A South African monkey beetle burrows into a Gazania flower.

Surface curtains of ice on the cliffs of Tettegouche State Park, where Lake Superior waves crash against the rock, leaving a layer of water that freezes, along the North Shore of Minnesota, USA

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

Trees and shadows at sunset on a winter day in downtown Battle Creek, 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 Navajo Sandstone shaped like cauliflower, cracked into polygons, at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Bark of dead conifer at Iceberg Lake in Ansel Adams Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, California, USA

Fallen cones of Limber Pine, Pinus flexilis, near Stella Lake along the Alpine Lakes Loop Trail in the Snake Range of Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

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[Pseudotsuga menziesii]

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

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.

Chain Fruit Cholla, Opuntia fulgida

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

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

A South African monkey beetle burrows into a Gazania flower.

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

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

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

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

Hamma Hamma Living Legacy Trail dedicated to the accomplishments of the CCC Boys during the Great Depression, Olympic National Forest, Washington State, USA,

Columnar basalt formations along Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach in Iceland

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

November 27, 2025

The Mill Pond

Rockport, Massachusetts

Cape Ann - USA

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

Natural sandstone patterns near Moon House Ruin on Cedar Mesa, once part of Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, USA

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Surface curtains of ice on the cliffs of Tettegouche State Park, where Lake Superior waves crash against the rock, leaving a layer of water that freezes, along the North Shore of Minnesota, USA

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

Coleman Glacier on Heliotrope Ridge below Mount Baker, 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

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

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

Hamma Hamma Living Legacy Trail dedicated to the accomplishments of the CCC Boys during the Great Depression, Olympic National Forest, Washington State, USA,