Marie Read / Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) flying over a pattern of kelp and sea foam, photographed from above, St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA. July.

Marie Read / Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) male displaying in cattail marsh, Viera Wetlands, Brevard County, Florida, USA, January.

Marie Read / Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) female perched, Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada, January.

Marie Read / Black skimmers (Rynchops niger), three in non-breeding plumage on beach, Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. January. Digitally altered to remove distractions.

Marie Read / Abstract patterns of reflected sky and clouds on the ocean with a silhouetted Red-faced cormorant (Phalarocorax urile) in flight, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA, July.

John Cancalosi / Brazilian agate, slice, with MR. Sad Face design.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tjibaou Cultural Center designed by Renzo Piano. The building is designed to be integrated with the surrounding forest. Noumea, New Caledonia, September 2008.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tjibaou Cultural Center designed by Renzo Piano. The building is designed to be integrated with the surrounding forest. Noumea, New Caledonia, September 2008.

Jack Dykinga / Rain spattered inter-locking palm leaves create a design of pattern and colour in the tropical rainforest. Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of modern achitecture housing designed by Balladur at La Grande Motte, Port Camargue, Southern France, June 2008. No release available.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, at the Superyacht Cup Palma, October 2005 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, at the Superyacht Cup Palma, October 2005 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.