Layered sandstone formations in White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Ice cave interior where stream melts snow under a snowfield, near Hogsback Camp below Heliotrope Ridge on the slopes of Mount Baker, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

A South African monkey beetle burrows into a Gazania flower.

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

The spectacular 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.

In the recent storm the long grass was flattened making this nice texture.

Cracks in granite near Ropi Lake in the Desolation Wilderness, Eldorado National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Surging Pacific Ocean surf viewed from a high vantage point on East Anacapa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA

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Small waterfall along the Dungeness River in, near the Upper Dungeness Trail in Olympic National Forest, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA

Chain Fruit Cholla, Opuntia fulgida

[Pseudotsuga menziesii]

Framing the church spire are these tortured branches of old plane trees in the graveyard of St Giles' church, Camberwell. The churchyard is now basically a small park, with most gravestones placed along the edges.

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

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

Layered sandstone formations in White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Chain Fruit Cholla, Opuntia fulgida

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

A South African monkey beetle burrows into a Gazania flower.

Snakeskin Liverwort,Conocephalum salebrosum, on dolomitic sandstone, Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

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

Patterns and lines in mudstone at low tide at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California, USA

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

Alpine Larch, Larix lyallii, fallen needles swirling in a creek's current in September in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada

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

Location: River House, Jackson County, TX

Cloud waves at sunset against a blue sky in Wisconsin, USA

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

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

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

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Mitchell Creek with tree reflections in late autumn, Big Rapids, Central Michigan, USA

Chain Fruit Cholla, Opuntia fulgida