Buddha figure inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Female blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans), violet form, resting on a dried grass stem, Creech Heath, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Yellow-billed storks (Mycteria ibis), in breeding plumage on riverbank, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Male small red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) infested with mites perched on a sedge stem, Creech Heath, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), in breeding plumage, on riverbank, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Male blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans) resting on a bracken frond, Studland Heath, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii). Red Sea.

A Griffon vulture

Red Sea.

This is the rich region in the centre of the constellation of Auriga with the Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405 at right, and the roundish IC 410 at bottom with the cluster NGC 1893. At top left is the star cluster Messier 38, with small NGC 1907 below it. The small nebula at left is IC 417 around the loose cluster Stock 8. The large elongated nebula at top is Sharpless 2-230. The colourful asterism of stars between IC 405 and IC 410 is the Leaping Minnow or Little Fish, aka Mel 31.

Woman with long neck from the Padaung tribe, Ywama village, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Young woman with long neck from the Padaung tribe, Ywama village, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Woman with long neck from the Padaung tribe, Ywama village, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Woman with long neck from the Padaung tribe, Ywama village, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Mountain landscape with an elongated lake in the centre, surrounded by green hills and snow-capped mountains under a blue sky, Klein Tibet, Zillertal, Austria, Europe

Lava overgrown by Elongated Rock Moss (Racomitrium elongatum), Ytra Hraun, near Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Skaftarhreppur municipality, Suourland region, Sudurland, Iceland, Europe

A boy's private school is seen on a palm lined avenue on the island of Barbados, Caribbean

Low angle view of tall palm trees, Trinidad

Typical lemons of the Amalfi Coast called "sfusato" for the elongated shape.The typical yellow color of the lemon characterizes all the terraced gardens of the towns of the Amalfi coast, Campania, Italy, Europe

A yawning trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis), Hawaii, United States of America

Gaboon Viper, Bitis gabonica, Gabon, West Africa

Chevron Barrakudas Sphyraena genie Milne Papua Neuguinea (Sphyraena qenie)