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.

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 red shouldered hawk perches high in a tree.

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

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.