Sunset over Lake Placid and the Adirondack Mountains as seen from the summit of Whiteface Mountain, New York

A pair of Canada geese in flight over the North Cascades at sunrise, Washington State

Reflection of fall leaf colors at Barnum Pond at sunrise, Adirondacks, Upstate New York

The Milky Way over the Valley of the Gods near Bluff, Utah

The view of autumn trees along a curve in the road along Highway 3 in the Adirondacks near Saranac Lake, Upstate New York

Sunlight streaming through the trees in the forest along the road at Ecola State Park, Cannon Beach, Oregon Coast

Two fawns playing in a meadow just after sunset on Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State

Red-shouldered hawk landing on branch in Green Cay Wetlands near Boynton Beach, Florida

Light from the sunrise hits Haystack Rock as the moon sets above on Cannon Beach, Oregon Coast

Sunset glow over the sea stacks on Bandon Beach, Oregon Coast

An Upland Sandpiper landingo on a fencepost in Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge near Valentine, Nebraska

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Egret ballet. Snowy egret diving for fish at Babcock Wildlife Management Area near Punta Gorda, Florida

Sunrise at Dead Horse Point Lookout north of Moab, Utah

Rainstorm over the canyons at Grand View Point Overlook, Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Utah. Grand View Point Overlook is a view point in the Islands In the Sky area of Canyonlands at an elevation of 6,080 feet.

Fall landscape in the Catskills, New York State

First sunrise of the new year at Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge near Naples, Florida

Late afternoon clouds over a wheat field in the Palouse area of Eastern Washington State.

Sandhill Cranes in flight over a large group of cranes roosting in the Platte River as dawn is breaking near Wood River, Nebraska

Sunrise from the summit of Mt. Jo in the High Peaks of the Adirondacks, Upstate New York

Pre-dawn sky over the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Trail through the wildflower and poppy covered hillside near Lancaster, California

Serval cat hunting in the grassland in Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, East Africa

Glen Ellis Falls in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in autumn. Glen Ellis Falls is one of the most popular waterfalls of the Pinkham Notch in the White Mountains.

Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher perching on a snag near Lake Naivasha, Kenya, East Africa. Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in Kenya, outside the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County, which lies north west of Nairobi. It is part of the Great Rift Valley.

View of the Milky Way over La Ventana Arch in El Malpais National Monument near Grants, New Mexico

Male lion resting in the grassland in the early morning at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, East Africa

Sunrise over the breaking waves at Bowman’s Beach on Sanibel Island, Florida. Bowman’s Beach is one of the most popular spots on Sanibel Island with great shelling and white sand.

The lights from the train that runs through the Oglala National Grassland light up the badlands of Toadstool Geological Park with the Milky Way overhead and a solitary evening primrose wildflower in the foreground, Northwestern Nebraska

Sunrise at Jordon Pond in Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine

Morning sunlight strikes the rocks on the beach just after sunrise on Caspersen Beach near South Venice, Florida. Caspersen Beach is well known as a good place to find sharks’ teeth.

American purple gallinule in flight between lily pads at Green Cay Wetlands west of Boynton Beach, Florida

Long exposure of storm clouds at sunrise over the Venice Fishing Pier, in the Gulf of Mexico, Venice, Florida

Sunrise over the Ottauquechee River near Woodstock, Vermont. The Ottauquechee River is a river in eastern Vermont and is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound.

The Milky Way and air glow over Eagle Lake in Acadia National Park, Maine

Dawn breaking over the sand and surf on Bowmans Beach, Sanibel Island, Florida

Yellow warbler at the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge near Valentine, Nebraska

Gulls flying overhead at the Venice Fishing Pier at sunset. The fishing pier is a 700-foot fishing pier which offers fishing without a license. The Venice Fishing Pier is located at Brohard Park on the south end of the island of Venice, Florida.

A pair of Sandhill Cranes taking flight over the Platte River at sunrise near Gibbon, Nebraska

Full moon setting at sunrise at Babcock Wildlife Management Area near Punta Gorda, Florida

Sunset on the beach with the Venice Pier in the background, Venice, Florida

Sunlight starts to break through the fog at the marsh at Babcock Wildlife Management Area near Punta Gorda, Florida. Fred C. Babcock/Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area is Florida's oldest Wildlife Management Area and protects 80,772 acres just south and east of Punta Gorda in Charlotte and Lee Counties, Florida.

Dramatic clouds over Toadstool Geological Park in northwestern Nebraska just after sunset. Toadstool Geological Park a badlands landscape located in the Oglala National Grassland in northwestern Nebraska. The park is named after its unusual rock formations, many of which resemble toadstools.

Closeup of Snowy egret sitting in a Mangrove tree at J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida

The Waning Gibbous moon rises just under the rising Milky Way core over Dead Horse Point with the silhouetted La Sal Mountains on the left. Moab, Utah

A wave splashing a Harbor seal on a rock on Bandon Beach, Oregon

Great blue heron and reflection in the pre-dawn hours at Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge

Loggerhead shrike next to a spider web in the early morning fog at Babcock Wildlife Management Area near Punta Gorda, Florida. Fred C. Babcock/Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area is Florida's oldest Wildlife Management Area and protects 80,772 acres just south and east of Punta Gorda in Charlotte and Lee Counties, Florida.

The Milky Way over Mount St. Helens and fog-covered valley, Washington State. Mount St. Helens (known as Lawetlat'la to the Indigenous Cowlitz people, and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat) is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

A Burrowing owl in his nest among the daisies, Cape Coral, Southwest Florida