Known to the residents of and visitors to Grand Cayman as the “Cayman Shoe Tree” (although it’s actually two trees), this local landmark is a depository for orphaned shoes found on the beaches of the island, as well as a reminder not to litter.
The Pacific Ocean surf churns around sea stacks at Rock Point Beach, Bodega Bay, California
A pelican alights atop a cross erected on the sand dunes that line Aransas Pass at Port Aransas, Texas.