Picture 1: Falling for color, Hundreds of cars jam a road in Nikko, Japan, on Nov. 3, as
drivers slow down to admire the colorfully tinted leaves of autumn
Picture from Junichi Iwamoto / AP
Picture 2: Black sun, The last solar eclipse of the millennium is seen in this multiple
exposure photograph as it appeared from the famous Blue Mosque in Istanbul,
Turkey, on Aug. 11 Picture from Ali Kabas / Newsmakers
Picture 3: Book of Life, Singers
perform on a giant stage on Lake Constance during a rehearsal of Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'Ein Maskenball' on July 15. The design of the stage in the lake shows 'Death' reading the book of lifePicture from M. Kuzmanovic / Reuters
Picture 4: Speed of Light, Pilot Ron Candiloro breaks through the sound barrier in an > F/A-18 Hornet fighter plane over the Pacific Ocean on July 7. The cloud ball effect is caused
when forward sound waves squeeze moisture in the air Picture from US Navy
Picture 5: Sailing in Sky, A room with a view French jets fly over Dubai's Burj Al-Arab, the world's tallest sea-based hotel, on Nov. 12 during preparations for the Dubai
Air Show Picture from Rabih Moghrabi / AFP
Picture 6: Another World, A
NASA Hubble space telescope photo reveals the spiral galaxy NGC 4603, the most distant galaxy in which a special class of pulsating stars called Cepheid variables have been found Picture from NASA