The Yosemite

The YosemiteThe Merced River reflects fall's wardrobe in Yosemite Valley, California.

the water flowing in the Verdon River has carved a giant canyon through limestone en route to the Durance River and is a beautiful and prominent landscape feature in the South of France

The evergreen conifer is native to the western reaches of North America and is scientifically not a fir tree at all

Beneath the surface

Underground water sources deliver most of the water to the two-tiered Multnomah Falls which are approximately 620 feet (185 meters) high and provide a constant flow into the Columbia River in Western Oregon

A Great blue heron glides over its freshwater habitat in the Southwest USA

The small ribbon of blue in the upper right quadrant of the image is the Colorado River in its winter tone

Cuernos del Paine is the center-point of Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonian Chile and the southern reaches of the continental Andes Range

the book features:

or Desert (Sand)

The Chilean Wine Palm Jubea chilensis is a much appreciated but increasingly rare palm tree that is endemic to central Chile

It sits on the western end of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris

Mature great egrets chastise a chick which has strayed from the nest