Kenroku-en, Kanazawa, Japan (© JTB Media Creation, Inc./Alamy)(Bing New Zealand)

Bear Glacier Lake in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska (© Michael DeYoung/age fotostock)(Bing New Zealand)

Snow monkeys (Japanese macaques), Nagano, Japan (© redswept/Shutterstock)(Bing New Zealand)

Black sand beach on Ingólfshöfði, Iceland (© Nigel Hicks/Getty Images)(Bing New Zealand)

Geladas in repose (© Pavel Blažek/500px)(Bing New Zealand)

The Quiver Tree Forest near Keetmanshoop, Namibia (© Barry Lewis/Corbis)(Bing New Zealand)

Frozen lake and frost-covered tree in Caille, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France (© Jean-Pierre Pieuchot/Getty Images)(Bing New Zealand)

Carron River in Queensland, Australia (© Shannon Wild/500px)(Bing New Zealand)

Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge and Newport Harbor Light in Newport, Rhode Island (© Denis Tangney Jr./Getty Images)(Bing New Zealand)

Trees peek through the mist over the Pantanal in Brazil (© Bobby Haas/Getty Images)(Bing New Zealand)

An echidna out and about (© John Kirk/Getty Images)(Bing New Zealand)

Cemoro Lawang near Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia (© Nat Wimolsiri/REX Shutterstock)(Bing New Zealand)

Lotus leaves, Shanghai, China (© Sino Images/Getty Images)(Bing New Zealand)

Mourning doves near Bear River, Nova Scotia, Canada (© Scott Leslie/Minden Pictures)(Bing New Zealand)

Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (© Gerald & Buff Corsi/Visuals Unlimited, Inc.)(Bing New Zealand)

Old Town in Salzburg, Austria (© Jochen Tack/age fotostock)(Bing New Zealand)

Polar bear mother and cubs, Hudson Bay, Canada (© Kike Calvo/Corbis)(Bing New Zealand)

A Christmas tree farm in Zionville, North Carolina (© Coke Whitworth/Aurora Photos)(Bing New Zealand)

Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada (© Daryl Benson/Masterfile/Corbis)(Bing New Zealand)

Christmas market in Braunschweig, Germany (© Patrice von Collani/plainpicture)(Bing New Zealand)

The London Eye at night behind illuminated trees (© rodrigoono/RooM the Agency/Corbis)(Bing New Zealand)

Eurasian red squirrel on Hokkaido Island, Japan (© stock_shot/Shutterstock)(Bing New Zealand)

Hoar frost on geranium leaves (© Michael Peuckert/age fotostock)(Bing New Zealand)

Amalga Harbor near Juneau, Alaska (© Mark Kelley/Tandem Stills + Motion)(Bing New Zealand)

Reindeer near Oulu, Finland (© Juan Carlos Muñoz/age fotostock)(Bing New Zealand)

Knaresborough, England (© Steven Hunt/Alamy)(Bing New Zealand)

Col de la Bonette pass in Mercantour National Park, France (© Mathieu Rivrin/Getty Images)(Bing New Zealand)

Sagano bamboo forest, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan (© JTB Photo Communications, Inc./age fotostock)(Bing New Zealand)

Mountain lion cubs in Utah’s Uinta National Forest (© Kevin Schafer/Minden Pictures)(Bing New Zealand)

The Brocken Railway line in the Harz mountain range of Germany (© Rudi Sebastian/age fotostock)(Bing New Zealand)

Fireworks and fog in Salzburg, Austria (© Franz Pritz/Getty Images)(Bing New Zealand)