Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Walls of China, a series of Lunettes in the Mungo National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Lily pads grow along the shallow edge of a freshwater lake in New England. Aquatic vegetation, which thrives during summer months, provides vital habitat for many fish, amphibians, and reptiles.

Limestone islands surround a beautiful lagoon in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. This remote region is known as the heart of the Coral Triangle due to its extraordinary marine biodiversity.

Limestone islands surround a beautiful lagoon in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. This remote region is known as the heart of the Coral Triangle due to its extraordinary marine biodiversity.

A large crocodile lurks on the bottom of the sea, Caribbean Sea, Mexico.

A crocodile stalking its prey, Caribbean Sea, Mexico.

A crocodile approaches slowly over the sand, Caribbean Sea, Mexico.

Crocodile under water, Caribbean Sea, Mexico.

Saltwater crocodile of Cuba.

Waterfall on the Aitone River forming part of a series of falls at the Cascades d'Aitone, Evisa, Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France, Mediterranean, Europe

Colorful lily pads grow along the shallow edge of a freshwater lake in New England. Aquatic vegetation, which thrives during summer months, provides vital habitat for many fish, amphibians, and reptiles.

Colorful lily pads grow along the shallow edge of a freshwater lake in New England. Aquatic vegetation, which thrives during summer months, provides vital habitat for many fish, amphibians, and reptiles.

Colorful and flowering lily pads grow along the shallow edge of a freshwater lake in New England. Aquatic vegetation, which thrives during summer months, provides vital habitat for many fish, amphibians, and reptiles.

Bright sunlight shines down on lily pads growing along the shallow edge of a freshwater lake in New England. Aquatic vegetation, which thrives during summer months, provides vital habitat for many fish, amphibians, and reptiles.

Colorful lily pads grow along the shallow edge of a freshwater lake in New England. Aquatic vegetation, which thrives during summer months, provides vital habitat for many fish, amphibians, and reptiles.

Saltwater crocodile of Cuba.

Saltwater crocodile of Cuba.

April 17/18, 2001 aurora, taken from home in Alberta. looking south. Part of a series taken looking same direction as substorm hit and subsided, from Image #2 to #15, on Roll #1. (Roll #2 was second camera shooting Provia 100F with 28mm lens and 18mm lens.) All images in this series (#1-02 thru 15) processed in Photoshop with nearly identical enhancements to contrast and colour. Brightness toned down for longer overexposed shots (early ones).

Riverside promenade and gastronomy along the Rhine with television tower in the background, old part of town, Düsseldorf, state capital of NRW, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Closed storm surge barrier The Oosterscheldekering (Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier) between the islands Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland, part of the Delta works series of dams, protecting the Netherlands from flooding, Netherlands

The Bull Jumping Ceremony is conducted by several tribes in the Lower Omo Valley and is the most important ceremony in a tribal man's life.The ceremony is about hierarchy and membership in the tribe and typically involves a young man who undergoes a number of rituals before he leaps onto and runs rapidly over a series of cattle held by other men who have recently bull-jumped. Once the jumping is completed, the bull-jumper is a man in the eyes of the tribe. An important part of the ceremony is a ritualistic whipping, which women actively seek out from certain men known as Mazha. Dimeka, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2010

Cuzco evangelist Raul Huaco stops for a prayer with friend Calixta Cruz in the village of Angostura, south of the city of Cuzco. Personal attention by local evangelists and the ability to participate in church services often attracts disenchanted Catholics who have little say in the operation of their churches. This image is part of a five-part series on the rise of evangelical Protestantism in Latin America.

I say yes to Jesus. And you? asks a banner on Rio de Janeiro's famous Ipanema beach. Known worldwide as a sun-drenched capital of flesh, Rio, where five new evangelical churches open every week, is "the center of the Pentecostal earthquake." This image is part of a five-part series on the rise of evangelical Protestantism in Latin America.

Peruvian Pentecostal convert Calixta Cruz stands with child in her doorway in Angostura. Cruz drew an abusive husband into the church after her conversion. This image is part of a five-part series on the rise of evangelical Protestantism in Latin America.

Worshippers at a service by Brazil's charismatic Padre Marcelo Rossi are encouraged to sing, shout and speak in tongues much like their Pentecostal counterparts, yet Catholic traditions, such as communion are preserved. This image is part of a five-part series on the rise of evangelical Protestantism in Latin America.

Paraplegic man with forearm crutches gets his service dog to retrieve his fallen crutch from the ground in a parking lot, Boynton Beach, Florida, United States of America

Part of Nahanni Karstlands, a series of plateaus and canyons along the Nahanni River, Northwest Territories