The Great WallThe Great Wall of China disappears into early darkness brought on by weather and atmospheric conditions.

Naturalist photographer Greg Lawson’s California image collection conjures up just such a possibility with page after page of Golden State imagery featuring flora and fauna along with landscapes and seascapes with little visible impact by the footprint of man

This come-hither look is an invitation to cross the Dallas Divide and partake of the offerings found in the Sneffels Range of Southwest Colorado while Rocky Mountain peaks are frosty white and their slopes are swathed in alluring tones of autumn

This famous national park of India is filled with wildlife

The foreground is enlivened by a brilliant guanaco bush

The large monkey is increasingly rare and is threatened by extinction in some areas of its range

Sedona's Cathedral Rock and other monuments viewed through native boughs

even Colorado

Here the tail fans the air as the giant mammal crests off the Maui coast

Bronze cowboy statuary by Constance Whitney Warren salutes the nation's largest state capitol building

Cloth-covered hardcover in three decor-friendly options: Ocean (Blue)

With nearly 700 rooms the Hungarian Parliament building is one of the largest such legislative edifices in the world

Two koalas in Queensland