Old WoodA remnant of a bristlecone pine is bleached by the sun in the White Mountains just east of the Sierra Nevada Range in North America. The ten thousand foot (3400 meter) altitude hosts some of the oldest specimens of wood in the world and some of the living specimens here have endured for thousands of years.

throughout its statewide reach from the four corners area all the way to the Grand Canyon

Rows of lavender grace its northern grounds and for a few weeks of the year their blooms provide a pleasant aroma along with a much sought-after visual treat

Goldfields and poppies each occupy their own space to display unique swatches of Springtime color in the Southwest's Mojave Desert

Everyone you love will say Thank You when you share this mentally stimulating gift:

A green valley in the Ozark Mountains dotted by points of reflection in the yellows

Film director Mark Fletcher shares observations from the film Patrick and the Whale

For those with nothing to learn there are more than 900 opportunities to acknowledge that they already knew this

Sam Guarnaccia

The place holds a magnificent stand of vertical rock formations attributed to volcanic activity in the distant past

He captures the faces of places from river to river

The population of the black rhinoceros has dwindled to only about one for every 5500 square kilometers in Africa

Those with something to learn