North CarolinaNorth Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway is among the most beautiful of scenic drives in the USA. Here fog clings to a portion of the Appalachian Mountains.

from Chihuahuan lows to far-west mountain highs

The little fishing village of Reine shines in the land of the midnight sun

throughout its statewide reach from the four corners area all the way to the Grand Canyon

Sedona's classic view of Cathedral Rock dressed in summer greens and mirrored in Oak Creek

South Africa

Young Camargue horses frolic in their French homeland on the Mediterranean coast

Elements of paradise lend credence to such claims for the island of Kauai

from dainty grasses and desert scrub through to woodland and forest

It has been a source of inspiration for many less creative architects than Eduard Riedel who designed it on a commission from Ludwig II of Bavaria

Ocean horizons

but in the far east of the massive Colorado Plateau which carries the water of the Colorado River through Utah and Northern Arizona

California