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Autumn Landscape, Adirondacks

Sunlight dapples the shoulders of Algonquin and Wright, two of the more than 40 so-called High Peaks that rise above 4,000 feet. Once blighted by logging and industry, the region has undergone a renaissance of woods and waters.

Badab Sourt Spring, Iran

Main spring in Badab Sourt in winter time. Badab Sourt Spring is in the city of Sari in Iran, in the Alborz mountains, altitude 1,840 meters.

Hermit’s Trail, Grand Canyon

On the remote Hermit’s Trail off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, a rare occurrence of rain brings joy to a cold November day.

Lago di Olginate, Italy

A layer of low clouds covers the alpine valleys of northern Italy, just south of Lake Como. The clouds are just dense enough to hide uniformly the valley and also filter the artificial lights below like they were an opaque blanket. Above the layer, moonlight and high cirrus clouds make the night less dark. You can easily recognize the round shape of Lago di Olginate and the lights of the villages all around its banks.

Eroded Landscape, Madagascar

Pockets of eroded earth create leaf shapes in the landscape in Madagascar. Erosion is one of the long-term consequences of forests plundered for the illicit rosewood trade.

Merced River, Yosemite

Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California

114.5 miles protected since 1987; 8 additional miles since 1992.

Spring Field

The slim sun of February heats the ground waiting for the spring.