Aerial view of Amazon rainforest cleared for industry along the Rio Negro, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Frost covered bracken covers a cleared inclosure, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rainforest cleared for Tea Plantation, Mbotyi, Eastern Cap, South Africa

Rainforest cleared for Tea Plantation, Mbotyi, Eastern Cap, South Africa

A man holds a bundle of grass which he has cleared from rice paddies, Mandalay State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Aerial view of rainforest cleared for industry along the Rio Negro, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Area deforested and cleared for intense farming, Lake Langano, Ethiopia, Africa

Deforestation for farmland, cleared by slash and burn, Mogok Hills, Mandalay District, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Man walking on Winterwanderweg cleared trail along Alpine valley with snow in winter, Rauris, Austria, Europe

Just a split second before surfacing, a Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) opens its blowhole to exhale ready to inhale when the blowhole has cleared the water. Beluga whales are an endangered and protected species in the St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

Mangrove cleared for holiday home, South Water Cay, Belize

Trees felled as part of a habitat restoration project in the Dunsop Valley above Dunsop Bridge in the Trough of Bowland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Northern Lights on Feb 16, 2015, as seen from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, in Churchill, Manitoba at 58° latitude, and under the auroral oval. The aurora appeared as skies cleared somewhat during a blizzard with high winds and blowing snow conditions. I shot these from the second floor deck of the Centre, out of the wind and off the ground. Jupiter is at right, the Big Dipper at left.

Cleared Road, Pordoi-Joch, Sella Ronda, South Tyrol, Italy

Bernina Mountain Pass, Sankt Moritz, Grisons, Switzerland

Trucks transporting timber from the Amazon rainforest, deforestation, illegal logging, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

Semitrailer truck loaded with tropical wood, timber, logs, East Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

Driving in winter, vehicles on a cleared road in a snow-covered forest with falling snow, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Cleared country road in winter landscape, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Driving in winter, vehicles on a cleared road in a snow-covered forest with falling snow, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

In the Meira camp for earthquake survivors, two Pashtun men sit by piles of family possesions, waiting for the truck which will take them from the camp, where they have spent the winter, back to their devastated mountain village, in the Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan. The Pakistani army, which runs the camp, has mandated that the camps be cleared by early April, despite the fact that many families are afraid or unprepared to return to their devastated homes. The Meira Tent camp (also called Mera, or Maria camp), is located on the Indus River in the Battagram district. The camp, the largest for displaced people in Pakistan, hosts over 21,000 earthquake survivors, primarily from the Allai valley in Pakistan's NWFP, one of the areas worst-hit by the October 8, 2005 earthquake.

A hiker is almost at the Cabane du Mont Fort, a mountain hut near Verbier. The sunset puts the sky in pink and purple colors. It rained all day, and cleared just before this picture. The hut is one of the places hikers stay at during the Haute Route, a classic hike between Chamonix in France and Zermatt in Switzerland.

A girl in the Meira tent camp for earthquake survivors stands on top of a pile of her family's belongings as they wait for transportation from the camp, where they have spent the winter, back to their devastated mountain village, in the NWFP, Pakistan. The Pakistani army, which runs the camp, has mandated that the camps be cleared by early April, despite the fact that many families are afraid or unprepared to return to their devastated homes. The Meira Tent camp (also called Mera, or Maria camp), is located on the Indus River in the Battagram district. The camp, the largest for displaced people in Pakistan, hosts over 21,000 earthquake survivors, primarily from the Allai valley in Pakistan's NWFP, one of the areas worst-hit by the October 8, 2005 earthquake.

Snow drifted and cleared on a frozen lake in Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada

Frozen Pyramid Lake with hockey net on a cleared ice rink in winter, Jasper National Park; Alberta, Canada

Deforestation, Mondulkiri, Cambodia

Deforestation, Mondulkiri, Cambodia

IVORY COAST Industry Logging Timber induLoading felled timber in cleared area of forest. C?te d Ivoire deforestation

Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) on the beach of Ulva Island in New Zealand wich is "predatory free" because cleared of introduced mammals predators. The Leopard seal is fairly regular in the area and it was really amazing to observe it on a beach and not in the middle of the Antarctic ice.