A glacial remnant boulder is surrounded by grassland in Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Park in South Dakota. A growing number of tribes across the United States are making moves to bring back land crushed over generations of human use.
Photograph by Jack Dykinga
Radiant at sunrise, the Matterhorn towers over Riffel Lake near Zermatt, Switzerland.
On the remote Hermit’s Trail off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, a rare occurrence of rain brings joy to a cold November day.
Photograph by Akshay Sateesh
While hiking at Jasmund National Park in northwest Germany, a rainstorm passed by and created a stunning scene! The sea was completely flat and the only thing out there was the tiny sailing boat.
After a day of grazing in the surrounding desert, a herd of sheep and goats follow their owner to his home on the edge of Timbuktu. Founded by Tuareg herders, Timbuktu still counts the livestock trade among its primary sources of income.
In the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes a stream carves a canyon through rock formed during the 1912 eruption of nearby Novarupta Volcano. The snowcapped peaks are Mount Griggs and Mount Katmai (far right), part of an active system of ten volcanoes surrounding the valley, a hundred miles south of the proposed Pebble mine.
Photograph by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
Pale as moonlight, whoopers settle down for the night on a frozen stretch of Hokkaido’s Notsuke Bay. “These birds aren’t shy,” says the photographer. Fed by humans, in some places they’re a tourist draw. “Good for tourism, not the swans,” a Japanese biologist says.
Chikuminuk Lake reflects the raw wilderness of 1.6-million-acre Wood-Tikchik State Park. One of the largest state parks in the U.S., it is home to five species of salmon as well as moose, caribou, and brown bears.
Photograph by Lynsey Addario
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