Red Pine, Pinus resinosa, plantation in central Michigan, USA

Shadows of an oak tree on the snow in Mecosta County, Michigan, USA

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

Ice formed along the shore of the harbor in Ferryland, Newfoundland, Canada

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

Nature's own Jackson Pollock must have been using this boulder along a creek bed in Central Oregon as an easel.

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

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

Wind-blasted snow clinging to a Sugar Maple and other trees after a winter storm in Mecosta County, Michigan, USA

Inverness, Scotland.

plants in the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden

Surf below the cliffs at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, USA

[Iris siberica]

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

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

Ghost crab hole and tracks

Ice patterns off Fogo Island in Newfoundland, Canada

Edith's Checkerspot, Euphydryas editha, (L) with another Brush-footed Butterfly puddling in the Garnet Range, Montana, USA

near Ft Morgan, Ala.

Whaling Station