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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A record-breaking reign
2 Jun 2024Baia del Silenzio in Sestri Levante, Italy
2 Jun 2025Skipper butterfly on an Echinacea flower
2 Jun 2026Highway through Xitai Jinaier Lake, Qinghai Province, China

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21 Jun 2025Summer solstice
3 Feb 2025Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
23 Feb 2026Great white egret, Upper Bavaria, Germany
A glowing square of squares
19 Jun 2024Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA
13 Feb 2025Lake Tyrrell, Victoria, Australia
Giants of the Southern Ocean
13 Aug 2024Telašćica Nature Park, Dugi Otok, Croatia
Regal Radiance
12 Dec 2025National Poinsettia Day
Bryce Canyon hoodoos in winter
4 Jan 2024Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA
9 Mar 2024Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico, USA
The butterfly effect
6 Jun 202581st anniversary of D-Day
Sep 9, 2023Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand
23 Oct 2025International Day of the Snow Leopard
19 Dec 2023Castle Square, Warsaw, Poland
26 Jan 2024Big Garden Birdwatch
Tree-mendous
Stairway to heaven?
30 Dec 2023Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
See-through cephalopod
1 Sep 2025Rock layers in Zumaia, Basque Country, Spain
20 Jun 2026Arched iceberg, western Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean
Lighting the way
26 Oct 2023Stormont Estate, Northern Ireland
19 Mar 2026Short-beaked echidna, Adelaide Hills, Australia
14 Mar 2024Happy Pi Day!
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