Detail of departure board, Hong Kong Airport, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Interior of circular concourse and roof of the spectacular new Shanghai South Railway Station in 2007, Shanghai, China, Asia

Goanna (Lace Monitor) (Varanus varius) lizard, around 2m long, up a tree, Ben Boyd National Park, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Lace Monitor (Varanus varius), Lone Pine Sanctuary, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Water monitor (Varanus niloticus) peeking over a bridge, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Monitor lizard, Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Ceylon spotted deer hind and Land monitor lizard, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, Asia

Monitor Lizard (Goanna) (Varanus), captive, Australia, Pacific

Marine Iguana feeding at Sea, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Cabo Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Water monitor (Varanus niloticus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Marine Iguana feeding at Sea, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Cabo Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Water monitor (Varanus niloticus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Marine Iguana feeding at Sea, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Cabo Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Water monitor (Varanus niloticus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Marine Iguana feeding at Sea, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Cabo Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Eastern Australian Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii, Brisbane, Australia

Marine Iguana feeding at Sea, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Cabo Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Marine Iguana feeding at Sea, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Cabo Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Marine Iguana feeding at Sea, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Cabo Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Galapagos Land Iguana, Conolophus subcristatus, North Seymour, Galapagos, Ecuador

Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Marine Iguana feeding at Sea, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Cabo Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Water monitor (Varanus niloticus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Marine Iguana feeding at Sea, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Cabo Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Nile monitor lizard (Varanus nicolitus), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Eastern Australian Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii, Brisbane, Australia

Galapagos Land Iguana, Conolophus subcristatus, North Seymour, Galapagos, Ecuador

Marine Iguana feeding at Sea, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Cabo Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Marine Iguana feeding at Sea, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Cabo Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Galapagos Land Iguana, Conolophus subcristatus, North Seymour, Galapagos, Ecuador

Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Water monitor (Varanus niloticus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

NASDAQ monitors displaying stock quotes, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Stock market reader board, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Stock market reader board, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Monitor Lizard (varanus niloticus), walking through long grass, Chobe National Park, Botswana

Ridge Tailed Monitor (Spiny Tailed Monitor) (Varanus acanthus), captive, Australia, Pacific

Nile Monitor (Varanus Niloticus), Zambia, Africa

An adult Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator), near Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, Asia

An adult Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) near Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, Asia

Adult white-throated savanna monitor (Varanus albigularis), head detail, Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

An adult Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) near Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, Asia

Adult white-throated savanna monitor (Varanus albigularis), climbing a tree in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

An adult Mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus), searching for food in Wayag Bay, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Adult white-throated savanna monitor (Varanus albigularis), climbing a tree in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Water monitor (Varanus niloticus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Water monitor (Varanus niloticus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus), Chobe National Park, Botswana.

An adult Mertens' water monitor (Varanus mertensi) on the banks of the Ord River, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

An adult Mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus), eating a centipede in Wayag Bay, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

An adult Mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus), searching for food in Wayag Bay, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

NASDAQ monitors displaying stock quotes, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

An adult Mertens' water monitor (Varanus mertensi) on the banks of the Ord River, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

An adult Mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus), searching for food in Wayag Bay, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Rock Monitor (White-Throated Monitor) (Varanus albigularis), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis), Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

Monitor Lizard, Tanjung Rhu, Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

An adult water monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus), in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Water monitor (leguaan) (Varanus niloticus), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus), Chobe National Park, Botswana.

An adult Mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus) searching for food in Wayag Bay, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus), Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus), Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Rock monitor (Varanus albigularis), Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Students at a computer demonstration in a class at a rural school, China, Asia

Shark scientist monitors live satellite tagged great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) on computer, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Desert Monitor Lizard, Varanus albigularis, basking in the sun up a tree in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India

NASA Mission Control, Houston, Texas, United States of America, North America

Mission Control room at NASA, Houston, Texas, United States of America, North America

NASA, Houston, Texas, United States of America, North America

Nile monitor. Varanus niloticus. Climbing tree. Chobe, botswana

Komodo dragon in the Komodo National Park on Komodo island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

Komodo dragon in the Komodo National Park on Komodo island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Varian nuclear proton therapy machine in the specialist cancer hospital.

A scientific experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A scientific experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A scientific experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A Lace Monitor Lizard (Varanus varius) in Australia.

Solar panels used to generate electricity to power scientific equipment as part of a research project by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Robert Simpson takes soil samples to measure the level of methanotropic bacteria during an experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy mountains, New South Wales, Australia Pacific

The bridge of the offshore support vessel being used by Dong Energy to ferry staff out to the offshore wind farm, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A scientific experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Robert Simpson conducts a scientific experiment by Sydney University, Australia, in the Snowy mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Solar panels used to generate electricity to power scientific equipment as part of a research project by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Solar panels used to generate electricity to power scientific equipment as part of a research project by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A scientific experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A laser being used as part of a scientific experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Juvenile lace monitor (Varanus varius) in hand, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific