Massive elephant and column in NW of courtyard, Kailasa temple, Ellora, Maharashtra, India

Pointe de Poulains view from Ster Vraz, NW Coast, Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Breton Islands, Morbihan, France

A Tsubakai, a stone wash basin for the tea room, Ryoan-ji Temple in NW Kyoto, Honshu, JapanThe Zen inscription reads 'I learn only to be contented'

German WWII bunkers, La Plage de la Conche des Baleines on islands NW coast. Le Gillieux, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Nishiokas house, priest's residence from NW Hida province, Hida Folk Village, Takayama, Honshu, Japan

Different varieties of rice in the Psar Chas Old Market in the centre of this important NW tourist town, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Lights and illuminated bridge on the Siem Reap River by the Art Center Night Market in this NW tourist town, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pointe de Poulains view from Ster Vraz, NW Coast, Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Breton Islands, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Girl tourists browse souvenir clothes in the Art Center Night Market in the centre of this NW tourist town, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Smoked fish hanging at stall in the Psar Chas Old Market in the centre of this important NW tourist town, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stalls of tourist souvenirs in the Art Center Night Market in the centre of this important NW tourist town, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) pod surfacing inside the atoll of Midway Island in the NW Hawaiian Island Group, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

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Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) pod with researcher inside Midway Atoll, NW Hawaiian Islands, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin pair (Stenella longirostris) mating from the surface in the NW Hawaiian Islands, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Pia bay or Pia Fjord, in Beagle Channel (northwest branch), PN Alberto de Agostini, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

Pia Glacier, from Pia bay, in Beagle Channel (northwest branch), PN Alberto de Agostini, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

Pia Glacier, from Pia bay, in Beagle Channel (northwest branch), PN Alberto de Agostini, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

Detail of Cordillera Darwin, from Beagle Channel (northwest branch), PN Alberto de Agostini, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

Hayfield with woods in the background, NW Oregon

Icon of Jesus in the small town of Tlachichuca, which lies at the NW base of Pico de Orizaba, the highest peak in Mexico (5611 meters), Puebla, Mexico.