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Weathered Pine Stump

Ripples catching sunlight on Mitchell Creek, Clay Cliffs Nature Area in Big Rapids, Michigan, USA

Frost on a windowpane during a cold December in Central Michigan, USA

Revealed to us as if by magic on a foggy Saturday morning.

Rock patterns ade by intrusions at Lottie Point beach area in Deception Pass State Park, Fidalgo Island, Washington State, USA

[Iris sibirica] Also known as Fleur-de-Lis

Closeup of spectacular ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Who ever said thistles are ugly? This is another one of amazing shape, texture, and color.

Patterns created by overnight freezing of ice on a March night in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Closeup of spectacular ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Parents test out their daVinci helical screw helicopters during interactive keynote STEM workshop at EYH Conference conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski.

Parents test out their daVinci helical screw helicopters during interactive keynote STEM workshop at EYH Conference conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski.

Gray Pine, Pinus sabiniana, needles close up in Pinnacles National Park, California, USA

The patterns on this amaze me, as do patterns in general. But I like the way you can actually see a tree in this leaf.

Ripples on Trap Lake along the Pacific Crest Trail, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

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Early light on Pinyon Pine on Navajo Sandstone shaped like cauliflower, cracked into polygons, at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Cirrus cloud over Navajo Sandstone shaped like cauliflower, cracked into polygons, at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

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Rushes along the edge of a shallow lake Yellowstone National Park, USA

Columnar basalt formations along Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach in Iceland {No model releases; available for editorial licensing only]

A South African monkey beetle burrows into a Gazania flower.

Water drops and reflections on a car hood in Michigan, USA

One of the images for my Photography class final project - Patterns in Nature. I looked at different types of patterns, like migration, foot traffic, erosion, etc.

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Stock photography by Melany Sarafis at Alamy

Pattern of ripples and rocks along North Fork Skokomish River, Staircase, Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA

Wave Pattern

Patterns of pancake ice on the nearshore saltwater off Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada

Closeup of spectacular ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Northern Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum pedatum, in Canadian Lakes in central Michigan, USA

Honeycomb Tube Worm, Phragmatopoma californica, colony and Surfgrass, Phyllospadix spp., exposed at low tide at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California, USA

Water drops and reflections on a car hood in Michigan, USA

The spectacular curtain-like ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Reflections of White Oak leaves and trees on a Beaver Pond in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Fallen American Beech, Fagus grandifolia, leaves in the Ott Biological Preserve, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA

Best seen on black: press L to view.

Saguaro