Aerial picture of Southern Alps peaks above clouds, New Zealand
tram to Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, China
people ice fishing at Mountain Trout Ice Festival in Hwacheon-gun, South Korea
snow-covered houses in Bern, Switzerland
an American alligator swimming in Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
people inside ice house, Harbin, China
women sketching and painting near Luxor Temple, Egypt
people in a Zodiac boat amid ice, Antarctica
a man looking out from the Duomo in Milan
a hiker in Cairngorms National Park, Scotland
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Southern Alps, New ZealandSnowcapped and shrouded in clouds, the Southern Alps create a stunning vista in New Zealand. A tumult of peaks that run like a jagged spine through the South Island, the Southern Alps got their name from Capt. James Cook, who first spied the chain in 1770.
Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic

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