Kyaukmyaung, Myanmar: As the river flows
A fisherman casts his net in the Irrawaddy River, 1,300 miles long and a metaphor for the teaching that guides the 89 percent of Burmese who are Buddhists: All that arises, passes away.


Cayman Islands,
West Indies: Hatchling in a hazardous world

A green sea turtle hatchling may grow to weigh 700 pounds. Green sea turtles, now endangered, are one of the few species so ancient that they watched the dinosaurs evolve and become extinct.

 

Alberta, Canada:
A waterfall on ice

In winter, the Ice Nine waterfall attracts expert climbers.
Ice Nine wasa fantasy element in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel,
“Cat’s Cradle”: A single drop could freeze a lake.
Photograph by: Cameron Lawson

 

 
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