Salt formations in the Dead Sea in Israel -- PhotoStock-Israel/age fotostock © (Bing United States)

Fire Urchin – Stuart Westmorland/Corbis © (Bing United States)

Christmas Lighting Festival in the Bavarian style village of Leavenworth, Washington -- Connie Coleman/Photolibrary © (Bing United States)

Palouse Falls, Washington --Terry Eggers/DanitaDelimont.com © (Bing United States)

Söder Mälarstrand area of Stockholm, Sweden – Bruno Ehrs/Corbis © (Bing United States)

Becco di Mezzodi mountain reflected in Lake Federa in the Dolomite Mountains of Italy – SIME/eStock Photo © (Bing United States)

USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii -- Douglas Peebles/Photolibrary © (Bing United States)

Steller´s sea eagles on drifting ice near Rausu, Japan – Frank Lukasseck/Corbis © (Bing United States)

The Painted Desert in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona –Alan Copson/Getty Images © (Bing United States)

View of the Mediterranean Sea from Tossa de Mar in Catalonia, Spain – SIME/eStock Photo © (Bing United States)

Monorail stop at Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia – Jon Hicks/Corbis © (Bing United States)

Remarkable Rocks in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia -- Norbert Wu/Corbis © (Bing United States)

The aurora borealis in the skies over Hammerfest, Norway -- Per-Andre Hoffman/Aurora Photos © (Bing United States)

Snowy owl in flight in Canada -- Theo Allofs/Corbis © (Bing United States)

Bixby Bridge at sunset, Big Sur, California -- Scott Stulberg/Corbis © (Bing United States)

Monarch butterflies roosting at a reserve in Angangueo, Mexico -- Joel Sartore, National Geographic © (Bing United States)

The 1903 Wright Flyer, hanging in the Milestones of Flight exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. -- Smithsonian Institution/Corbis © (Bing United States)

Reindeer and Chukchi reindeer herder in snow of Siberia, Russia -- Natalie Fobes/Getty Images © (Bing United States)

Holiday lighting in Japanese Maple and other trees at the VanDusen Botanical Garden Festival of Lights in Vancouver, B.C., Canada -- Mark Turner/age fotostock © (Bing United States)

Mini snowmen decorate the space in front Old Hokkaido Agency building in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan -- Japan Travel Bureau/Photolibrary © (Bing United States)

Frosted holly berries and leaves -- Carol Sharp/age fotostock © (Bing United States)

Christmas tree in front of the Primary Cathedral of Bogotá, Colombia -- Jane Sweeney/age fotostock © (Bing United States)

Luminous star decorations at the Christmas Market at the Town Hall in Munich, Germany -- imagebroker.net/Photolibrary © (Bing United States)

The Colosseum at Christmas time, Rome, Italy -- Marco Cristofori/age fotostock © (Bing United States)

Bearded Seal on an iceberg, Svalbard, Norway -- Paul Souders/Corbis © (Bing United States)

Atolls of the Maldives -- JW Alker/age fotostock © (Bing United States)

Chikuminuk Lake in Wood-Tikchik State Park, Alaska -- Michael Melford, National Geographic © (Bing United States)

The Canal Rocks formation in the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, Western Australia, Australia -- Radius Images/Photolibrary © (Bing United States)

Seventeen-Arch Bridge over Kunming Lake at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China – SIME/eStock Photo © (Bing United States)

Quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate during New Year celebrations in Berlin, Germany – Thomas Peter/Corbis © (Bing United States)