Dead trees and steam with mountain backdrop and blue skies, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Dead tree and stream on moorland wilderness of Rannoch Moor, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Winter view of Rannoch Moor at sunset with dead tree, frozen stream and snow-covered mountains in the distance, near Fort William, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Dead tree, Cascade Range and Bowen Falls, Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Colorado River from Dead Horse Point Overlook, Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, United States of America, North America

Colorado River from Dead Horse Point Overlook, Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, United States of America, North America

View of Mount Pelion East, 1433m, from Mount Ossa, on the overland track in Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park, part of Tasmanian Wilderness, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Cliff view of Dead Wash Valley in Petrified Forest National Park, at sundown, Arizona, United States of America

Aerial of the Kaindy Lake with its dead trees, Kolsay Lakes National Park, Tian Shan mountains, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia

Dead trees with Lake Nordenskjold and Paine Horns in the background in autumn, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, South America

Mount Pelion East 1433m, from Mount Ossa 1617m, Tasmania's highest mountain on the overland track in Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park, part of Tasmanian Wilderness, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Sunrise, Lake St. Clair, Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Single dry bare tree along trail to Pico Ruivo, Santana, Madeira, Portugal, Atlantic, Europe

Dead trees in front of Cuernos del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chilean Patagonia, Chile, South America

Panoramic view over snow-covered Rannoch Moor towards distant mountains with dead tree bathed in winter light, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Aerial of the Kaindy Lake with its dead trees, Kolsay Lakes National Park, Tian Shan mountains, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia

Aerial of the Kaindy Lake with its dead trees, Kolsay Lakes National Park, Tian Shan mountains, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations at Otavalo Cemetery, Imbabura, Ecuador, South America

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations at Otavalo Cemetery, Imbabura, Ecuador, South America

Jabal el Mawta (Mountain of the Dead), Oasis of Siwa, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Competitiors in the Mount Sodom International Mountain Bike Race, Dead Sea area, Israel, Middle East

Competitior in the Mount Sodom International Mountain Bike Race, Dead Sea area, Israel, Middle East

Fun in the Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East

Fun in the Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East

Two competitiors in the Mount Sodom International Mountain Bike Race, Dead Sea area, Israel, Middle East

Teenage competitior in the Mount Sodom International Mountain Bike Race, Dead Sea area, Israel, Middle East

Fun in the Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East

A dead tree in the Little Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA.

Forest destroyed by wild fires in the Tule river area of the Sequoia National Forest, east of Porterville, California, USA. California is in the grip of a four year long exceptional drought, that has made wild fires much more frequent, as well as wiping $2.2 Billion annually off the agricultural sector.

Vultures, drigung. bodies what we most attached to, says of monks. Thats offering ones body carries greatest merit. believe that should benefit other beings at every stage of ones life. After completion of powa ceremony, corpse is traditionally offered to great vultures lammergeiers that frequent charnel grounds. Vultures descend on flayed corpse. Offering bodies to birds is same as reciting mantras. It brings merit benefit to dead person as well as to family friends bring here. While cutting up corpse i to keep a pure compassionate mind. would feel if someone felt cutting up your body. -tomdenla. Tibet

Mountain Rescue team members drag a sled across the mountain tops with the body of a dead heart attack victim, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Teide, volcanic rock formations, and retama (Spartocytisus supranubius) in Teide national park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Teide, volcanic rock formations, and retama (Spartocytisus supranubius) in Teide national park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Guests covered in mud, Mizpe, Shalom, Dead sea, Israel

Pyramid of the Sun, Plaza de la Luna, Calzada de los Muertos, Avenue of the Dead, Teotihuacan, Mexico, North America

Perito Moreno Glacier, Campo de Hielo Sur, Andes, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Pine trees killed by an outbreak of mountain pine beetles which killed millions of acres of pine trees in the American west; scientists expect the problem to worsen due to global warming, because very cold weather is needed to kill the beetles, Grand Lake

Inland lake with dead trees, Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka, South Asia

Endless straight road, near Dead Sea, Israel, Asia

Sunset on the mountain Großer Rachel in winter, spruces covered with snow and spruces dead by bark beetle infestation, Bavarian Forest National Park, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Two dead African Buffalos or Cape Buffalos (Syncerus caffer), with broken necks after a fight, Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Hikers at Upper Two Medicine Lake, mountain peaks Lone Walker Mountain and Mount Rockwell in the background, dramatic clouds, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, North America

Autumn mood at the Five-Color Pond in which dead trees are lying, and seaweed and sea grass is growing, Jiuzhaiguo Valley, Jiuzhaiguo National Park, Sichuan, China, Asiaan, China, Asia

Hiker between dead trees, hiking trail to Scenic Point, view of Two Medicine Lake, mountain peaks Rising Wolf Mountain and Sinopah Mountain, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, North America

Sunrise at the Dead Sea, Israel, Asia

Autumn Mood at the turquoise Five Colour Lake in which dead trees are lying, Jiuzhaigou Valley, Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China, Asia

Dead wood in swamp, Kenai, Peninsula, Alaska, USA

Hikers at Upper Two Medicine Lake, mountain peak Lone Walker Mountain in the back, dramatic clouds, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, North America

View of Two Medicine Lake with dead trees, hiking trail to Scenic Point, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, North America

Single giraffe, Masai giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) (Artiodactyla), in the vast landscape of the savannah. Landscape photograph with a dead tree, with a mountain in the background in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, Africa

Dry Isar riverbed, Sylvenstein, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Hiker between dead trees, hiking trail to Scenic Point, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, North America

New Blue Spring, limestone sinter terraces, geysers, hot springs, dead trees, in Mount Everts, Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces in Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, America

Dead trees, Laguna Verde, Green Lagoon, Patagonia, Chile, South America

Jackson Lake off the Teton Range, Mount Moran, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, USA

Canary Spring Terrace, limestone sinter terraces, geysers, hot springs, in front of Mount Everts, Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces in Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, America

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Capitol Reef National Park in winter, Utah, USA

"Dead Horse Point" in the early morning, Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA

High angle view of a tourist resort at the coast, Dead Sea, Israel

A sheep is slaughtered and cooked for a celebration. A typical farm on the Suusamyr plain, a high valley in Tien Shan Mountains. Asia, central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

Middle East, Jordan, Wadi Mujib, a wonderful gorge which enters the Dead Sea at about 400 meters below the sea level

A sheep is slaughtered and cooked for a celebration. A typical farm on the Suusamyr plain, a high valley in Tien Shan Mountains. Asia, central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

A sheep is slaughtered and cooked for a celebration. A typical farm on the Suusamyr plain, a high valley in Tien Shan Mountains. Asia, central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

Middle East, Jordan, Wadi Mujib, a wonderful gorge which enters the Dead Sea at about 400 meters below the sea level

Mammoth Hot Springs with bare tree trunk in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

Donner Lake and the Sierra Mountains and a dead pine tree on a partly cloudy day in California

Qumran Caves, Qumran, Israel

Adult Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) Perched On The Top Of A Dead Tree With Snow Covered Mountains In The Distance, Portage Valley, Alaska, United States Of America

Adult Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) Perched On Top Of A Dead Tree, Portage Valley, Alaska, United States Of America

Pilot Pond In Banff, Alberta, Canada

Dead trees and mountains at dusk from Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Dead tree in front of Cordillera del Paine, Chile

Golden Eagles on dead tree in winter, Balkans Bulgaria