View of modern art sculpture in Strandpromenaden, Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Ice in all of its myriad forms in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Ice in all of its myriad forms in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Temporary exhibition of Nanas by the French artist Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, at the Guggenheim Museum designed by architect Frank Gehry, Bilbao, province of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain, Europe

Wandjina art form of various animals on King Leopold Sandstone, Swift Bay, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design in titanium and glass, giant spider sculpture 'Maman' in Bilbao, Spain

Spider bronze sculpture 'Maman' by Louise Bourgeois and tourists at Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

Ysios Bodega winery futuristic architecture at Laguardia in Rioja-Alaveda wine-producing area of Basque country, Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design in titanium and glass at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

Marques de Riscal wine 2007 vintage on display in the shop at the bodega winery at Elciego in Rioja-Alavesa area of Spain

The stylish bar in the Hotel Marques de Riscal designed by architect Frank O Gehry, at Elciego in Rioja-Alavesa area of Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design in titanium and glass at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

Ysios Bodega winery futuristic architecture at Laguardia in Rioja-Alaveda wine-producing area of Basque country, Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design in titanium and glass at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design in titanium and glass at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

Futuristic architecture in traditional landscape Ysios Bodega winery at Laguardia in Rioja-Alaveda wine-producing area, Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design in titanium and glass at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

Ysios Bodega winery futuristic architecture at Laguardia in Rioja-Alaveda wine-producing area of Basque country, Spain

Couple taking photographs at Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum, Red Bridge - Principes de Espana Bridge, Iberdrola Tower and River Nervion at Bilbao, Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design in titanium at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

Aerial view of Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, Iberdrola Tower skyscraper and Red Bridge in Basque country, Spain

Ysios Bodega winery futuristic architecture at Laguardia in Rioja-Alaveda wine-producing area of Basque country, Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design in titanium and glass at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design interior at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

Marques de Riscal 2007 vintage wine on display in the shop at the bodega winery at Elciego in Rioja-Alavesa area of Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design in titanium and glass at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

The stylish bar in the Hotel Marques de Riscal designed by architect Frank O Gehry, at Elciego in Rioja-Alavesa area of Spain

Architect Frank Gehry?s Guggenheim Museum futuristic design from across River Nervion at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design in titanium and glass at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

Ysios Bodega winery futuristic architecture at Laguardia in Rioja-Alaveda wine-producing area of Basque country, Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design with Puppy flower feature at Bilbao, Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design interior at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

The stylish bar in the Hotel Marques de Riscal designed by architect Frank O Gehry, at Elciego in Rioja-Alavesa area of Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic design in titanium and glass and Iberdrola Tower behind at Bilbao, Spain

Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design in titanium and glass and Iberdrola Tower at Bilbao, Spain

Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum futuristic architectural design in titanium at Bilbao, Basque country, Spain

A frozen spider's web, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A frozen spider's web, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Unusual and beautiful cloud formations in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

A corregated sculpture of a grasshopper perches on the roof of a horticulture supply store in Tirau, New Zealand on the north island. The small agricultural town of 800 has several such unique buildings including the Big Sheep Wool Gallery shaped like a sheep and the neighboring Big Dog Information Center in the form of a dog.

Micronesia, Palau, Rock Islands, Aerial of Rock Islands and lagoon.

Hawaii, Kauai, Princeville, Queens Bath, Woman sitting on water's edge wearing snorkel gear.

Water Abstract 23, Massachusetts, Seekonk, Caratunk Wildlife Refuge, Ripples and reflections on water surface.

Hawaii, Underwater view of powerful wave breaking over shallow coral reef.

Water Abstract 18, Massachusetts, Seekonk, Caratunk Wildlife Refuge, Ripples and reflections on water surface.

Arizona, Near Page, Landscape of Horseshoe Bend and Colorado River.

Micronesia, Palau, Rock Islands, Mushroom-shaped island surrounded blue ocean.

Hawaii, Kauai, Princeville, Queens Bath, Woman snorkeling in saltwater pool.

Oregon, Crater Lake National Park, Snowy Crater Lake and Wizard Island.

Oregon, Columbia River Gorge, Oneonta Creek and Gorge.

Oregon, Crater Lake National Park, Snowy Crater Lake and Wizard Island.

Southeast Oregon, Lake Owyhee at Leslie Gulch, Reflections of rock in lake.

Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Tara with deployed plancton nets. On "station", the boat is drifting without engine or sails. Tara Oceans, a unique expedition: Tara Oceans is the very first attempt to make a global study of marine plankton, a form of sea life that includes organisms as small as viruses and bacterias, and as big as medusas. Our goal is to better understand planktonic ecosystems by exploring the countless species, learning about interactions among them and with their environment. Marine plankton is the only ecosystem that is almost continuous over the surface of the Earth. Studying plankton is like taking the pulse of our planet. Recently, scientists have discovered the great importance of plankton for the climate: populations of plankton are affected very rapidly by variations in climate. But in turn they can influence the climate by modifying the absorption of carbon. In a context of rapid physico-chemical changes, for example the acidification observed today in the world's oceans, it is urgent to understand and predict the evolution of these particular ecosystems. Finally, plankton is an astonishing way of going back in time ? a prime source of fossils. Over the eons, plankton has created several hundred meters of sediment on the ocean floors. This allows us to go back in time, to the first oceans on Earth, and better understand the history of our biosphere. More than 12 fields of research are involved in the project, which will bring together an international team of oceanographers, ecologists, biologists, geneticists, and physicists from prestigious laboratories headed by Eric Karsenti of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Galapagos