Ponds full of Iris flowers in bloom in a traditional Japanese garden.

Ponds full of Iris flowers in bloom in a traditional Japanese garden.Ponds full of Iris flowers in bloom in a traditional Japanese garden. Meiji Shrine, Shinto Shrine, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

Researchers drill core samples from the sea ice and cut them with a saw to collect extremophiles from beneath the ice to study

A boy running and playing soccer in a sports field on a school excursion

L'Haridon Bight

The inflated canopy of a hot air balloon backlit by the rising sun

River of Silver

Park rangers and marine mammal experts carry an Amazon River Dolphin to a new unpolluted pool

A small waterfall cascades down a rock face on the tundra

A majestic and colorful Siamese Fighting Fish in a fish bowl

Water drops left from a rain on Paperbark bark

Meltwater pours from the remnants of a glacier receding up a mountainside

A elegant stone and timber balcony above a sitting room in a lodge

An ancient handmade stone watchtower atop a cliff in an abandoned mountain desert village