A swimmer goes for a dip in freezing temperatures at the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park, central London on December 1, 2023, as temperatures in the capital dip below zero for another night. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for parts of the UK with freezing temperatures and snow expected in large areas. (Photo by Ben Cawthra/London News Pictures)

A Firefighter walks in a evacuated home in flames at El Cariso Village as the Airport Fire burns on September 10, 2024 in Lake Elsinore, California. The fast-moving Airport Fire that started on September 9 in Orange County grew up to more than 10,000 acres by this afternoon, fire officials said. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

Rosie Weaver leans against the headstone of her husband, U.S. Army Spc. Michael Weaver, after a Memorial Day ceremony, Sunday, May 25, 2025, at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly Township, Mich. (Photo by Ayrton Breckenridge/The Flint Journal via AP Photo)

“Lofoten Glow”. I was desperately searching a good sunrise spot this particular morning. Normally Storvatnet Lake is completely covered in snow, so you can only imagine my surprise when I saw these crazy ice formations almost being shot out of the frozen lake. I put my crampons on and took a big risk walking out. I could hear the ice cracking underneath my feet, and when you’re all alone in a fjord/canyon like this – the cracks are echoed and sound really frightening. Was it worth it? I sure think so! Photo location: Storvatnet, Lofoten Islands in Northern Norway. (Photo and caption by Stian Klo/National Geographic Photo Contest)

Ten-year-old panda Xin Yue channels Kate Winslet in Titantic at Taihu Lake National Wetland Park in the Jiangsu Province of China.

British captain A. Gatti and two pygmies with a 500lb gorilla strung from a pole, which the captain shot in the Tchibinda forest in the Lake Kivu region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, circa 1930. (Photo by General Photographic Agency). P.S. All pictures are presented in high resolution.

A paddle boarder watches a hot air balloon flying low over Lake Burley Griffin on the 30th anniversary of Canberra's Balloon Spectacular festival in Australia's capital, March 14, 2016. (Photo by Lukas Coch/Reuters/AAP)

Veterinarian William Guerra Neto (2nd R) and an assistant take measurements of two Amazonian manatees who are being rehabilitated after sustaining injuries from hunting and fishing nets at the Center of Amazonian Manatees at Amana Lake in Maraa, Amazonas state, Brazil, September 21, 2015. (Photo by Bruno Kelly/Reuters)