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   White HornPennine Alps, Switzerland (katarina2353 on flickr)

   This is just the most gorgeous cloudscape EVER. These are lenticular clouds, stationary lens-shaped clouds which form at high altitudes in a direction perpendicular to the wind. These are in Catalonia, Spain (marialuisa flickr)

   An evocative shot contrasting the size of a man with the towering trees of the earth in Tulare County, California, United States (aluyten flickr)

  A man crosses the Khone falls to reach his traditional fishing trap on the Mekong River in Siphandon, southern Laos.The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (otherwise known as ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ say that three times fast) lies southeast of China and is a single-party socialist republic. (photographer Suthep Kritsanavarir)

   The Ear of Dionysius, the largest of the many caves in Siracusa, on the island of Sicily. The shape of the cave creates astonishing acoustical effects wherein a whisper at one end of the cave can be heard clearly at the other. (image by Stefania Guidice)

   The Ear of Dionysius, the largest of the many caves in Siracusa, on the island of Sicily. The shape of the cave creates astonishing acoustical effects wherein a whisper at one end of the cave can be heard clearly at the other. (image by Stefania Guidice)

   Fiery glow of dawn on Cerro Torre; one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. An ice field is an extensive area of interconnected valley glaciers from which higher peaks, called nunataks, rise. The area is disputed between Chile and Argentina. (photo by Andrew Lutyen)