Crater Lake National Park, Oregon“I made this image during a 4-day snowshoe trip around Oregon's Crater Lake.
These clouds drifted in ahead of a winter storm that arrived the next day.
As sunset neared, the approaching storm was still well offshore,
allowing for this brilliant display of light as the sun dropped below the horizon.”Photograph by Tyson Fisher
Inishowen, IrelandPhotograph by Dave JohnstonMorning sun touches the hills and sand dunes of Inishowen, Ireland.
Middleton Gardens, South CarolinaPhotograph by B. Anthony Stewart“This exquisite image was photographed long ago, on a glass plate negative, by B. Anthony Stewart. Perhaps that explains the delicate palette that makes this image so very beautiful. The colors in this photograph have captured the feeling of spring in the American Southeast as well as any image I have ever seen.”—Annie Griffiths
Leopard, South AfricaPhotograph by Madison HallA dew-bathed juvenile leopard takes a peaceful moment atop a fallen tree on a wintry South African morning. Compared with other African game, leopards are famously shy and rarely seen, partially because of their largely nocturnal hunting habits. Leopards number among many other species of top predators whose population numbers are falling due to human impacts, making this a special sighting of a rare animal that is both powerful and extraordinarily gorgeous.