Photo of the Day: Salk Institute in California at sunset

Photo by: John Souza (Somerset, Massachusetts); La Jolla, California

Photo of the Day: Yosemite Falls

Photo by: Kyle Norman (Kingston, Ontario, Canada); Yosemite Valley, California

Photo of the Day: Herbert glacier at night in Juneau, Alaska

Photo by: Brandon Hauser (Juneau, Alaska); Juneau, Alaska

Photo of the Day: A lake nestled next to a mountain range. Mist and beautiful light add up to make a quintessential Adirondack sunrise.

Photo by: Chris Tennant (Williamsburg, Virginia); North Hudson, New York

Photo of the Day: Tubing wave from inside the barrel

Photo by: Mark Johnson (Fairfield, Australia); Queensland, Australia

Photo of the Day: Haleakala sunrise

Photo by: Bob Bush (Altadena, California); Maui, Hawaii

Hot air balloon glides between two glaciers in the Arctic

Photo by: Michelle Valberg (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada); Arctic Bay, Nunavut

Infrared Timelapse of Rolling Australian Countryside

This infrared time-lapse footage features the limestone landscapes near Wee Jasper, a village in New South Wales in Australia.

The footage is part of a larger work—in scope, duration and resolution—from Glen Ryan, who shot the footage, and self-proclaimed cloud wrangler James van Der Moezel. The time-lapse served as the motion component of the recent Karst Country prints and paintings exhibition shown at the Belconnen Arts Centre in Australia.

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Photo of the Day: The Underground Lake - Reed Flute Cave in Guilin

Photo by: Christian Ortiz (San Jose, California); Guilin, China

Photo of the Day: An onlooker witnesses the annular solar eclipse as the sun sets on May 20, 2012.

Photo by: Colleen Pinski (Peyton, Colorado); Albuquerque, New Mexico