A lizard peeks out from vegetation in a traffic island in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Nov. 11, 2014.
A herd of hippopotamus sleep on the bank of Mara river in Masai Mara National Reserve Oct. 8, 2014.
The moon turns orange during a total lunar eclipse behind the CN Tower and the skyline during moonset in Toronto Oct. 8, 2014. The eclipse is also known as a "blood moon" due to the coppery, reddish color the moon takes as it passes into Earth's shadow. The total eclipse is the second of four over a two-year period that began April 15 and concludes on Sept. 28, 2015. The so-called tetrad is unusual because the full eclipses are visible in all or parts of the United States, according to retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak.
A fall leaf floats on the surface of the Willowemoc Creek in the Catskills region town of Roscoe, New York, Oct. 7, 2014. Roscoe is nicknamed "Trout Town USA,"with a number of top-ranked trout fishing streams in the area.
Mount Sinabung volcano erupts, as seen from Tiga Pancur village, Karo Regency in Indonesia's North Sumatra province Oct. 8, 2014.
A pair of female ducks forage for food under ice in Minnehaha Creek in Minneapolis, Nov. 10, 2014.
The town of Susuz, center right, is seen on the northern shore of the Ataturk dam through the window of a passenger aircraft flying over the southeastern Turkey province of Adiyamanm, Nov. 10, 2014.
Sunflowers are in full bloom on a field in Sirisia district, near the Kenya-Uganda border, on the slopes of Mount Elgon, western Kenya, Nov. 10, 2014.
A flock of birds is seen on a tree against the moon in Kostanay, northern Kazakhstan, Nov. 8, 2014.
Lightning strikes over Lake Maracaibo in the village of Ologa, where the Catatumbo River feeds into the lake, in the western state of Zulia Oct. 23, 2014. This year the Catatumbo lightning was approved for inclusion in the 2015 edition of Guinness World Records, dethroning the Congolese town of Kifuka as the place with the world's most lightning bolts per square kilometer each year at 250. Scientists think the Catatumbo, named for a river that runs into the lake, is normal lightning that just happens to occur far more than anywhere else, due to local topography and wind patterns. Picture taken with long exposure. Reuters
Cows stand on a snow covered meadow in the southern Bavarian village of Bad Toelz, Germany, Nov. 6, 2014. Reuters.
Dark clouds fill the autumn sky over the jetty in Andernos, southwestern France, Nov. 4, 2014. Reuters
A horse grazes next to the cracked ground of the Atibainha dam as it dries up because of a prolonged drought in Nazare Paulista, Sao Paulo state, Oct. 17, 2014. Reuters
Smoke rises from the lava flow from Mt. Kilauea as it inches closer to the village of Pahoa, Hawaii, Oct. 29, 2014. A slow-moving river of molten lava threatened dozens of homes at the edge of a former plantation town. The lava flow from the Kilauea volcano has been slogging toward the village of Pahoa for weeks. Reuters
Kids look at seabirds as the sun sets from Moon Light Beach in Encinitas, California Oct. 28, 2014. Reuters
A lady crab is seen along the Fire Island National Seashore on one side of a breach in Fire Island, New York, Oct. 27, 2014. Superstorm Sandy tore two breaches through the long barrier island that lies across the murky Great South Bay from New York's Long Island. The gap that remains open is allowing the Atlantic Ocean to surge in and out of the bay, and the water near the breach is cleaner, with more plentiful fish, than it has been in decades. Reuters
Droplets of morning dew are seen on a flower in Vertou near Nantes, France, Oct. 28, 2014. Reuters
Dew drops are seen hanging on a spider web in Vertou near Nantes, France, Oct. 28, 2014. Reuters
The lava flow from the Kilauea Volcano is seen in a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) image taken near the village of Pahoa, Hawaii, on Oct. 26, 2014. Reuters
A fox sleeps amidst autumn leaves in a garden in London Oct. 26, 2014. Reuters
A 10-day-old male rhinoceros calf stands next to its mother 'Kumi' in their enclosure at the zoo in Berlin, Oct. 24, 2014. The baby rhino, who is yet to be named, is its mother's second offspring. Reuters
The moon illuminates the snow-covered Concordia, the confluence of the Baltoro and Godwin-Austen glaciers, near the world's second highest mountain the K2 (8,000 meters) in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan Sept. 6, 2014. While other parts of Pakistan and northern India were flooded, Concordia in the Karakoram mountain range was covered with a unusual amount of snow. Reuters
Icebergs floati in Harlequin Lake near Yakutat, in southeastern Alaska, Oct. 7, 2014. Reuters
A coastal brown bear eats a salmon in the Chilkoot River near Haines, Alaska, Oct. 9, 2014. Reuters
A bald eagle perches in a fur tree above the Chilkoot River near Haines, Alaska, Oct. 6, 2014. Reuters
A herd of elephants confronts a hippopotamus at a watering hole in Hwange National Park, Oct. 14, 2014. The watering hole was one of several that were contaminated by poachers with cyanide in 2013, leading to the death of at least 100 animals, according to Zimbabwean authorities. Reuters
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