EurasianLifting Eurasian buzzard in rural grasslands of western Croatia. Sepia. Image size: 12 x 18 inches

A grizzly bear casts a backward glance as it emerges empty-mouthed from a fishing mission in an Alaskan stream

Here fog clings to a portion of the Appalachian Mountains

defensively armed cacti and the likeness of its native peoples have been seared into the intellect of global humanity as exact representations of

Regina Goddard

A lotus blossom nears the end of its seasonal existence and begins its collapse into back into the lake from which it arose

it is also a balanced potpourri of the Grand Canyon State's generous offerings of relief and climatic variation

What is referred to locally as "The Mittens" catches just enough light to make it the star of the storm as a powerful monsoon event comes to an end

The Angel Oak is a magnificent specimen of live oak living in South Carolina

view Sedona seasons as captured by the Sedona Camera Club

A healthy red bark baobab in South Africa

but in the far east of the massive Colorado Plateau which carries the water of the Colorado River through Utah and Northern Arizona

Monument Rocks are one of the  geologic features of the state of Kansas which belies the reputation of being pancake flat