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Close-up of wood carving at entrance to a Maori meeting hall, Te Poho-o-Rawiri Meeting House, Gisborne, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Durbar Square, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Guardian lions on the steps of a temple. Foggy winter morning November 2005.
Buddhist stupa known as Boudha at Bodhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal. Taken at Lhosar, the Tibetan new year, hence the abundance of new prayer flags.
Buddhist stupa known as Boudha at Bodhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal. Taken at Lhosar, the Tibetan new year, hence the abundance of new prayer flags.
Buddhist stupa known as Boudha at Bodhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal. Taken at Lhosar, the Tibetan new year, hence the abundance of new prayer flags.
Seto Machendranath temple, close to Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal. Pagoda style gilt roofed temple in a monastic courtyard now housing shops and market stalls.
Trekker enjoys the view on the Annapurna circuit trek, Jomsom, Himalayas, Nepal. The high peak in the distance is 7021m Nilgiri, forming part of a wall known as The Grand Barrier. Model released.
Monks light butter lamps on an auspicious night, watched by two fearsome masks, Boudha stupa, Bodhnath, Kathmandu, Nepal.
A monk walks clockwise around the buddhist stupa called Swayambhu or Swayambhunath, Kathmandu, Nepal
Ganesh stone statue, Kathmandu, Nepal. Ganesh is the elephant headed hindu god, son of shiva and parvati.
Pilgrims pour melting butter from their lamps into the yak butter lamps in the monastery, topping them up continually, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
Statue of river goddess Jamuna, Mul Chowk courtyard, Durbar Square, Patan, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia
Swayambhunath (Swayambhu) (Monkey Temple) Buddhist stupa on a hill overlooking Kathmandu, taken at dawn with Orion in the sky behind the prayer flags, Kathmandu, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Asia
Man lights butter lamps in the early morning inside the Buddhist Deva Dharma Mahavihar temple on the edge of Swayambhunath (Swayambhu) (Monkey Temple) stupa on a hill above Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
A Buddhist prostrates at dawn before the main entrance to Kathmandu's Tibetan stupa called Boudha (Boudhanath) (Bodhnath), Kathmandu, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Asia
Young Buddhist monk turns to look at the dome of Boudha (Bodhnath) (Boudhanath) Tibetan stupa in Kathmandu, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Asia
Guests at the Island Jungle Resort hotel take an elephant safari across a river, Royal Chitwan National Park, the Terai, Nepal, Asia
A panorama formed of three frames giving a very wide angle view, taken at dawn at the Buddhist stupa of Swayambu (Swayambhunath) (Monkey Temple), overlooking the Kathmandu valley, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Man circuits the inner Jokhang temple, walking the circumambulation pathway (Nangkhor), Jokhang Temple, Barkhor, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
Te Apiti Wind Farm at dawn, on the lower Ruahine Ranges, with the lights of Palmerston North beyond, Manawatu, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Rangiwahia Road, winding through sheep pasture in rural Manawatu, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Winter mist and stormy weather, rural pasture and farmland, Ruahine ranges, Manawatu, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
The red flag of China flies in front of the Potala Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
Woman adding yak butter from her butter lamp to those in the Buddhist temple, Meru Nyingba monastery, Bharkor, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
Wind turbines and soaring bird of prey, Ruahine ranges, Manawatu, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
On the left the granite spire known as Lady Finger peak, or Bubulimating, summit 6,000m, high above Karimabad in the Karakoram mountains of the Northern Areas, Pakistan. On the right, Ultar Peak, 7388m and 73rd highest mountain in the world.
A supposed Holy man dressed as Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god, posing for photographs, Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Traditional weatherboard church with corrugated iron roof, near Kimbolton, in rural Manawatu, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Clay pots, recently thrown, drying in the sun in Potters square, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu valley, Nepal, Asia
Statue of Seddon, New Zealand Prime Minister, outside Beehive and Parliament House, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Close-up of the hand of Ganga, a river goddess statue in Mul Cowk courtyard, Durbar Square, Patan, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia
Water feature in front of the Potala Square lit up with neon blue lights in early evening, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
Piles of rice harvested throughout the valley in October in the courtyard of Rato Machendranath temple in Patan, a pagoda with three tiers, close to Kathmandu, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Asia
Durbar Square at dawn with Garuda statue on column facing Krishna Mandir temple built in 1637 in Indian style, with twin roofed pagoda style Jagannarayan temple behind, Patan, Kathmandu Valley, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Asia
Two women stop at a Buddhist shrine on the Lingkhor Lam, a traditional pilgrimage circuit around the city of Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
A monk lights butter lamps on gilded shrine at base of stupa at dawn, Swayambhunath (Swayambhu) (Monkey Temple) Buddhist stupa on a hill overlooking Kathmandu, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Asia
Woman carrying firewood, on the Annapurna circuit trek just west of Jharkot. Easter 2005, Nepal, Asia
The constellation of Orion, in sky at bottom right and the five tiered pagoda roof of the Kumbeshwar temple, dating from 1392, one of two five tiered temples in the valley. Patan, Kathmandu Valley, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Asia
Rented sailing yacht moored alongside the jetty at Ships Cove, Marlborough Sounds, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Orion in sky at dawn above triple roofed pagoda temple in foreground and Indrapur temple to the right, Durbar Square, Kathmandu, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Asia
A long exposure by moonlight of windmills in Te Apiti Wind Farm, Palmerston North, Manawatu, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Statue of James Cook who first stepped ashore here at Poverty Bay in 1769, Gisborne, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Statue at point where Cook first landed, although the statue, brought from Italy and dating from the 19th century is probably not of Cook, James Cook Plaza, Poverty Bay, Gisborne, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Sculpture outside Te Manawa, the Science Centre and Manawatu Museum, Palmerston North, Manawatu, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Colourful side entrance to Te Manawa, the Science Centre and Manawatu Museum, Palmerston North, Manawatu, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Woman adding the melting yak butter from her lamp to those of the temple, Meru Nyingba monastery, Bharkor, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
Buddhist monk descends the steps of Boudha (Bodhnath) (Boudhanath), the Tibetan stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Old Nepali man wearing topi hat in Mul Cowk courtyard, posing for tourists, Durbar Square, Patan, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia
Hindu festival of Tihar (festival of lights), in Durbar Square, site of the statue of Garuda on top of a column, Patan, near Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Japanese tourists board the elephant that will take them on safari, at the Island Jungle Resort hotel, Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai, Nepal, Asia
Two year old girl and the elephant that will take her on safari, at the Island Jungle Resort hotel, Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai, Nepal, Asia
Two year old girl and the elephant that will take her on safari, at the Island Jungle Resort hotel, Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai, Nepal, Asia
Two year old girl and the elephant that will take her on safari, at the Island Jungle Resort hotel, Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai, Nepal, Asia
Mahout and elephant in early morning mist, Island Jungle Resort Hotel, Royal Chitwan National Park, on the Gangetic plains of the Terai, Nepal, Asia
Smoke from funeral pyres on the ghats on the left drifts across the bridge over the river Bagmati at Nepal's holiest Hindu pilgrimage site, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Buildings in Durbar Square, from the left, Hari Shankar Mandir, statue of Yoganarendra Malla on pillar, shikhara style temple, two pagoda roofed temples the right hand unlit one being the Jagan Naryan Mandir, the shikhara style Krishna Mandir, column topped by Garuda, the Bishwanath Mandir and on the extreme right the Patan Museum in the Old Royal Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Patan, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia
Misty winter dawn and temples in Durbar Square, including Degu Talle, Yoganarendra Malla on stone pillar, Jagan Naryan Mandir, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Patan, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia
Panorama compiled from six images, giving a 270 degree view of the Golden Temple (Hiranyavarna Mahavihara) (Golden Monastery) in Patan, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Durbar Square containing from the left, the Bishwanath Mandir, Garuda statue on stone column, Patan museum in the old Royal Palace, Degu Talle and the Jagan Naryan Mandir, Patan, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Panorama compiled from four frames of the Buddhist stupa of Swayambu (Swayambhunath) (Monkey Temple), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
The Nyatapola temple, highest in the valley, with its five storey pagoda roof, at dawn, built in 1702, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Siddhi Lakshmi, Taumadhi Tole square, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu valley, Nepal, Asia
Stone Shiva lingam, an erotic phallic symbol, Durbar Square, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu valley, Nepal, Asia
Panoramic image of Boudha, a large Tibetan stupa at Bodhnath, shortly before sunrise on the first day of Lhosar (Tibetan New Year), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
The Buddhist temple of Swayambhu (Swayambhunath) (Monkey Temple), overlooking Kathmandu, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Himalayan mountains beyond, rising to over 6000m, Nepal, Asia
Holy man in his Shiva outfit in Mul Chowk, one of the courtyards of the royal palace, Durbar Square, Patan, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
View of the Nilgiri range whilst enjoying breakfast in Om's Home hotel at Jomsom on the Annapurna circuit trek, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia
Te Apiti Wind Farm, on the lower Ruahine Ranges, near Palmerston North, Manawatu, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Native bush at Dawson Falls, where woodland is known as the Goblin forest due to trailing moss and gnarled trees, Egmont National Park, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific
Young frond of fern unfurling, Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre, Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific