January 31 2012

Canada, Germany

Horseshoe Bend,Arizona,US

(© Robert Fanfant)

Australia

Kalgoorlie Super Pit gold mine,Australia

(© A Moment In Time/Flickr/Getty Images)

China

 Foraging Porcupine in winter in Saskatchewa,Canada

(© Wayne Lynch/All Canada Photos/Getty Images)

 United Kingdom

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal,North Yorkshire,UK

( © Mike Kipling/Corbis)

Japan, New Zealand, United States

Aurora borealis over Vee Lake near Yellowknife,Canada

(© Michael Ericsson/Getty Images)

France

 Marismas del Odiel Biosphere Reserve, Huelva Province,Spain

(© Martin Ruegner/Getty Images)