Sandbars on Whitsunday Islands, Australia
Water vortex
Rushing water in the Chicago Botanic Garden
Ripples in the sand on Pismo Beach, California
Air bubbles caught under sea ice in the Beaufort Sea
Water rippling in Costa Rica
Algae bloom in Lake Magadi, Kenya
High tide on a black-sand beach in Manzanillo, Mexico
Water rippling
Sunlight patterns on a Canadian river bottom
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Sandbars, AustraliaSandbars flow into the Coral Sea at Whitsunday Island National Park in Queensland, Australia.See more pictures of waterscapes »
Photograph by Paul Chesley
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Patterns in Nature: Water

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