Fallen sweet chestnuts and amethyst deceivers in Norfolk, England (© Gary K. Smith/Minden Pictures)(Bing New Zealand)

Cottonwood trees along the Rio Grande in autumn, New Mexico (© Tim Fitzharris/Minden Pictures)(Bing New Zealand)

Timiderte Kasbah, Draa Valley, Morocco (© Mauricio Abreu/Aurora Photos)(Bing New Zealand)

A great tit perched on a branch (© Frederic Desmette/Biosphoto/Minden Pictures)(Bing New Zealand)

Full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope on display in Austin, Texas (© NASA)(Bing New Zealand)

The International Space Station seen from the space shuttle Endeavour (© NASA/Alamy)(Bing New Zealand)

Young red fox with poppies, Lausitz, Saxony, Germany (© Kevin Prönnecke/Alamy)(Bing New Zealand)

Pluto’s north pole (© J Marshall/Alamy)(Bing New Zealand)

An infrared image of the Orion Nebula taken by the HAWK-I camera in Chile (© NASA)(Bing New Zealand)

A Soyuz descent module returns to Earth (© Bill Ingalls/NASA)(Bing New Zealand)

The Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden (© Hans Strand/plainpicture)(Bing New Zealand)

Little auks fly past an iceberg at Spitsbergen, Norway (© Danny Green/Minden Pictures)(Bing New Zealand)

Coastal beech forest, Nienhagen, Germany (© Sandra Bartocha/Minden Pictures)(Bing New Zealand)

Fall-colored leaves of cotoneaster plant (© Steve Terrill/Danita Delimont)(Bing New Zealand)

Derwent Reservoir, Derbyshire, England (© R A Kearton/Getty Images)(Bing New Zealand)

Eland antelope and giraffe at Etosha National Park, Namibia (© David Schultz/Mint Images/SuperStock)(Bing New Zealand)

Elk River in the East Kootenays of British Columbia, Canada (© Carson Ganci/First Light/age fotostock)(Bing New Zealand)

Windmills in Consuegra, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain (© Juan José Pascual/age fotostock)(Bing New Zealand)

Solar evaporation ponds on the Great Salt Lake, Utah (© Robert L. Potts/Offset)(Bing New Zealand)

Pulsatilla vulgaris flowers in rain, Lorraine, France (© Michel Poinsignon/Minden Pictures)(Bing New Zealand)

A wave building on Oahu’s North Shore, Hawaii (© Vince Cavataio/plainpicture)(Bing New Zealand)

Fern fronds in autumn, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada (© S Meyers/age fotostock)(Bing New Zealand)

An eastern screech owl in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia (© Media Drum World/Aurora Photos)(Bing New Zealand)

Boats off Cát Bà Island, Vietnam (© Garret Suhrie/Tandem Stills + Motion)(Bing New Zealand)

Upper Tahquamenon Falls in Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Michigan (© Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images)(Bing New Zealand)

Hallstatt, Austria (© rudi1976/Alamy)(Bing New Zealand)

Ķemeri National Park, Latvia (© Sven Zacek/Minden Pictures)(Bing New Zealand)

Mallards in a cypress swamp, Calcasieu River, Louisiana (© Tim Fitzharris/Minden Pictures)(Bing New Zealand)

Snow leopard in the Tian Shan, Kyrgyzstan (© Sebastian Kennerknecht/Minden Pictures)(Bing New Zealand)

A weasel looking out of yellow leaves in autumn (© Paul Hobson/NPL/Minden)(Bing New Zealand)

Circular window at Genko-an Temple, Kyoto, Japan (© JTB Media Creation, Inc./Alamy)(Bing New Zealand)