Flag display at the Washington Monument, Washington, DC (© tristanbnz/Adobe Stock)

Mosaic façade in Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan (© da-kuk/Getty Images)

Milky Way over Big Bend National Park, Texas (© wisanuboonrawd/Adobe Stock)

Southern gemsbok in the savanna, Botswana (© Karine Aigner/Tandem Stills + Motion)

Osaka at night, Japan (© wichianduangsri/Getty Images)

Bardenas Reales Biosphere Reserve and Natural Park, Bardenas, Navarra, Spain (© Aliaume Chapelle/Tandem Stills + Motion)

Confluence of Easter Creek and Killik River, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska (© Patrick J. Endres/Getty Images)

Family of humpback whales, Dutch Harbor, Alaska (© Jude Newkirk/Amazing Aerial Agency)

Les Braves monument on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France (© Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Masoala National Park in Madagascar (© Dennis van de Water/Shutterstock)