Unseen Cordilleras. Lago Torre, Cerro Torre and Mount Fitzroy massifs. Andes, South America. Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Patagonia, Argentina. Panoramic aerial capture.

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Winter Fortress. Thor's Hammer, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA.

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Inspiration Point at sunrise. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA.

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Crazy clouds over Cordillera del Paine. Torres del Paine National Park, Ultima Esperanza Province, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region XII, Patagonia, Chile.

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Condors soaring over Cordillera del Paine. Torres del Paine National Park, Ultima Esperanza Province, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region XII, Patagonia, Chile.

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Nevados de Payachata (Two Brothers). Parinacota (Flamingo in local Aymara language) and Pomerape (Puma in Aymara) Volcanos with Cotacotani Lagoons on the foreground. Lauca Biosphere Reserve, AltiPlano, Chile.

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Amphitheatre. Valle De La Luna. Desierto De Atacama. Chile.

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James's Flamingo, Phoenicoparrus jamesi, on Laguna Colorada, Colorada Lake or red laggon

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The Salt Storm. Salar de Uyuni near Tunupa Volcano. Altiplano, Bolivia.A low-lying cloud of airborne salt was painted in orange by low sun.

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Emerald Evening. Emerald Lake. Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada

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The Spirit Island. Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

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Solar Wind. Morning at Sandfly Bay, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

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Frozen. Photographer taking photos of Milford Sound at Low tide. Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.

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Blast Off. A huge flock of Black-Legged Kittiwakes blasts off escaping massive calving of Lilliehookbreen (Lilliehook Glacier) in Lilliehook Fjorden on Spitsbergen.

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Meltwater waterfall flowing off the Austfonna Ice Cap. Svalbard (Spitsbergen) Archipelago, Norway.

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Polar Bear climbs onto an ice floe along Spitsbergen coast. Svalbard, Norway.

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Laid-back. Very relaxed walrus resting on an ice floe in Svalbard (Spitsbergen)

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Tens of thousands of Brünnich's Guillemots nest on dolerite towers of Alkefjellet - The Bird Mountain. Hinlopenstretet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard

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Moody evening in Gerlarhe Strait -a channel separating the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Tranquil evening in Lemaire Channel (the strait off Antarctica between Kiev Peninsula and Booth Island), Antarctic

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Gentoo Penguin walking ashore after foraging at sea. Port Lockroy Harbor, Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic

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Adult King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking among youngsters and looking for its chick to feed it. King Penguin Creche. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Sub-Antarctic

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King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) Colony, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Sub-Antarctic

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King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) crowding ashore after foraging at sea. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island, South Atlantic

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King Penguin foraging at sea near South Georgia Island, South Atlantic

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Clash of the Giants. Antarctic Giant Petrels (Macronectes giganteus) fighting on St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, Sub-Antarctic.

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Drake Passage Aerobatics. Light-mantled Sooty Albatrosse (Phoebetria palpebrata) riding waves in Drake Passage.

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Bergs and Albatrosses in the Antarctic Sound.

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Ponte Vecchio bridge and Arno river in the evening. Florence, Italy.

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Villa Podere Belvedere at sunrise. Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

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Medieval village of Pitigliano (known as La Piccola Gerusalemme or Little Jerusalem). Tuscany, Italy.Built on tufa plateau and with tufa stone, Pitigliano one of most interesting historic towns of Central Italy.

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Roussanou Nunnery at sunset. Meteora Monasteries, Thessaly, Greece

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Roussanou Nunnery at sunrise. Meteora, Thessaly, Greece

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Town of Oia and Aegean Sea at sunrice. Hotel Aspaki. Santorini, Greece.

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Kittywakes Over Ranga River. Iceland.

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Church Mountain Falls. Well-situated waterfall near the distinctive Kirkjufell mountain.

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Mt. Storasula, Southern Fjallabak, Iceland

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Last Ray. Jokulsarlon Glacial Lagoon, Iceland.

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Sunset at Jokulsarlon Glacial Lagoon, Iceland

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Remains of the winter snow on colored rhyolite hills of Landmannalaugar. Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland.

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Gentleman Club. Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) colony at Dyrholaey in Southern Iceland.

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Tranquility. Dusk at Torsuut Tunoq sound. Kulusuk Island, Southeastern Greenland.

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Spirit of Adventure. Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland @ Midnight. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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White Sands National Monument. 2010 Hot Air Balloon Invitational. White Sands, Alamogordo, New Mexico.

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White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. Jeep Wrangler (1:18 ) model.

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White over White. Fresh snow in White Sands National Monumen, New Mexico

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Towers of Silence. Wahweap Hoodoos, Grand Staircase-Escalante, National Monument, Utah

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Stormy sunset over Windows Section and La Salt Mountains. Arches National Park, Utah, USA

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Spider Rock. A free standing rock that rises 800 feet from the canyon floor in Canyon de Chelly in Arizona. It holds sacred and historical significance to Navajo tribe.

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The classic road picture from US 163 approaching Monument Valley Pass from the north. Utah/Arizona border, USA

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Under the Pressure. Tumbleweed stuck in a sandstone rock formation at Upper Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA.

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The Chronicles of Amber (shortest – 50 words)Shiprock (Tse Bi Dahi or Rock with Wings) - the 1700-foot eroded volcanic plug that sacred to Navajo People. In that morning Navajo gods were benevolent, and on usually deserted sky floated clouds.

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Alstrom Point. Gunsight Butte and Padre bay in Twilight. Lake Powell. Glen Canyon NAR, Utah/Arizona, USA

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Square Tower House in warm reflected light. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

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Sunrise at Mesa Arch. Canyonlands National Park near Moab, Utah, USA.

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Hunts Mesa. Sunset chasing the late afternoon storm out of Monument Valley. Hunts Mesa, Monument Valley tribal Park, Arizona, USA. Panoramic

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Horseshoe Bend of Colorado River, Arizona, USA. Aerial.

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Roadless... Reflection Canyon and Hidden Passage Canyon flow into Colorado River with Navajo Mountain on the background. Glen Canyon NRA, Lake Powell, Utah, Arizona, USA.

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