Puffin, Shiant Islands

Credits: Jim Richardson

Dapper black-and-white razorbills (at right) and bright-beaked puffins (at left and in air, at center) find a haven on the Shiant Islands, just a few miles southeast of Lewis, Scotland. Nearly 8,000 razorbills and more than 200,000 puffins are estimated to use these islands as their breeding grounds each year.

Fishing, Celebes Sea

Credits: Liang Huan Chuan

In Semporna, many Filipinos and Malayu who traditionally fish for a living have erected hundreds of these homes in the Celebes Sea.

Licancabur Volcano

Credits: Hugo Machado

Licancabur Volcano is located on the border between Chile and Bolivia.

Tecopa Hot Springs

Credits: Christine Tuohy

This was shot in Tecopa Hot Springs south of Death Valley, CA. Middle of nowhere.

Keoladeo National Park, India

Credits: James P. Blair

Openbill storks, a bird indigenous to the region, nest in the trees by the marshes of the Keoladeo National Park in the Rajasthan state of India.

Spitfire Lake Reflection

Credits: Will Forbes

Santa Monica Shore

Credits: Steve Sieren

The low tide uncovered this vibrant sea moss in the rocky shores just north of Los Angeles in the Santa Monica Mountains.