Downhill Racer
A Park City junior racer takes his shot at the World Cup giant slalom course in Park City, Utah, on the run that became the site for several events during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Arctic Tern on Home Turf
This arctic tern glides and darts over its namesake region at Vigur Island in the Westfjords region of Iceland. The arctic tern makes a monumental annual migration, moving from the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere summer to the high latitudes of the southern hemisphere summer six months later.
Big Dipper and the Aurora
“Eight stars on a field of blue” begins the Alaska state anthem, and this photo taken from the base of the Matanuska Glacier captures those eight stars peeking out through a curtain of green aurora borealis.
