand

Exposed Pine Roots Cascading Down a Slope in Mont-Tremblant National Park,Quebec,Canada

(© Rasvan ILIESCU/Alamy)

 

United States

Montage of scenes from horror films, from left to right, “Friday the 13th Part II” (1981), “Psycho” (1960), “Poltergeist” (1982), “The Shining” (1980), “Halloween” (1978), and “The Amityville Horror” (1979)

(© Ben Erickson/Gary Spradling/Getty Images)

 

October 23 2013

Canada

Boat Tour around the Rock of Percé,Quebec,Canada

(© Maremagnum/Photodisc/Getty Images )

China

Mount Everest

(© Yao Zhou)

Japan,New Zealand,United States

Phosphate Crystals Magnification

(© Steve Gschmeissner/Getty Images)

 

Australia,Germany,France,United Kingdom

Rega Laila Manor,Sintra,Portugal

(© benitojuncal/Getty Images)

 

September 30 2013

China

Restaurants near Tiananmen Square in Beijing,China

© Tom Bonaventure/The Image Bank/Getty Images)

Canada

Exposed Pine Roots Cascading Down a Slope in Mont-Tremblant National Park,Quebec,Canada

(© Rasvan ILIESCU/Alamy)

Germany

Wörlitzer Park,Saxony-Anhalt,Germany

(© Giovanni Simeone/SIME/4Corners)

Australia,France,Japan,United Kingdom

View from Yangmingshan National Park,Taipei,Taiwan

(© Eason Lin Ladaga/Getty Images)

New Zealand, United States

 Balanced Rocks in Guadalupe Mountains National Park,Texas,US

(© Minden Pictures/SuperStock)

June 28 2013

Germany

Wedge Pond and Mt. Kidd,Peter Lougheed Provincial Park,Alberta,Canada

(© Darwin Wiggett /Getty Images)

 

France

Scultures Bike Jerseys in the colors of the Tour de France,Col d'Aubisque in the Pyrenees,Aquitaine,France

(© Clément Philippe/AGE Fotostock)

China

Early in the Morning at First Light,Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,China

(© Phoenix Wang/Flickr/Getty Images)

 Australia,Canada,Japan

Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park,Colorado,US

(© George H.H. Huey/Alamy)

 

New Zealand,United States

Northern Gannet at Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock National Park,Quebec,Canada

(© Arthur Morris/Corbis) 

 

United Kingdom

Stained-Gglass ceiling of the Palau de la Musica Catalana,Barcelona,Spain

(© Ocean/Corbis)

June 27 2013

United Kingdom

Hedgehog Pup Rescued at an Animal Protection Centre

(© Gerard Lacz/Visuals Unlimited)

Australia,Canada,China,France,Japan

Northern Gannet at Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock National Park,Quebec,Canada

(© Arthur Morris/Corbis)

Germany

Three Red Boats Beside the Lake,Sauerland,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany

Second Prize GEO Bing Photo Contest

(© Paul Wozniak)

United States

Staircase inside the Île Vierge lighthouse,Brittany,France

(© Stefano Torrione/SIME/4Corners)

New Zealand

Namgyal Tsemo Monastery,Leh Ladakh,Jammu and Kashmir,India

(© Kelly Cheng/Getty Images)

May 05 2013

Canada

The Biosphere Museum,The Geodesic Dome Structure was the former United States Pavilion at Expo 67 at Jean-Drapeau Park on Ile Sainte-Helene,Montreal,Quebec,Canada

(© Perry Mastrovito/age fotostock)

Australia, China, Germany, France, United Kingdom

Tassili N'Ajjer National Park in the Sahara,Algeria
(© Gil Giuglio/Hemis/Corbis)

New Zealand, United States

Close-up of a Blue Agave Plant

(© Don Paulson Photography/Superstock)

 

Japan

Fly Geyser near Black Rock Desert,Nevada,US

(© Ropelato Photography/Getty Images)