On a hot day in Chicago, hundreds come to Millennium Park to cool off in Crown Fountain.
One sole child sitting in the water early in the morning at Crown Fountain in Millennium Park, Chicago.
This was taken from Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, Chicago with the scaffolding overhead and the cityscape beyond.
Who wouldn't love the Bean? Millennium Park, Chicago.
Taken in Millennium Park, Chicago.
Opened in 2004, this park is at the edge of the Port of Oakland, and to get there you have to weave your way through all the trucks, trains and shipping companies. The view is worth the trip though, a big panorama of the Bay Bridge and downtown San Francisco as well as the Port.
The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands located about 600 miles off west of Ecuador. They are known throughout the world as the home to Darwin's finches and the famed Galápagos tortoises, as well as being called The Enchanted Islands as a result of their strong and unpredictable currents.
Owned by Ecuador, 90% of the Galápagos Islands were established as a National Park in 1959.
Badlands National Park, South Dakota:
For centuries humans have viewed South Dakota's celebrated Badlands with a mix of dread and fascination. The Lakota knew the place as "mako sica".
Macon, Georgia, the cherry blossom capital of the world. Each spring more than 300,000 Yoshino cherry trees bloom in a city wide event that is as beautiful as it is breathtaking.
A variety of canyons, and fields, nature, and pure beauty.