"The earth is what we all have in common."

~ Wendell Barry

Puffin, Shiant Islands

Photograph by Jim Richardson

Grizzly bears gather at prime fishing spots during the summer, when salmon run upstream to spawn

Photograph by Duncan Crawford

Bering Sea Sunset

Photograph by Christopher Zimmer

Ribbons of dunes trap the rains

Photograph by George Steinmetz

Zebras, Botswana

Photograph by Robert B. Haas

Walruses, Svalbard

Photograph by Paul Nicklen

A boatman paddles his bamboo raft along the river at Wawa Dam, Philippines

Photograph by Gerardo Sabado

Xhosa Teens

Photograph by James Nachtwey

Baobab Trees, Tanzania

Photograph by Tom Schwabel

Cornfield, São Paulo, Brazil

Photograph by Christiano Pessoa

Cows, Netherlands

Photograph by Jorinde van Ringen

Black Sheep

Photograph by Paul Kipping

Boy and Ox, Vietnam

Photograph by Tiong Wee Wong

A cormorant returns with its catch at dawn in the Pantanal, a vast wetland that sprawls across Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay

Photograph by Mike Bueno

Birds in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso in central-western Brazil

Photograph by Mike Bueno

Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland

Photograph by Sigurdur Hrafn Stefnisson

Northern Spotted Owl

Photograph by Michael Nichols

Fishing, Celebes Sea

Photograph by Liang Huan Chuan

Green Sea Turtle, Hawaii

Photograph by Lorenzo Menendez

Moray Eel

Photograph by Brian Skerry