A woman jokingly hugs an oddly shaped rock in Death Valley National Park, making it look like she’s squeezed the rock so hard that’s it’s shaped like an hour glass.

A red rock cliff towers over the sparse vegetation of a desert valley in Arizona.

A tiny log cabin shelter in the Hoh River Valley in Olympic National Park, Washington, stands partially smashed by a huge tree that fell in the forest.

Water cascades lightly down a layered rock slope into a swirl of the current at the bottom, making it look like a small whirlpool. On a dry portion of the rocky slope, a small cluster of yellow flowers grows, leaning gently toward the water.

A barred owl perches on a branch, glancing over its side toward the camera.

A great horned owl with big golden eyes perches on a tree limb, looking directly at the camera.

A young buck deer stands on a beach in Washington, looking at the camera with the ocean surf behind.

A cedar/juniper branch with berries attached grows in a forest.

A red shouldered hawk perches high in a tree.

A group of women carrying backpacks and mountaineering gear cross a mountain stream on a cloudy day.

An injured but overall healthy crow waits in a pet carrier on a blue towels as he rides to a veterinarian.

A group of mountaineering women faces away from the camera in the Wimenuch Wilderness of Colorado. They are topless holding their arms high, celebrating the climb that they’ve achieved together.

An old computer monitor has washed up on a white sand beach. Discarded and covered in algae, it shows the desire to both get away from tech and clean up the impact it has.

A stream in the Smoky Mountains tumbles over moss-covered rocks and a small tree sprouts from the rock nearby.

A woman stands on a vista in the mountains of Glacier National Park, Montana, with a view of an expansive valley, lakes, and mountain geological stripping below.

Sea foam bubbles cluster on the sand, every color of the rainbow reflected in the bubble surfaces.