Willow Lake and Mount Blackburn, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States (© Patrick J. Endres/Getty Images)

Sandhill cranes at sunrise, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (© Jack Dykinga/Minden Pictures)

Maya site of Copán, Honduras (© diegograndi/Getty Images)

Spider webs in Everglades National Park, Florida, United States (© Troy Harrison/Getty Images)

A pine forest in Alsace, France (© alekseystemmer/Getty Images)

Christmas lights on buildings of Domaso, Lake Como, Italy (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)

Guanaco, Punta Norte, Valdés Peninsula, Argentina (© Sylvain Cordier/naturepl.com)

Interior of the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain (© Elena Zolotova/Getty Images)

The summit of Mount Everest at sunset, seen from Renjo La, Nepal (© shoults/Alamy)

Spotted poinsettia (© DigiPub/Getty Images)

Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California, United States (© Ron and Patty Thomas/Getty Images)

Royal Bengal tiger (© sourabh/Getty Images)

Light decorations on Spiegelgracht canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands (© Amith Nag Photography/Getty Images)

Handmade gnomes at a Christmas market (© Veronika Seppanen/Shutterstock)

Eurasian red squirrel in Northumberland, England (© Michael_Conrad/Getty Images)

Granite rocks and gopuram of the Virupaksha Temple, Hampi, Karnataka (© Skouatroulio/Getty Images)

Snow-covered landscape at Bormio, Lombardy, Italy (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)

Paper Christmas star lanterns, Germany (© artas/Getty Images)

Dawn light through frosty trees, Sweden (© Schon/Getty Images)

'The Nutcracker' performed by the Turkish State Opera and Ballet in Ankara, Türkiye (© Anadolu/Getty Images)

Reindeer during winter snowfall, Lapland, Finland (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)

Snowy chapel with Christmas tree in the Bavarian Alps, Germany (© mauritius images GmbH/Alamy)

Snow globes at a Christmas market in Heidelberg, Germany (© George Pachantouris/Getty Images)

Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England (© Julian Elliott Photography/Getty Images)

Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States (© wanderluster/Getty Images)

Aerial view of a sandy beach in Mangaluru, Karnataka (© Amith Nag Photography/Moment/Getty Images)

St. Gregory Church in Ani Ruins, Kars, Türkiye (© Kenan Talas/Getty Images)

Whooper swans, Kotoku Pond, Japan (© Martin Bailey/Shutterstock)

New Year's Eve, Oberbaum Bridge, Berlin, Germany (© spreephoto.de/Getty Images)

Arctic fox sleeping (© Chansak Joe/Getty Images)