Mount Bromo volcano erupting
a group of raccoons standing near a path in New York's central park
dead monarch butterflies on a snowy forest floor
an 140 foot tall stainless steel hollow globe with streams of sunlight coming through it
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
a person bundling red insence
a locust swarm in front of a tree
a cherry blossom tree at night
wooden poles in the sea covered in ice
a jelly fish
a stag in the woods
polar bear mother with cubs
frozen trees
a penguin colony in a snow storm
windswept ice formations on Mount Javornik in Slovenia
a week-old humpback whale off the coast of Tonga
an ice-encrusted house in the Czech Republic's Orlické Mountains
a swaddled baby swaying in a makeshift hammock at a Myanmar brick factory
Turkish shepherds guiding their flocks to graze near Nemrut Mountain
a lightning storm and rainbow in Arizona's Sonoran Desert
a storm above an abandoned house near Denton, Nebraska
a red fox climbing the trunk of a half-fallen Douglas fir tree in Germany's Black Forest
rose-ringed parakeets flapping to a roost in London’s Hither Green Cemetery
two common toads mating in a shallow of the Lez River
thawing ice in Andalusia’s Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park
a harvest mouse grooming itself on a hogweed flower head near Moulton, England
floating lanterns during the annual Yi Peng festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand
a mushroom coral against a velvet backdrop in a South Carolina lab tank
a maple tree seen from below in autumn at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo
brightly clad teammates forming the base of a human tower
tiny bubbles stippling the stems and skins of cherries submerged in soda water
two women sewing fishnets in the village of Vinh Hy
a Rothschild's giraffe on a sanctuary in Nairobi, Kenya
a West Bengal Hindu deity dancer
seven ballerinas relaxing backstage after a recital
the sacred Meoto Iwa off the coast of Futami, Japan
a blooming tree in Hami, China, covered in ice from an April cold snap
North Korean students in Sinuiju performing a dance routine for Chinese tourists
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INDONESIAMount Bromo, on the volcano-dotted island of Java, erupted for exactly one year, from November 12, 2015, to November 12, 2016. The cone emitted varying levels of ash and heat, disrupting flights and local tourism.
Photograph by REYNOLD RIKSA DEWANTARA
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