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Inspiring Nature Photos

These inspiring nature photos, whether they are beautiful flowers or adorable animal pictures, offer a chance to relax and de-stress.

If you’re feeling a little stressed or just want a change of pace, take a relaxing virtual vacation with these inspiring nature pictures. From beautiful flowers to adorable animal photos, these lovely images from photographer Judy Royal Glenn offer a bit of peace and inspiration. 

Guideposts: Beautiful fall leaves cover the rocks of a small shoal below High Shoals Falls near Hiawassee, Georgia.

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Beautiful fall leaves cover the rocks of a small shoal below High Shoals Falls near Hiawassee, Georgia.


Guideposts: The joy of quiet moments spent with a barred owl in the woods of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.

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A barred owl in the woods in Athens, Georgia.

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Guideposts: Various kinds of orchids, including this moth orchid, can be found in the Conservatory at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.

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Various kinds of orchids,  including this moth orchid, can be found in the Conservatory at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.


Guideposts: A turtle spends the morning sunning on a log at Sandy Creek Nature Park in Athens, Georgia.

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A turtle spends the morning sunning on a log at Sandy Creek Nature Park in Athens, Georgia.


Guideposts: Ginger, a Yorkshire terrier puppy, takes her first steps outdoors while being watched by one of her favorite toys.

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Ginger, a Yorkshire terrier puppy, takes her first steps outdoors while being watched by one of her favorite toys.

Guideposts: Sometimes fully appreciating nature's beauty requires close observation; this tiny ipheion flower stands about just five inches off the ground.

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This tiny ipheion flower stands about just five inches off the ground.

Guideposts: Lemurs huddled together in a lemur ball at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston.

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Lemurs huddled together in a lemur ball at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston.

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Guideposts: This day lily was the prettiest blossom hidden amongst the other lilies at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.

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This day lily was the prettiest blossom hidden amongst the other lilies at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.


Guideposts: A female ruby-throated hummingbird snuggles with her babies in a nest the size of a walnut at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.

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A female ruby-throated hummingbird snuggles with her babies in a nest the size of a walnut at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.


Abby, a Red Angus calf born in Bogart, Georgia.

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Abby, a Red Angus calf born in Bogart, Georgia.

Guideposts: World-class kayakers descend on class 5 rapids during a scheduled water release on the Talullah Gorge, Tallulah Falls, Georgia.

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World-class kayakers descend on class 5 rapids during a scheduled water release on the Talullah Gorge, Tallulah Falls, Georgia.

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