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Sheldon Chalet, accessible only by helicopter, perches 5,818 feet above the Ruth Glacier Great Gorge—an abyss in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Reserve that’s deeper than the Grand Canyon. Larger than the state of New Jersey, the wilderness reserve offers opportunities for big adventure, from backcountry camping to mountaineering.

In the Peruvian Andes, the ruins of the ancient Inca city of Choquequirao, a cousin to the more visited Machu Picchu, can only be reached by foot or mule. However, a proposed cable car could make the site more accessible to travelers.

Sunrise

As I left Forestburg one evening and passed through Montague going south, the sun was setting behind a ranch museum, and I quickly snapped two shots with my wife's digital camera before the light changed. A Texas-ranch-country shot.

Taken just before sunrise to avoid crowds at the Alamo. The blue color of the twilight sky provides good contrast to the illuminated Alamo building. A light breeze provided some nice movement to the Texas state flag.

A hunter from a village in Indonesia says he delivers pangolins to the city of Surabaya on a weekly basis. Pangolins are protected by national laws in the countries where they’re found, and international commercial trade in them is banned. Even so, poaching and trafficking are major threats to pangolins’ survival.

All clear? A rat peeks out from a stormwater catch basin.

Crowds flock to Omotesando, a busy shopping street in Tokyo, heart of the world’s most populous metropolitan area. Home to more than 37 million people, Tokyo is one of the safest, cleanest, most dynamic, and most innovative cities.

Camel thorn trees in Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia look like a painting when photographed at dawn.

Grand Canyon National Park

Scotts Bluff National Monument

It wasn’t me, I swear! These king penguins were obviously not thrilled with the presence of a standoffish fur seal in South Georgia.