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

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

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

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

Chain Fruit Cholla, Opuntia fulgida

Lava patterns on exposed rock on Heliotrope Ridge below Mount Baker, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

Tar Spot, Ralfsia pacifica, a brown algae found intertidally at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California, USA

Cispus River headwaters in Cispus Basin within the Goat Rocks Wilderness, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington State, USA

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

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

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

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

Taken from the window of an airplane, the land looks like a patchwork quilt.

Limber Pine, Pinus flexilis, pattern of exposed wood where bark has fallen off, near Stella Lake along the Alpine Lakes Loop Trail in the Snake Range of 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

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Cloudy morning light on the Navajo Sandstone formations of White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

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