Source Click here Bioluminescent phytoplankton surround swimmers in circles of brilliant blue light. Your Shot member Will Strathmann captured this image while in Krabi, Thailand. “[I] heard that the

Source Click here In the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Virunga National Park, a ranger surveys a new lava field created by Nyamulagira, the most active volcano in Africa. The 10,033-foot peak erupts

Source Click here “Hundreds of old cypresses guard the perimeter of Lake Camécuaro and its turquoise-colored, crystal clear water,” Javier Eduardo Alvarez writes of this photo he made of the small Mexican

Source Click here By day, the water of Arizona's Havasu Falls is a remarkable, bright blue-green. In this image submitted by Jes Stockhausen, it’s a milky ribbon, illuminated at night by the light of a

Source Click here Forged by the wear of water rushing over rocks, Olo Canyon in Arizona is concealed inside the Grand Canyon. Its alluring landscape includes natural springs and rocks shaped like cathedral

Source Click here. In Cokyasar, Turkey, this chameleon snatches a meal from a neighboring branch. A chameleon’s tongue can be several inches longer than its body and can go from zero to 60 miles an hour

Source Click here An iridescent peacock spreads its tail feathers, called a train, in an impressive display. It is believed that the females—peahens—choose their mates based on the size and color of these

Source Click here A green Asian vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta), also known as a long-nosed whip snake, is well camouflaged in the lush foliage of Agumbe, a rain forest in Karnataka, India. The reptile’s

Source Click here An aerial view of the southern end of Værøy, one of Norway’s Lofoten Islands, reveals a towering ridge running through it like a bony spine. Værøy is home to a population of fewer than

Source Click here The gleaming white marble of the Taj Mahal's main mausoleum is framed by a red sandstone archway of the complex’s mosque and assembly hall. Arches feature prominently in Islamic architecture.

Source Click here Natural light floods the clean, modern interior of the city library in Stuttgart, Germany. The wide-open design of the central space shown was inspired by the Pantheon in Rome.

Source Click here A magnified tiger beetle shows its true colors. Your Shot photographer Mark Smith writes that this image was made in “2014 during the Entomological Collections Network annual meeting

Source Click here Protea Banks, a reef off the eastern coast of South Africa, is home to incredible biodiversity—including this massive cephea jellyfish, spotted by Your Shot photographer Pier Mane. He

Source Click here Earth’s oceans are in perpetual motion, but not so for this wave, photographed by Warren Keelan. Its striated surface is revealed in this image taken, he explains, in “the moment [it]

Source Click here Step into White Pocket, in northern Arizona’s Paria Canyon, and it may feel as if you’ve been transported to another planet. The rocky landscape—so named for its white stone set in red

Source Click here Scott Casimiro, a former United States Marine Corps sergeant, lost an eye while overseas. Instead of the standard replacement, his false eye is emblazoned with the gold emblem of the

Source Click here Your Shot photographer Ammar Alamir captured this image of pilgrims circling the Kaaba, the cube-shaped shrine at the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and considered by Muslims to

Source Click here As the moon sets on the White Desert of Egypt, one might think they’re on a neighboring planet thanks to the Martian-looking landscape. The desert is rife with these alien formations,

Source Click here After arriving in the evening at a watering hole in Namibia’s Etosha National Park, Your Shot photographer NingYu Pao witnessed a grisly scene. Four female lions feasted on their kill

Source Click here Your Shot photographer Ponnie J. found this octopus “hiding under a [discarded] bottle” in the waters off Pattaya, Thailand. The cephalopod appears to wish to remain unnoticed. Having