Surrounded by a sea of sand

Surrounded by a sea of sand

Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) in sand dunes, Namibia (© Sergey Gorshkov/Minden)

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Platinum Jubilee celebrations
Jun. 2, 2024Annas hummingbird
Jun. 2, 2025Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
Jun 2, 2026Highway through Xitai Jinaier Lake, Qinghai Province, China

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Sep. 26, 2024Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
Oct. 23, 2024Madame Sherri Forest, New Hampshire, United States
May 5, 2026A bull moose foraging through the green undergrowth, Quebec
Dec. 16, 2025Handmade gnomes at a Christmas market
Floating mailboxes
Apr. 14, 2026Common clownfish in a sea anemone, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
Nov. 8, 2025Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon, United States
Jan. 1, 2025Happy New Year!
May 25, 2024Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
International Archaeology Day
We can all just get along
Wait, mountain—you shall bear my castle!
Dec. 11, 2023International Mountain Day
Remembering D-Day
Aug. 24, 2024Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine, USA
Apr. 28, 2026Spectacled bear resting in tree, Ecuador
The Big Apple with a foggy topping
Jun. 10, 2024The city of Osaka at night, Japan
Nov. 27, 2024Tombeau du Géant in Bouillon, Belgium
Apr. 7, 2024International Beaver Day
Jan. 11, 2024Eurasian lynx
Jan. 6, 2024Vermilion Lakes, Banff
Feb. 22, 2026Mam Tor, Derbyshire, England
A cuddling pair of Taiwan yuhina
The lungs of Earth
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