Photograph by Randall Scholten, A quaint and cozy little seafood restaurant on the commercial dock in Port Orford, Oregon, is all decked out for the holidays in this photo taken at first light.

Photograph by Chris Button. Passing beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a heavy dust storm

Photograph by Ingo Meckmann, A snow-covered dock at the Lake of Zug in central Switzerland right before sunrise

Photograph by Andres Lopez, Your Shot. A little owl at dusk, a day in the warm summer of central Spain

Photograph by Tan Kiki Rustandar. Beautiful sunrise over Sanur Beach, Bali

Photograph by Garret Suhrie. At Point Mugu, near Malibu, California. A self-portrait while shooting

Photograph by Jacqueline Crivelleo. The secret behaviors of the timber wolves revealed in this photograph ascribe almost human attributes within the realm of affection and offerings of familial respect.

Photograph by Jennifer Jesse. This photograph was taken in July of 2010 while hiking in a region of Iceland called Landmannalaugar.

Photograph by Navid Baraty. A rainy business day during the lunch hour in Ginza, Tokyo

Photograph by Charlie Anderson. This was taken after the first winter storm in December. South Haven, Michigan.

Photograph by Matthew Goddard-Jones. Reflections on the road after a wet afternoon. Chinatown, New York.

Photograph by Ashley Gordon. In January, when much of the Northern Hemisphere is huddled down in the cold winter, the small bohemian surf town of Sayulita, Mexico

Photograph by Sasza Lohrey. Ipanema Beach in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, at night

Photograph by Troy Lim. The gorgeous sunrise, wind direction, and snow geese

Photograph by Martin Hertel. Beech forest in wintertime. Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany.

Photograph by Oriol Tarridas. Players, who are enjoying a game in a stubborn field that found its place in the midst of the dense city of Barcelona.

Photograph by Audun Wigen. This picture is from a place called “the world’s end,” Tjøme in Norway. The temperature was minus 12º Celsius, freezing cold.

Photograph by Steve Roche. Amazing light before a summer storm in the Peak District

Photograph by Dario Teich. A sense of scale of the Eiffel Tower