Sunrise Earth

The National Park of Tikal in Guatemala is home to Mayan Pyramids, where howler monkeys, parrots, and toucans welcome the new day.

A wide variety of birds mingle in the Tempisque Basin of Costa Rica's Palo Verde National Park.

The crater lake of the Poas Volcano drains from 9,000 feet into this high altitude cloudforest ravine. Stepping downward through a series of five waterfalls, we descend as the sun rises. Rays of light catch suspended water particles from the falling water, as green threads of life cling to sodden cliff walls. From within its pupa, an owl butterfly emerges with the increasing warmth of day, pumping fluid into its silken wings. Through the last rock opening, the water and sun burst out and down towards a restful pool, the famous La Paz waterfall.

The moon sinks into the ocean in the Marino Las Baulas National Park in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

The life-cycle of a solar eclipse and how it affects the world below.

The temples of Angkor in Cambodia are lit by the rising sun.

Trained Cormorants catch fish for fishermen on the Li River near Xingping, China.

Frogs, spiders, and birds wake to the morning sun on a terraced farm near PingAn, China. Take in the morning activities of the Dragon's Backbone, a stunning sixty-six square kilometers of crop terraces hand-cultivated by 800 farmers that snake up over a thousand feet of vertical altitude. These are marks of the Zhuang people.

The morning chants of monks echo from within a Theravada Buddhist monastery, near the community’s busy crossroads. A vibrant pigeon roost is found on the pagoda’s rooftop, amidst ornamental carvings. School children wander among the votive stupas, maintaining the grounds. A spectacular rainbow soars over the temple.

Morning exercises similar to Tai Chi in Elephant Trunk Park in Guilin, China.

The sun casts its light on a farming village in Aspendos, Turkey.

A new day comes to Gullfoss, Iceland.

The Salisbury Plain in the United Kingdom is the site of one of the most recognizable structures in the world. Stonehenge is thought to be a sun-based calendar, so it's only fitting for a sunrise to be recorded here.

The sun rises on a port in Antalya, Turkey and the lighthouse in Alexandria, Egypt.

A geyser in Iceland is shown in the first morning sunlight.

Polar bears congregate in Cape Churchill, Manitoba in Canada.

Day breaks in a slice of red over the Southern Atlantic Ocean Península Valdés, Argentina and a colony of southern elephant seals and its new pups.

Two hundred feet high in the canopy of Peruvian rainforest, a pink and distant light encroaches. The dense forest holds the dawn air.

The center of the Incan empire, Machu Picchu in Peru, is shown as the sun rises on this city high in the Andes Mountains.

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The largest colony of Magellanic penguins in the world welcomes a new day near Punta Tomba, Argentina.