a lake in a forest with autumn trees, Eastern Pomerania, Poland
the Metropol Parasol at the Plaza de la Encarnation
waitresses at the Blue Lagoon, Iceland
an aurora in the Lofoten Islands, Norway
safari trucks in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
an arctic fox at night in Manitoba, Canada
swimmers floating in the Dead Sea, Israel
commuters at a railway station in Mumbai
the Colosseum at night
tourists on the salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
fish swimming near coral, Ari Atoll, Maldives
a fisherman with a blue net in Bangladesh, India
the view from the observation deck at the Burj Khalifa, Dubai
Mount Everest under the night sky
priests walking in the Sala Regia, in Vatican City
Niagara Falls at sunrise, Canada
a man at the Vermilion Cliffs, National Monument, Arizona
a tree wrapped with prayer flags, Lake Baikal
the Rio Celeste Waterfall at Tenorio Volcano National Park, Costa Rica
Cherry Blossom tress at night, Japan
a couple at the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Aerial picture of sunbathers at Lake Mckenzie, Fraser Island, Australia
a woman hiking through a forest on Vancouver Island, Canada
people walking on the Charles Bridge, Prague
horses running through the Hop River, Iceland
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
women working in fields in Mawsynram, India
Lake Myvatn craters, Iceland
fisherman at Lake Turkana, Kenya
synchronous fireflies at night, Great Smoky Mountains
a couple siting at Marine Drive in Mumbai, India
a girl running in the blue lanes of Chefchaouen Medina, Morocco
Havasu Falls, Grand Canyon, Arizona
snow covered streets in Old Montreal, Canada
a surfer riding a wave at Teahupoo break, Tahiti
the Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
a lizard walking along an avenue of baobab trees, Madagascar
two skiers walking on Portage Lake, Alaska
a tourist looking at the famous leaning tower of Pisa
a large river boulder, Banff, Canada
the Orangerie at the Palace of Versailles, France
the Valley of the Moon, Atacama Desert, Chile
Aerial picture of the World Financial Center, Shanghai, China
two boys playing soccer above the Pao de Azucar and the Bay de Guanabara
a snowball fight at the Citadel in Amman, Jordan
the Oertakoy mosque and Bosphorus Bridge at night, Istanbul
two hikers in Deer Creek Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park
a Japanese temple at night
a hiker above Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
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Pomerania, PolandFall colors blaze out in concentric rings from a lake in eastern Pomerania, Poland. The region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea is largely covered with farmland—and vast swaths of forest.
Photograph by Kacper Kowalski, Panos Pictures

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