Jack Dykinga / Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and Mojave yuccas (Yucca schidigera) are drapped by a heavy blanket of snow. California. Mojave Natural Preserve, Mojave Desert, Cima Dome Joshua tree forest in late s...

Jack Dykinga / Cima Dome Joshua tree forest in a late-season blizzard. Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and Mojave yuccas (Yucca schidigera) covered in a heavy blanket of snow. Mojave Natural Preserve, Mojave Desert,...

Jack Dykinga / Cima Dome Joshua tree forest in a late-season blizzard. Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and Mojave yuccas (Yucca schidigera) covered in a heavy blanket of snow. Mojave Natural Preserve, Mojave Desert,...

Jack Dykinga / Cima Dome Joshua tree forest in a late-season blizzard. Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and Mojave yuccas (Yucca schidigera) covered in a heavy blanket of snow. Mojave Natural Preserve, Mojave Desert,...

Jack Dykinga / Cima Dome Joshua tree forest in a late-season blizzard. Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and Mojave yuccas (Yucca schidigera) covered in a heavy blanket of snow. Mojave Natural Preserve, Mojave Desert,...

Tim Fitzharris / Mountains reflected in lake, Snow Dome, Dome Glacier, and Mount Kitchener, Columbia Icefield, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Chase Dekker / Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Stupas in Feilaisi, in front of Meili Snow Mountain, 6740 m, a Sacred mountain for Tibetan Buddhists, Yunnan, China, October 2017.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Prayer wheels and flags at the the local Buddhist temple, Lower Yubeng village, Meili Snow Mountain , National park, Yunnan, China, October 2017.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Stupas in Feilaisi, in front of Meili Snow Mountain, 6740 m, a Sacred mountain for Tibetan Buddhists, yet unclimbed, Yunnan, China. October 2017.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Mani stones at a Buddhist stupa outside Upper Yubeng village in the Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan, China. October 2017.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Mani stones at a Buddhist stupa outside Upper Yubeng village in the Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan, China. October 2017.

Ashley Cooper / Trekkers camp in the snow, Jebel Sirwa region of the Anti Atlas mountains of Morocco, North Africa. April 2012

Jeff Vanuga / White Dome Geyser erupting in winter in Fountain Flats. Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, January 2015.

Dong Lei / Stupa and temple in the shadow of Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. January 2010.

Dong Lei / The Eight Great Stupas, shrines marking the eight major events of Buddha's life. Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China, January 2014.

Dong Lei / The Eight Great Stupas, shrines marking the eight major events of Buddha's life. Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China, January 2014.

David Noton / Quaking aspen trees (Populus tremuloides) and conifers with dusting of snow, Dome Hill above Dawson City, Yukon Territories, Canada, September 2013.

David Noton / Quaking aspen trees (Populus tremuloides) and conifers with dusting of snow, Dome Hill above Dawson City, Yukon Territories, Canada, September 2013.

David Noton / Quaking aspen trees (Populus tremuloides) and conifers with dusting of snow, Dome Hill above Dawson City, Yukon Territories, Canada, September 2013.

Gavin Hellier / Church tower with onion dome at Ellmau ski resort, Wilder Kaiser mountains beyond, Tirol, Austria, 2009

Konstantin Mikhailov / Alaska Range across the swampy Bar River valley with Kahiltna Dome (3,818m) and Mount Crosson (3,901m) in centre, with Mount McKinley (left) and Mount Russell (3,557m) on the right, Wonder Lake camp a...

Kirkendall-Spring / Snow covered trees on Panorama Dome in the Heather Meadows Recreation Area with Mount Baker in the background, Washington, USA, April 2009

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / The ice dome of Snow Hill Island with small icebergs frozen in the sea ice. Weddell Sea, Antarctica, October 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Aerial view of the Amundsen-Scott Research Station, showing the Dome being dismantled and the new building. South Pole, Antarctica, January 2006.

Kirkendall-Spring / Snow covered trees on Panorama Dome in the Heather Meadows Recreation Area with Mount Baker in the background. Washington, USA, April 2009

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Regent's Park Mosque, dome and minaret, in snow, London, UK.

Tim Fitzharris / Snow Dome, Dome Glacier and Mount Kitchener in the Columbia Icefield, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Bernard Castelein / Rock noir mountain / Khangsar Kang / Glacier Dome viewed from Samar, Nepal

Jack Dykinga / Snow covered Half Dome in evening light framed by California Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii), Yosemite National Park, California

David Welling / Half Dome above river and winter snow, Yosemite NP, California, USA, 1993

David Welling / Half Dome mountain landscape in winter, Yosemite NP, California, USA

David Welling / Winter landscape with Half Dome mountain face, Yosemite NP, California, USA

Chase Dekker / Merced River and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California

Tim Fitzharris / Snow Dome and Dome Glacier, Mount Kitchener, Columbia Icefield, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Tim Fitzharris / Dome Glacier and Mount Kitchener reflected in pond, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada