08/06/2014 10:19 AM EDT
Early morning take off over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico. Established in 1939 to provide a critical stopover for migrating waterfowl, the refuge is well known for the thousands of sandhill cranes, geese and other waterfowl that winter here each year.
Photo: Kim Hang Dessoliers (www.sharetheexperience.org)