Mahatma Gandhi statue at Malpe Beach, Udupi, Karnataka (© Rainer Krack/Alamy)

Heather growing in Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland (© Adam Mowery/TANDEM Stills + Motion)

ISS main solar arrays seen from SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour (© NASA)

Jahangir Mahal, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh (© Alf/Getty Images)

Anshun Bridge illuminated for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chengdu, China (© Philippe LEJEANVRE/Getty Images)

Fall colours below Mount Sneffels near Ridgway, Colorado, United States (© Grant Ordelheide/TANDEM Stills + Motion)

Day octopus, Maui, Hawaii, United States (© Dave Fleetham/plainpicture)

The Pillars of Creation viewed by the James Webb Space Telescope (© NASA)

Coral reef surrounding the island of Monuriki, Mamanuca Islands, Fiji (© David Wall/SuperStock)

Wood duck hen, United States (© ps50ace/iStock/Getty Images)

Village of Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mountains, New York, United States (© DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images)

Fishing boat on a beach in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu (© Danielrao/Getty Images)

Village of Oia, Santorini, Greece (© f9photos/Getty Images)

Amethyst laccaria mushrooms, Seabeck, Washington, United States (© Danita Delimont/Shutterstock)

Eurasian lynx, Siberia (© Mario Plechaty Photograph/Shutterstock)

Rock River Falls, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, United States (© Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images)

Neolithic site of Silbury Hill, Tilshead, Wiltshire, England (© dbstockphoto/Getty Images)

Apples ready for harvest, Minnesota, United States (© Tammi Mild/Getty Images)

Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Ecuador (© Murray Cooper/Minden Pictures)

Oil lamps lit during Diwali (© phive2015/Getty Images)

Belogradchik Rocks, Bulgaria (© EvaL Miko/Shutterstock)

Snow leopard with her cubs, Spiti Valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, India (© Oriol Alamany/naturepl.com)

Night view of the RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, California, United States (© Kit Leong/Shutterstock)

Aerial view of peatland in Martimoaapa Mire Reserve, Finland (© romikatarina/Shutterstock)

People worshipping the sun on Chhath, at Juhu Beach, Mumbai, Maharashtra (© Dinodia Photo/Getty Images)

The Gothic Gate in the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, Czechia (© Kseniya_Milner/Getty Images)

Ancient til trees in Fanal Forest, island of Madeira, Portugal (© Lukas Jonaitis/Shutterstock)

Camels at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India (© f9photos/Getty Images)

Entrance of Bran Castle in Bran, Brașov, Romania (© blue sky in my pocket/Getty Images)

Bison grazing at thermal hot springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States (© Cheryl Ramalho/Getty Images)