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Light Magic
Spectacular sundown colors at Mesquite Dunes in Death Valley

Morning in the hills of Appenzell Innerhoden Switzerland IMG_7825-b_vividvista — Morning in Appenzell
Morning in the hills of Appenzell Innerhoden, Switzerland

Sunset, Dominical, Costa Rica _R3A5944-CR3__dxo3 — Pacific Spotlights
Sunset west of Dominical, Costa Rica

Salto Santa Maria, Iguazu Falls in Brazil IMG_8077-b_vividvista — Salto Santa Maria
Iguazu Falls in Brazil

Bad weather is coming in at the Zerfreila Horn at the southern end of the Vals valley in Graubünden, Switzerland IMG_4961-b_vividvista — Mystic Peak
Bad weather is coming in at the Zerfreila Horn at the southern end of the Vals valley in Graubünden, Switzerland

Branching Out
A jumble of curved branches at Oak Alley Plantation in Louisiana, USA

Colorfoul outflow of Grand Chromatic Spring in Yellowstone NP in Wyoming, USA _R3A0545-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME_vividvista — Orange Scales
Colorfoul outflow of Grand Chromatic Spring in Yellowstone NP in Wyoming, USA

Tufa Peek
Tufa Towers after sunset in Mono Lake, California

Groovy Sandwaves
Mesquite Dunes in Death Valley coated in wind-formed grooves

On the mountain ridge at Barglen Schiben in Obwalden, Switzerland IMG_5729_vividvista — Barglen Schiben
On the mountain ridge at Barglen Schiben in Obwalden, Switzerland

Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe during the dry season R2_R3A9743-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME_vividvista — Main Falls
Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe during the dry season

Birds waking up to the warming sun at Lake Hancock in Circle B Bar, Florida _R3A2682-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME-b_vividvista — Morning at the Lake
Birds waking up to the warming sun at Lake Hancock in Circle B Bar, Florida

The Cascata di Foroglio comes down like a beam of light in Val Bavona, Ticino, Switzerland IMG_4491-b_vividvista — The Beam
The Cascata di Foroglio comes down like a beam of light in Val Bavona, Ticino, Switzerland

The sun rises in the jungle at Tanjung Puting NP in southern Central Kalimantan, Indonesia 1F0A1332--b_vividvista — Borneo Sunrise
The sun rises in the jungle at Tanjung Puting NP in southern Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

A wave breaks over stairs at a small fishing hamlet on the north shore of Ilha de Sâo Miguel in the Azores, Portugal 1F0A9635-c_vividvista — Splish Splash
A wave breaks over stairs at a small fishing hamlet on the north shore of Ilha de Sâo Miguel in the Azores, Portugal

Cloudforest, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica _R3A8739-CR3__dxo3 — Cloudforest
Clouds rising from the forest after a sudden afternoon downpour near San Gerardo de Dota in Costa Rica

Water has drilled a hole in to the rock at the bottom of the Talbach Fall in the Lauterbrunnen valley in Switzerland IMG_0055-c_vividvista — Water Drill
Water has drilled a hole in to the rock at the bottom of the Talbach Fall in the Lauterbrunnen valley in Switzerland

The sun sets over the Serengeti in NE Tanzania 1F0A6574 b_vividvista — Serengeti Sunset
The sun sets over the Serengeti in NE Tanzania

Snow drifts in Wapusk NP, Canada IMG_3230-CR2__dxo3_vividvista — Frozen Drifts
Snow drifts in Wapusk NP, Canada

Alone
A lone figure after sunrise at Golden Canyon in Death Valley NP

Colloidal Pool Surface Ripples, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA — Colloidal Pool Surface Ripples
Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA

Fiery Sky at sunset over Étang de Vaccarès, Camargue, France — Fiery Sky
Sunset over Étang de Vaccarès, Camargue, France

Solitary reeds reflected on the calm surface of Lake Hancock early in the morning at Circle B Bar, Florida _R3A1514-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME-b_vividvista — Calm
Solitary reeds reflected on the calm surface of Lake Hancock early in the morning at Circle B Bar, Florida

Lone Cypress
17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach

Sedimentary rock layers on the Coast of Biscay in Zumaia, Spain RW2A9353_vividvista — Flysch
Sedimentary rock layers on the Coast of Biscay in Zumaia, Spain

The Landscape Photographer
A Photographer waits for Sunrise at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley NP

Wildlife

Fauna & Flora

Open Wildlife Album

A male Chimpanzee sits on the ground in Kibale NP in western Uganda hoping for fruits to fall down from trees where others are picking breakfast IMG_8568-dng__dxo3vividvista — Hope
A male Chimpanzee sits on the ground in Kibale NP in western Uganda hoping for fruits to fall down from trees where others are picking breakfast

Black-throated Trogon, Carara NP, Costa Rica, _R3A1400-CR3__dxo3 — Eyeing You
A Black-throated Trogon keeps a watchful eye out from its nest in a hollow tree in Carara NP, Costa Rica

A Snowy Egret suddenly notices a fish in the evening hours at the northern shore of the Étang de Vaccarès in the Camargue in southern France CR3A8801-CR3__dxo_vividvista — There!
A Snowy Egret suddenly notices a fish in the evening hours at the northern shore of the Étang de Vaccarès in the Camargue in southern France

Keep off!
A male lion attacks a female that he found in the early morning feeding on a buffalo he killed the day before with his 2 brothers in the Savuti region of Chobe NP in NE Botswana

A pair of Grey Geese takes off in an intense snow flurry at the Flachsee on the River Reuss near Rottenschwil, Aargau, Switzerland CR3A6825vividvista — Sometimes it snows in April
A pair of Grey Geese takes off in an intense snow flurry at the Flachsee on the River Reuss near Rottenschwil, Aargau, Switzerland

A Boat-tailed Grackle adjusts its plumage in the Celery Fields, Sarasota, Florida _R3A8432-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME — Looking coy
A Boat-tailed Grackle adjusts its plumage in the Celery Fields in Sarasota, Florida

3 little fish accompany a female Tiger Shark that follows the scent of chum in hope of a free meal in the shallow waters of Tiger Beach in the Bahamas PC032044-ORF__dxovividvista — Companions
3 little fish accompany a female Tiger Shark that follows the scent of chum in hope of a free meal in the shallow waters of Tiger Beach in the Bahamas

Lesser Violetear, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica, _R3A9107-CR3__dxo3 — Sugar Rush
A Lesser Violetear is sticking out its tongue in anticipation of a sweet in-flight refueling in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica

A Bison in the early morning light at Slough Creek in Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA — First Light
A Bison in the early morning light at Slough Creek in Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA

A Brown Snake Eagle takes off in the Serengeti NP in Tanzania with the tail of his last meal still hanging out of his beak 1F0A6829-CR2__dxovividvista — Too long
A Brown Snake Eagle takes off in the Serengeti NP in Tanzania with the tail of his last meal still hanging out of his beak

A large female Palm Spider covered in morning dew is hanging under her net waiting for breakfast on Mahé Island, Seychelles 1F0A4048-CR2__dxo3_vividvista — Morning Dew
A large female Palm Spider covered in morning dew is hanging under her net waiting for breakfast on Mahé Island, Seychelles

A Wood Stork is raising his head at the Pond Apple Trail on Sanibel Island, Florida _R3A4139-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME — Rough Beauty
A Wood Stork is raising his head at the Pond Apple Trail on Sanibel Island, Florida

A female Beautiful Demoiselle looks out for prey by a small stream in a forest in Peneda-Gêres NP in northern Portugal 1F0A6531-CR2__dxovividvista-2 — Ready for Takeoff
A female Beautiful Demoiselle looks out for prey by a small stream in a forest in Peneda-Gerês NP in northern Portugal

A young male Leopard pauses in high grass to sense what is ahead of him in the Linyanti Concession in NE Botswana R3_R3A1028-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME-b_vividvista — Camouflage
A young male Leopard pauses in high grass to sense what is ahead of him in the Linyanti Concession in NE Botswana

Water Play
A baby Elephant enjoys a waterhole under the protection of his herd during the dry season in the Savuti region of Chobe NP in NE Botswana

An Anhinga is looking back over his shoulder at the Celery Fields, Sarasota, Florida _R3A7955-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME — Coiled Neck
An Anhinga is looking back over his shoulder at the Celery Fields in Sarasota, Florida

A Komodo Dragon approaches, using its forked tongue to smell for food on Komodo Island, Indonesia 1F0A9836-b_vividvista — Komodo Dragon
A Komodo Dragon approaches, using its forked tongue to smell for food on Komodo Island, Indonesia

A female Purple Gallinule pick seeds from reeds in the Celery Fields, Sarasota, Florida _R3A8315-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIMEvividvista-2 — Getting Seeds on Reeds
A female Purple Gallinule pick seeds from reeds in the Celery Fields, Sarasota, Florida

A Polar Bear mother leads her 2 cubs out to the Hudson Bay in Wapusk NP in Canada to hunt for seals as long as the sea remains frozen IMG_1082-CR2__dxovividvista — On to Frozen Waters
A Polar Bear mother leads her 2 cubs out to the Hudson Bay in Wapusk NP in Canada to hunt for seals as long as the sea remains frozen

Agashya, the Silverback of Group 13 looks over in Volcanoes NP in Rwanda IMG_0635-dng__dxo3_vividvista — Leaf Decoration
Agashya, the Silverback of Group 13 looks over in Volcanoes NP in Rwanda

A Lemon Shark circles a dive boat in expectation of finding food at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas RW2A3908-b_vividvista — Blue Lemon
A Lemon Shark circles a dive boat in expectation of finding food at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas

Hourglass Frog, Villa Lapas, Tarcoles, Costa Rica, _R3A0494-CR3__dxo3 — Hourglass
An Hourglass Tree Frog sits on an hourglass shaped leave at Villa Lapas in Tarcoles, Costa Rica

A Northern Harrier dives to catch breakfast at Circle B Bar in Florida _R3A3092-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME — Dive
A Northern Harrier dives to catch breakfast at Circle B Bar in Florida

A Western Grebe in finely rippled water reflections before sunset at Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton NP, Wyoming, USA — Abstract Immersion
A Western Grebe in finely rippled water reflections before sunset at Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton NP, Wyoming, USA

Zazu
A Yellow-billed Hornbill looks up while searching the grounds of a rest area in the Savuti region of Chobe NP in NE Botswana in hope of finding food

Hanging Out, Tanjung Puting NP, Borneo, Indonesia 1F0A2478-1240_vividvista — Hanging Out
An Orang Utan reaches for a branch in Tanjung Puting NP, Borneo, Indonesia

Sea Lion, Galapagos, Ecuador IMG_2206 b_B_vividvista — Sleeping like a rock
A Sea Lion is sleeping on boulders in the Galapagos

A Yellow-crowned Night-Heron catches a crab with lightning speed in JN Ding Darling NWR on Sanibel Island in Florida, USA _R3A9784-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME — Hydro-Mask
A Yellow-crowned Night-Heron catches a crab with lightning speed in JN Ding Darling NWR on Sanibel Island in Florida

Streets

Life, Art & Architecture

Open Street Album

Zebra-Warp
Window Reflections in the Financial District of San Francisco

Sci-Fi Night
Supertrees light up during the nightly Garden Rhapsody at the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore

A California Look
1 of more than 185’000 homeless people in California on a chilly spring morning in San Francisco

A boy letting a kite fly while lying flat on his back on Praia da Torreira in northern Portugal 1F0A7145-b_vividvista — Effortless
A boy letting a kite fly while lying flat on his back on Praia da Torreira in northern Portugal

Deutsches Historisches Museum by Ieoh Ming Pei in Berlin, Germany 1F0A8151-Edit b_vividvista — Insights
Deutsches Historisches Museum by Ieoh Ming Pei in Berlin

Kids with pacifiers in the pacified Favela Santa Marta in Rio de Janeiro IMG_0017-c_vividvista — Pacified
Kids with pacifiers in the pacified Favela Santa Marta in Rio de Janeiro

Staircase in the LUMA Tower by Frank Gehry in Arles, France CR3A7498_vividvista — The Eye of the Stairs
Staircase in the LUMA Tower by Frank Gehry in Arles, France

A couple leans in for a kiss next to "Bob is crazy!" by DavidL in the Straat Museum in Amsterdam _R3A7866-CR3__dxo_vividvista — Bob is crazy!
A couple leans in for a kiss next to "Bob is crazy!" by DavidL in the Straat Museum in Amsterdam

The Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus is reflected in the facade of the Paul-Löbe-Haus across the river Spree in Berlin, Germany 125-1F0A83241020x1530_vividvista — East-West Reflection I
The Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus is reflected in the facade of the Paul-Löbe-Haus across the river Spree in Berlin

A photographer looks for birds on Lake Hancock at sunrise in Circle B Bar, Florida _R3A2683-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME_vividvista — Golden Shot
A photographer looks for birds on Lake Hancock at sunrise in Circle B Bar, Florida

The Guggenheim 1997 by Frank Gehry in Bilbao, Spain RW2A9117_vividvista — The Guggenheim
1997 by Frank Gehry in Bilbao, Spain

A passerby looks at advertising on a construction wall at Bebelplatz in Berlin 1F0A8104-b_vividvista — Look
A passerby looks at advertising on a temporary construction wall on Bebelplatz in Berlin

São Conçalinho by Paulo Neves (2013) in Aveiro, Portugal — São Conçalinho
by Paulo Neves (2013) in Aveiro, Portugal

A couple on a group tour argues on the stairs of Sé do Porto in Porto, Portugal 1F0A5360-b_vividvista — Rift
A couple on a group tour argues on the stairs of Sé do Porto in Porto, Portugal

A helicopter dumps water to fight a wildfire in Peneda-Gerês NP in northern Portugal 1F0A6714-CR2__dxo3_vividvista — Fire Fighting
A helicopter dumps water to fight a wildfire in Peneda-Gerês NP in northern Portugal

A Coffee Break
A man pours himself a cup of coffee at an unattended table inFerry Plaza in San Francisco

Christ the Redeemer, Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil IMG_9901 b_B_vividvista — Jesus Christ Superstar
Christ the Redeemer, Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro

Yoke Oak
The owners of Oak Alley Plantation in Louisiana got rich by exploiting up to 110-120 enslaved people at a time

Two fishermen paddling home in the estuary of the Rio Grande de Tarcoles, Costa Rica _R3A3199-CR3__dxo3 — Paddling Home
Fishermen in the estuary of the Rio Grande de Tarcoles in Costa Rica

Wall East Side Gallery

East Side Gallery

A passerby looks at advertising on a construction wall at Bebelplatz in Berlin 1F0A8104-b_vividvista

Berlin

Holocaust Memorial

Holocaust Memorial

Copyright by Daniel Schuler