Images Dated 5th June 2015

Mt. Adams overlooking Red Willow vineyards, Yakima Valley, Washington State, USA

Mount Adams, known by some Native American tribes as Pahto or Klickitat, is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range. Although Adams has not erupted in more than 1, 000 years, it is not considered extinct

© Richard Duval / Danita Delimont

998751764, Mt Adams, Scenics, Yakima Valley

Tufted evening-primrose (Oenothera caespitosa) in bloom, San Rafael Swell, Utah, USA

Oenothera caespitosa, known commonly as tufted evening primrose, desert evening primrose, rock-rose evening primrose, or fragrant evening primrose, is a perennial plant of the genus Oenothera native to much of western and central North America. It produces a rosette of lobed or toothed leaves each up to 36 centimeters long around a woody caudex

© Howie Garber / Danita Delimont

Landscape Garden of Saihoji Temple, Kyoto

Saiho-ji Temple, which is said to have been established by the monk Gyoki 1300 years ago, was restored and converted into a Zen temple by the monk Muso Soseki in 1339. The precincts are covered by more than 120 types of moss, resembling a beautiful green carpet - thus its other name, Kokedera Temple, which literally means Moss Temple. The garden, designated as a special place of scenic beauty, consists of a lower landscape garden surrounding a pond shaped like the Chinese character kokoro (heart), and an upper dry landscape-style rock garden built by Muso Soseki. The temple is registered as UNESCO World Heritage site as part of Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto

© 2015 Nobutoshi Akao