Houston, TX: An endangered baby Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, named Aurora, with her adoptive mother, Cheyenne, a Bornean/Sumatran cross, Pongo pygmaeus x abelii, at the Houston Zoo. (natgeophotoark.org) This image is from Photo Ark.
Saturn: CGI of the icy rocky particles that make up Saturn's rings. Closer view from a different angle. The particles are as fine as dust and can be as big as a house. This image is from Mission Saturn.
Saturn: CGI of Cassini spacecraft coming up and over the north pole of Saturn where it sees the unique hexagon feature and approaches the dive through the gap between the rings and the planet for the first time. This image is from Mission Saturn.
New Orleans, LA: Angular wing katydids (Microcentrum sp.) at the Insectarium in New Orleans. These colour variants are found in nature, though anything but green is usually eaten by predators immediately. The Insectarium has been a leader in breeding these colour variants for display in the zoo community. (natgeophotoark.org.) This image is from Photo Ark.