March 15 2012

China

Leaf Mimic Butterfly

(© James H Robinson/Photo Researchers/Getty Images)

France

Sunrise on Lake Saint-André just before the rain,Rhone-Alpes,France

(© Omalorig's HDR Photography/Getty Images)

Japan

Shinmoedake in Kirishima,Kyushu,Kagoshima,Japan

(© JTB Photo/Photolibrary)

New Zealand

Whale shark near Ningaloo Reef,Indian Ocean,Australia

(© Franco Banfi/WaterFrame/Getty Images)

New Zealand, United States

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

(© Hal Beral/Corbis)

Australia 

Horseshoe Bend,Arizona,US

(© Robert Fanfant)