High On AntarcticaA kelp gull struts as king of the hill while chinstrap penguins appear to offer adoration, Antarctica. Image size: 12 x 18 inches

The flared granitic slope of Western Australia's Wave Rock reaches upward some fifteen meters (46 feet) but holds an eternal crest as it refuses to yield to gravity

some of them here in Africa reputedly even surviving for millenniums

Hard lines are now softened by design elements of the architectural facade of Al Khazneh

North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway is among the most beautiful of scenic drives in the USA

outside of Fussen

Venice Italy

Sentinel Dome in The Great Yosemite

it has no glass to break and is impervious to moisture so that it can be cleaned with water when desired

A giant black kite considers the potential between soaring mountains of stone found in Ha Long Bay

Clouds reveal various shades of possibility as they hover above the Great Salt Desert of the Central Iranian plateau

so has simply plopped down onto the sand on North America's Pacific coast to take a 360 survey

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