First light on the mountains flanking the lake of Tso Pangong, Ladakh, India, Asia

Bronze door of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe

Tomas Terry Theatre flanking the Parque Jose Marti in city centre, Cienfuegos City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Government House built 1819 flanking the Parque Jose Marti in city centre, Cienfuegos City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

San Lorenzo college flanking the Parque Jose Marti in city centre, Cienfuegos City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Cultural Centre Benjamin Duarte flanking Parque Jose Marti, Cienfuegos City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Durbar Square containg from the left the Chyasin Dewal temple, Taleju bell, the Hari Shankar Mandir, stone lions flanking steps to Mul Chowk, Patan, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Framlingham Castle, showing flanking towers, Framlingham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A mosaic of the region around the Small Sagittarius Starcloud and Dark Horse dark nebula complex. The field takes in the Milky Way from the Lagoon Nebula at bottom to the Eagle Nebula at top left. In between from top to bottom are the Swan Nebula (M17), and the Small Sagittarius Starcloud (M24). Flanking the bright M24 starcloud are the large open clusters M23 (right) and M25 (left). At bottom left is the M22 globular star cluster. The prominent dark nebula at right is the large Pipe Nebula (B78) with the small Snake Nebula (B72) above it. The whole complex is visible to the naked eye as the Dark Horse.

A composite of the August 21, 2017 total eclipse of the Sun, showing the second and third contact diamond rings and Baily's Beads at the start (left) and end (right) of totality, flanking a composite image of totality itself. The diamond ring and Baily's Beads images are single images.

East Chapel, one of a pair flanking the central buildings of Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

East Chapel, one of a pair flanking the central buildings of Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

Steps flanking the Basilica of St. Francis, Assisi, Umbria, Italy