Giant's Causeway of County Antrim

Giant's Causeway of County AntrimTens of thousands of basalt columns stand shoulder to shoulder to make up the Giants Causeway of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. An ancient volcanic eruption is the known cause of the formations, but legends of giants creating them as stepping stones are still making the rounds.

Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest

This ancient specimen

These Washingtonia filifera palms are the exclusive native palm variety growing naturally in the Sonoran Desert of northern Mexico and the southwest United States

but the American Southwest

Water en route to Arizona's Oak Creek pauses to reflect

Can you imagine yourself an explorer whose wanderings make you the discoverer of a new world

Here in Delaware Bay a lone member of the cast basks on an Atlantic beach

and anyone who appreciates America’s natural grandeur

A male lion from Zimbabwe catches an instant of light as it pierces the forest to highlight its regal demeanor

below the Teton Range  water en route to Jackson Hole hesitates long enough to mirror the mountain peaks

Melaleuca trees leaning from a fairly constant breeze thrive in their native Australian soil

Four grizzly bears come to the water in search of a family-style fish dinner