Park Bench casting shadows on snow in downtown Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

eastern box turtle or wood turtle?

Ice patterns along Hestfjörður fjord, connected to Ísafjarðardjúp fjord, is a dramatic landscape in winter in the Westfjords region of Iceland

Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly in garden.

Coleman Glacier on Heliotrope Ridge below Mount Baker, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

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

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

Bubbles, created in winter by the photographer, rapidly form ice crystals on the inside surfaces, Michigan, USA,

Also known as Crested Iris [Iris japonica]

Date: March 27, 1993.

Camera: Zone VI 4x5

Lens: Commercial Congo 210mm f6.3

Filter: YK2 Yellow

Film: Kodak T-Max 400

Development: Kodak T-Max (N-1)

Sheet: #93-07

Garden plant

Photographer atop cauliflower rocks at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA [No model release; available only for editorial licensing]

Saguaro

Eastern White Pine, Pinus strobus, needles against a background of sun sparkling off a windy lake in Michigan, USA

Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, forest of bare branches along beginning of Wheeler Peak Summit Trail in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

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

Looks better bigger!

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I really got into the "B" sides of things ... well, of flowers anyway.

Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, forest of bare branches along beginning of Wheeler Peak Summit Trail in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

Parents analyze structure and function in objects from nature during interactive keynote STEM workshop for parents conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski.

Parents analyze structure and function in objects from nature during interactive keynote STEM workshop for parents conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski.

Wind rippling the surface of Snow Lake along Snow Lake Trail leading into the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Mt. Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

Cleaning a horn coral from Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve, Rockford, Iowa, USA

Poor attempt at camouflage? Yes, it ate the whole umbel, and I'm hoping those warning colors (do you hate clowns?) served their intended purpose of allowing this creature to reach adulthood.

Intricate boxwork in Wind Cave, a cave formation found here more than anywhere else, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, USA

Parents analyze structure and function in objects from nature during interactive keynote STEM workshop for parents conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski.

Forest reflections on a pond in Canadian Lakes, Michigan, USA

Rivulet Erosion formed these features at the Cannonball Mystery location in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Unit, North Dakota, USA

Parents analyze structure and function in objects from nature during interactive keynote STEM workshop for parents conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski.

Intricate boxwork in Wind Cave, a cave formation found here more than anywhere else, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, USA

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

Saguaro

Sea ice near shore on a cove opening to the Atlantic Ocean, with a fishing boat, in Newfoundland, Canada [No property release; available for editorial licensing only]

Wind rippling the surface of Trap Lake along the Pacific Crest Trail, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

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

Best seen on black: press L to view.

Better in the original size!

Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, forest of bare branches along beginning of Wheeler Peak Summit Trail in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA