Archive: 2021-12

2021-12-31

Westerheversand Lighthouse in Westerhever, Germany (© Sandra Bartocha/Minden Pictures)

2021-12-30

Mountain goats in the Yukon, Canada (© Mark Newman/Getty Images)

2021-12-29

Kjell Henriksen Observatory in Svalbard, Norway (© Vincent Fournier/Gallery Stock)

2021-12-28

Snow buntings flock during a snowstorm in New York (© Marie Read/Minden Pictures)

2021-12-27

Royal Pavilion Ice Rink in Brighton, England (© Chris Gorman/Getty Images)

2021-12-26

Trees on the northern slope of Mount Khomyak in the Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine (© panaramka/Getty Images)

2021-12-25

Christmas tree at Weissensee, a small lake near Ehrwald in Tyrol, Austria (© nagelestock/Alamy)

2021-12-24

Two young male polar bears, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada (© Cheryl Ramalho/Getty Images)

2021-12-23

Winter scene illuminated on the Palais de l'Isle in Annecy, Haute Savoie, France (© blickwinkel/Alamy)

2021-12-22

Sunlight in the forest of Western Siberia, near the city of Raduzhny, Russia (© Leonid Ikan/Shutterstock)

2021-12-21

Performers from the Ministry of Fun Santa School in London, England (© Matt Dunham/AP Photo)

2021-12-20

Aurora borealis above the Brooks Range in Alaska (© Noppawat Tom Charoensinphon/Getty Images)

2021-12-19

The December full moon seen through holiday lights (© Jesus Merida/Getty Images)

2021-12-18

Christmas-themed beach huts in Bournemouth, England (© Allouphoto/Alamy)

2021-12-17

The English National Ballet's 2016 production of 'The Nutcracker' at the London Coliseum in London, England (© Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images)

2021-12-16

The chapel and hermitage of Santa Justa in Cantabria, Spain (© Luis Miguel Martin/Getty Images)

2021-12-15

American robin perched on a branch in Canada (© marcophotos/Getty Images)

2021-12-14

Old Town and El Panecillo Hill in Quito, Ecuador (© Karol Kozlowski/plainpicture)

2021-12-13

Wicker fields in Cañamares, Spain (© David Santiago Garcia/Alamy)

2021-12-12

The shadow of Mount Everest over the western Himalayas in Nepal (© Kent Karvey/KH Films, Inc./Tandem Stills + Motion)

2021-12-11

Arctic fox in Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway (© Andy Trowbridge/Minden Pictures)

2021-12-10

Glowworms in Blue Mountains National Park, Australia (© Leelakajonkij/Getty Images)

2021-12-09

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona (© Ian Shive/Tandem Stills + Motion)

2021-12-08

US Navy sailors on the WWII museum ship USS Bowfin in Honolulu, Hawaii (© US Navy Photo/Alamy)

2021-12-07

An 1840 design for the Analytical Engine by Charles Babbage (© Science & Society Picture Library/Getty Images)

2021-12-06

The Salzach River in Salzburg, Austria (© MacEaton/Alamy)

2021-12-05

Mother cheetah and her cub in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (© gudkovandrey/Adobe Stock)

2021-12-04

Autumn leaves coated with frost (© sagarmanis/Getty Images)

2021-12-03

Dall sheep rams at Polychrome Pass, Denali National Park, Alaska (© Patrick J. Endres/Getty Images)

2021-12-02

Blue icebergs near Cuverville Island, Antarctica (© Mike Hill/Getty Images)

2021-12-01

African bush elephants at Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya (© Yva Momatiuk and John Eastcott/Minden Pictures)