December 29 2011

Australia, Canada, China, France

 Close-up of bumper cars in Stuttgart,Germany

(© Panoramic Images/Getty Images)

United Kingdom

Galaxy NGC 1300 taken with the Hubble Space Telescope

(© STScI/Corbis)

Germany

Two gray herons fight over a fish on Usedom,Germany

(© Konrad Wothe/Minden Pictures)

Japan

Thor’s Well, on the Oregon Coast
Chris Mullins ©

New Zealand, United States

Hall of State,Dallas,Texas,US

(© Matt Pasant/Getty Images)

June 18 2011

China, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom

Young Emperor Penguin (Aptenoytes Forsteri) Chick and Adult, Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Wayne Lynch/Corbis ©

Australia

Thor’s Well, on the Oregon Coast
Chris Mullins ©

Canada, New Zealand, United States

Deepwater Mushroom Soft Coral (Anthomastus Ritteri) off the Coast of California, in the Pacific Ocean
Mark Conlin/Photolibrary ©

June 15 2011

Australia, China, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom

Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, US
Wes Thompson/Corbis ©

Canada, New Zealand

Flat Crepe Mushrooms (Crepidotus Applanatus)
Dick Poe/Visuals Unlimited, Inc. ©

United States

Thor’s Well, on the Oregon Coast
Chris Mullins ©

June 13 2011

Australia

Winter Sunrise over the Beach at Roker Pier in Sunderland,
Roger Coulam/Photolibrary ©

Germany, Japan, United States

Nature's Window, Kalbarri National Park, Australia
Bob Stefko/Stone/Getty Images ©

United States

Clouds of Ash Billow from Puyehue Volcano on June 5, 2011, in Southern Chile
Victor Rojas/Corbis ©

China

Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan
JTB Photo/Japan Travel Bureau/Photolibrary ©

Canada, New Zealand

Thor’s Well, on the Oregon Coast
Chris Mullins ©

June 12 2011

Australia

Wallaby Adult with Young in Snow, Tasmania, Australia
Shin Yoshino/Minden Pictures/Getty Images ©

Germany

The Red Windmill, One of the Twin Windmills in Greetsiel, Ostfriesland, East Firisa, Germany
Heinz Wohner/LOOK-foto/Photolibrary ©

China

Sunset Over the Pacific from the International Space Station
NASA - digital version copyright/Science Faction/Corbis ©

Canada, Japan, New Zealand, United States

Belmont Harbor in Chicago, Illinois, US
Bill Ross/Photolibrary ©

United Kingdom

Thor’s Well, on the Oregon Coast
Chris Mullins ©

June 11 2011

China

Oriental Greenfinch, Tohoku, Hokkaido, Japan
Color Agency/Japan Images/Getty Images ©

Australia

Belmont Harbor in Chicago, Illinois, US
Bill Ross/Photolibrary ©

Germany

Thor’s Well, on the Oregon Coast
Chris Mullins ©

United Kingdom

Flat Crepe Mushrooms (Crepidotus Applanatus)
Dick Poe/Visuals Unlimited, Inc. ©

Canada, Japan, New Zealand, United States

Stately Live Oaks in Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC, US
Adam Jones/Visuals Unlimited, Inc. ©