Twinkle, twinkle, paper stars
Christmas star lanterns, Germany (© artas/Getty Images)

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Twinkle, twinkle, paper stars
Christmas star lanterns, Germany (© artas/Getty Images)

High mountains, deep history
Snow-covered landscape at Bormio, Lombardy, Italy (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)

High mountains, deep history
Snow-covered landscape at Bormio, Lombardy, Italy (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)

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Layers of time in Utah
Temple of the Sun, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah (© Austin Cronnelly/TANDEM Stills + Motion)

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Layers of time in Utah
Temple of the Sun, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah (© Austin Cronnelly/TANDEM Stills + Motion)

Fur, frost, and feast
Eurasian red squirrel in Northumberland, England (© Michael_Conrad/Getty Images)

Fur, frost, and feast
Eurasian red squirrel in Northumberland, England (© Michael_Conrad/Getty Images)

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Tiny hats, big spirits
Handmade gnomes at a Christmas market (© Veronika Seppanen/Shutterstock)

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Tiny hats, big spirits
Handmade gnomes at a Christmas market (© Veronika Seppanen/Shutterstock)

Still waters, bright lights
Lights on Spiegelgracht canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands (© Amith Nag Photography/Getty Images)

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Still waters, bright lights
Lights on Spiegelgracht canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands (© Amith Nag Photography/Getty Images)

The great holiday bird-off
Tufted titmouse perched on pine boughs, Massachusetts (© Tim Laman/NPL/Minden Pictures)

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The great holiday bird-off
Tufted titmouse perched on pine boughs, Massachusetts (© Tim Laman/NPL/Minden Pictures)

Frozen reflections
Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California (© Ron and Patty Thomas/Getty Images)

Frozen reflections
Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California (© Ron and Patty Thomas/Getty Images)

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The plant that paints the holidays red
Spotted poinsettia (© DigiPub/Getty Images)

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The plant that paints the holidays red
Spotted poinsettia (© DigiPub/Getty Images)

Where the sky meets Earth
Summit of Mount Everest at sunset, seen from Renjo La, Nepal (© shoults/Alamy)

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Where the sky meets Earth
Summit of Mount Everest at sunset, seen from Renjo La, Nepal (© shoults/Alamy)