Aerial image of Land's End, a headland on the Penwith peninsula, most westerly point of the English mainland, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Magnificent granite cliffs from Pordenack Point, Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Looking across Zawn Trevilley from the clifftops at Pordenack Point towards Carn Boel, Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pordenack Point near Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Dawn sky over Pordenack Point, Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cross of Finisterre (Cruz de Finisterre), Finisterre (Fisterra), La Coruna, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Signpost to Italian cities, North End, 'Little Italy', Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Dramatic cliff top views at Pordenack Point, Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Dramatic Cornish cliff top scenery at Pordenack Point, Lands End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Dawn twilight with clouds on the beach at Orcombe Point, the Western end of the Jurassic Coast, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A view of Pordenack Point at Lands End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View towards the famous surf point at the south end of this popular fishing beach, Arugam Bay, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

End of the Forest Service Road that leads to the O'Leary Peak Watchtower and Overlook. The metal grating is to add traction for vehicles. Adjacent to Sunset Crater National Monument Arizona in the Coconino National Forest.

Aerial view of Land's End, Penwith peninsula, most westerly point of the English mainland, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Inside the crater on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro with the highest point Uhuru Peak at the end of the ridge, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

View of Chicken Point from the end of the High On The Hog Trail in Sedona, Arizona, United States of America, North America

A signpost at Land's End, Britain's most southwesterly point, with Longships Lighthouse and the Atlantic Ocean behind, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An autumn view of the Milky Way over the Atlantic Ocean, seen from the cliffs of Land's End, the most southwesterly point of Great Britain, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An autumn view of the Milky Way over the Atlantic Ocean, seen from the cliffs of Land's End, the most southwesterly point of Great Britain, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A deep canyon eroded thru the hills of purple and gray bentonite clay near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

A deep canyon eroded thru the hills of purple and gray bentonite clay near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Rock islands above the purple badlands near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Rock islands just off a mesa near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

The crumbling cliffs of a mesa near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

A solitary rock hoodoo in the purple badlands near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

A solitary rock hoodoo in the purple badlands near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

A solitary rock hoodoo in the purple badlands near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

The rugged cliffs of Land's End, Britain's most southwesterly point, in calm summer weather, near Penzance, west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sign marking the end of the paved Greenway Trail that runs between Monument Creek Vista and Pima Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Purple badlands of bentonite near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

A petrified tree log that has shattered over time, located on a mesa near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Hills of purple and gray bentonite near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Purple badlands of bentonite near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

A cliff overhang shaped like the head of a Duck west of Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

A dry waterfall on the west side of Hamilili Point, Hamilili being a Zuni word for petrified wood, next to a hoodoo on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Purple hills of volcanic bentonite near Hamilili Point on the south end of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

An autumn view of the Milky Way over the Atlantic Ocean, seen from the cliffs of Land's End, the most southwesterly point of Great Britain, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A look back towards the south from the end of the Maricopa Point Overlook, Grand Canyon, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Arizona, United States of America, North America

The Armed Knight, a rocky islet off Land's End, Britain's most southwesterly point, in calm summer weather, west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A view from Clogher Head towards Sybil Point, at the western end of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

A view from Clogher Head towards Sybil Point, at the western end of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

A view from Clogher Head towards Sybil Point, at the western end of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

A view from Clogher Head towards Sybil Point, at the western end of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Urquhart Castle, built in the 14th century, destroyed at the end of the 17th century, Strone Point on the north-western shore of Loch Ness, Inverness-shire, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal

Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal

Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal

Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal

An adult bull surfacing from a pod of 5 Orcas (Orcinus orca) encountered off Gardner Point on the south end of Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska

Private sailboats tied up at Alice Creek near Jougla Point, in Port Lockroy at the western end of Wiencke Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Whalewatchers aboard the "Alaska Adventurer" with a pod of 5 Orcas (Orcinus orca) encountered off Gardner Point on the south end of Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska

Snow-covered whale bones on Jougla Point, in Port Lockroy at the western end of Wiencke Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Snow-covered whale bones on Jougla Point, in Port Lockroy at the western end of Wiencke Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

A pod of 5 Orcas (Orcinus orca) encountered off Gardner Point on the south end of Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska

Young Orca at play in a pod of 5 Orcas (Orcinus orca) encountered off Gardner Point on the south end of Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska

A pod of 5 Orcas (Orcinus orca) encountered off Gardner Point on the south end of Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska

An adult bull surfacing from a pod of 5 Orcas (Orcinus orca) encountered off Gardner Point on the south end of Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska

Adult bull surfacing from a pod of 5 Orcas (Orcinus orca) encountered off Gardner Point on the south end of Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska

An adult bull surfacing from a pod of 5 Orcas (Orcinus orca) encountered off Gardner Point on the south end of Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska. (RR)

A pod of 5 Orcas (Orcinus orca) encountered off Gardner Point on the south end of Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska

Views of the Jougla Point, Antarctica. Jougla Point is located in Port Lockroy at the western end of Wiencke Island

Sunrise above the impressive cliff of Neist Point on the western end of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom

Jiayuguan fortress with two gatehouses at the western end of the Great Wall, Silk Road, Gansu, China, Asia

Jiayuguan fortress with gatehouse at the western end of the Great Wall, Silk Road, Gansu, China, Asia

Young boys on donkeys watch over flocks of goats, sheep and donkeys near the top of the Shebar Pass, which crosses into the Province of Bamiyan. Due to a devastating drought in the region, dry wheat farming has failed for three years from 1998-2002 and the forage is extremely sparse, The pass is a strategic point leading into the Central Highlands, the Koh-i-Baba range and the Hazarajat, at the end of the Hindu Kush. Most of the people of this region are of the Hazara tribe, and are Shi'a Moslems who have been persecuted for centuries by many of the Pashtun rulers of Afghanistan, who are from the Sunni sect.

Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) posing on the lava rock that is the submarine base of Pyramid Point of Lehua Rock located at the north end of Ni'ihau Island, Hawaii, USA during the spring, Hawaii, United States of America

Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) posing on the lava rock that is the submarine base of Pyramid Point of Lehua Rock located at the north end of Ni'ihau Island, Hawaii, USA during the spring, Hawaii, United States of America