Thingvellir national church, built in 1859 on the site of Iceland's first church constructed in 1000 AD, seen from Oxaraholmi, an island in the River Oxara, site of legal duelling in the past, Thingvellir National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, south-west Iceland (Sudurland), Iceland, Polar Regions

Islands at sunset at Qiandaohu, 1000 Islands Lake, Lijiang, Yunnan, China, Asia

Mount Orgueil Castle, overlooking Grouville Bay in Gorey, Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, Europe

Female crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), Cuverville Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the snowy peaks and the blue sky during a starry night, Budalen, Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

The Chocolate Hills, a famous geological curiosity, with over 1000 of them, on the island of Bohol, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Local people playing capoeira on the beach, Boipeba Island, Tinhare, Brazil, South America

Praslin beach, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Africa

Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Canoeing along the coasts of the Kobba Klintar island in the Aland archipelago Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern coast of EdgeØya (Edge Island) in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

Entrance to Jangseunpo bay, Geojedo Island, South Korea, Asia

Galapagos Volcanoes, Ecuador, True Colour Satellite Image. Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador, true colour satellite image. Galapagos Archipelago is situated 1000 km West of the Ecuadorian coast. The largest and most volcanically active island in the archipelago is Isabela (6 volcanoes). On the left of image, the island of Fernandina (one volcano). Image taken on 16 March 2001 using LANDSAT data. Print size 30 x 30 cm.

View of excursion boats at Kvarner Gulf at Cres island, Croatia, Europe

The international bridge, 1000 Island, Ontario, Canada

The origin of the Pomposa Abbey dates back to the 6th-7th centuries as a Benedictine settlement on the Insula Pomposia, a wooded island surrounded by two branches of the river and protected by the sea. After the year 1000 it became a thriving monastic center. Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, Italy

The origin of the Pomposa Abbey dates back to the 6th-7th centuries as a Benedictine settlement on the Insula Pomposia, a wooded island surrounded by two branches of the river and protected by the sea. After the year 1000 it became a thriving monastic center. Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, Italy

The origin of the Pomposa Abbey dates back to the 6th-7th centuries as a Benedictine settlement on the Insula Pomposia, a wooded island surrounded by two branches of the river and protected by the sea. After the year 1000 it became a thriving monastic center. Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, Italy

At just two inches in length this appears to be the larval stage of a flounder. This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1000+ feet below, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia

Japanese Flying Squid (Todarodes pacificus), also knows as a Japanese common squid, in black water. This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1000+ feet below. Hundreds of these squid passed by very quickly. This one paused just briefly for a portrait. It is one of the most abundant of the commercially valuable squid in the world, Yap, Micronesia

Teide National Park, Tenerife. Sea of ??clouds, south of the island. It is caused by the trade winds, which push the clouds against the summit, usually forming between 800 and 1000 meters of altitude. Canary Islands.