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Timelapse captures a night-long lightning storm
A towering storm cloud behind the mountains lit up the sky with dozens of strikes a minute.
Morning high tide pounds the shore as gulls stand their ground
Waves rolled up the pebble beach at sunrise while two gulls barely moved.
Autumn arrives in the city: streets in gold, orange and red
From parks to boulevards, the city has taken on the warm colours of the season.
Morning in Cappadocia: fairy chimneys and balloons overhead
Volcanic valleys, rock-cut dwellings and the balloons that lift off at dawn, told in photographs.
Winter storm rolls over the Grand Canyon in timelapse
Clouds and curtains of precipitation drift over the canyon's red cliffs in a timelapse.
Steam column surges skyward from a geyser basin
Water and steam kept bursting from a rocky basin on a volcanic plateau for minutes on end.
Hiking the ridge trail: health one step at a time
Walkers on a path between rocky hills made their way past bright orange poppies.
A waterfall tumbling step by step through the forest
Water spilling from a high rock wall runs over mossy ledges in a series of small cascades.
A water bird hunts for food beneath a waterfall
A small grey bird working the mossy rocks dived into the current in search of prey.
Busy bees among purple blooms
Bumblebees landing on asters in the autumn sun gathered nectar from flower to flower.