pulchra terra

Bob Cronk

Red petals blown near a lush green landscape in Costa Rica.

Cormorant fishing is an old tradition in which fishermen use trained cormorants to catch fish.

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Temple of Vesta, Italy

Bengal tiger at the Jukani Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa

Lake Bled, Slovenia (by Eugene Ward)

11.2025 Hamburg

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Lava Rivers & Streams l jvn.photo l Iceland

Sagres, Portugal by Luca Severin

Hanoi, Vietnam

(Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

Nightcap National Park, NSW, Australia

Qingshan Lake in Hangzhou, China

Mongolia. Roger Chapman

Northwest Africa, Gemini VI-A.