wooden poles in the sea covered in ice

Like mushrooms sprouting in soil, wooden poles capped with ice poke free of the sea at an old port in Tallinn. Lit by the rising sun, these remnants of a dock on the Paljassaare Peninsula are visible due to an unusually low tide.

Photograph by Andrei Reinol
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The Most Stunning Visions of Earth

See phenomenal photos of the world’s wonders from the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine.

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This story appears in the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine.
a jelly fish

A drifting jellyfish plays host to a small constellation of brittle stars. Scientists aren’t sure why the two invertebrate species sometimes unite. The salad-bowl-size jelly may offer the stars food, protection, or transportation.

Photograph by Andrea Marshall
a stag in the woods

On a misty morning in London’s Richmond Park, a red deer stag bellows during mating season. From September to November, mature males roar and thrash the brush with their antlers to attract females, aka hinds, and to intimidate rivals.

Photograph by Félix Morlán González

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