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

Summer snow field pocked with sun cups in July, Skyline Trail above Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA

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

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

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 construct aeronautical models during interactive STEM keynote workshop conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski during the EYH Conference.

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

Garden plant

Took this shot from my window which has a mesh.The things outside seemed to form a pattern when i bumped up the contrast. Do you see it or is it just me? :)

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

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

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

Black Oak leaf and ice on a vernal pond in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Inverness, Scotland.

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

taken on 31/12/2011 using a fujifilm finepix S3200

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

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.

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]

Lotus Leaf Droplets

Large Sunflower. Things that I saw at the Norfolk, VA Zoo. Photography by Donna Corless.

My camera was not nearly wide enough to capture this humungous rainbow.

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

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

Inspiring patterns found in nature. © Dawn Clarkson

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

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

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

Kentucky coffeetree, Gymnocladus dioicus, bare branches and seed pods along Interstate 90 in in Minnesota, USA