Close-up of wood carving at entrance to a Maori meeting hall, Te Poho-o-Rawiri Meeting House, Gisborne, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Architecture with colourful wood carvings and white marble balustrades at Mufu Wood Mansion (Mu Residence) in Lijiang, Yunnan, China, Asia

Traditional architecture with colourful wood carvings at Mu Fu complex (Mu Residence), in Lijiang, Yunnan province, China., Asia

Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum) (Lilium umbellatum), Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, North America

Intricate carving in the replica village at the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute, Whakarewarewa thermal and cultural area, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Skansen buildings, former customs station, Tollboden, oldest house in Tromso, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Historic waterside warehouse buildings on River Nidelva, Bryggene, Trondheim, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Historic Nygata Street with old housing in city centre Nedre Bakklandet area, Trondheim, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Colourful boat and U Bein Bridge on Taungthaman Lake, Amarapura, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Statue in Hainan Temple, Nathon City, Koh Samui Island, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Warrior in Wat Chamongkron Royal Monastery, Pattaya City, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Traditional wood houses waterfront along the fjord, Alnes, Godoya Island, Alesund, More og Romsdal County, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

White Mountains National Forest, New Hampshire, New England, USA

SS Great Britain mizzen mast, Victory Green, Stanley, East Falkland, Falkland Islands, South America

Wat Chamongkron Royal Monastery, Pattaya City, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

The typical fishing village of Henningsvaer with its red houses (rorbu), Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Northern Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Warrior in Wat Chamongkron Royal Monastery, Pattaya City, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fortune telling, Sylver Pagoda, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

House and field with dandelions, backed by mountains, Eidfjord, Hardangerfjord, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

An ornate doorway in Riad Amsaffah, Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

The Island of Goree (Ile de Goree), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) eating nuts in a wood, United Kingdom, Europe

Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) eating nuts in a wood, United Kingdom, Europe

Red aspen leaf with water drops, near Telluride, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Little hut in front of the Ilyinsky (volcano), Kurile Lake, Kamchatka, Russia, Eurasia

Shattered pieces of petrified wood in a sandy wash in the Jasper Forest of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Shattered pieces of petrified wood in a sandy wash in the Jasper Forest of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Traditional decorative Newari hand carved wood windows and architecture on a temple in an historical little village, Nuwacot, Nepal, Asia

Carving in Maori Meeting House, Waitangi, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Cite de Carcassonne citadel, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Carcassonne, Aude, Occitania, France, Europe

Traditional wood carved mask in the Te Puia Maori Cultural Center, Rotorura, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Interior, Arles Cathedral, Arles, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bouches du Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, Europe

Exterior view of the National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas), along the road from Massawa to Asmara, Eritrea, Africa

Small canal beside the Piazzale Roma in Santa Croce district, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto region, Italy, Europe

Trail signs showing directions to Pico Ruivo and Encumeada, Santana, Madeira, Portugal, Atlantic, Europe

Young waitress presenting a famous cake named Sakotis in a decorated version at Romnesa bakery-restaurant at Strigailiskis, Ignalina district, Aukstaitija National Park, Lithuania, Europe

A hoodoo called the Zuni Warrior on the edge of a cliff near Hamilili Point, Hamilili is Zuni meaning petrified wood, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Lintel with Hieroglyphics, The Great Papyrus Columns, Hypostyle, Karnak Temple Complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Hills of blood red bentonite clay below Kachina Point in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Islamic prayer beads and Quran, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Hiker with lantern standing in the snow in the frozen wood admiring Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis), Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park, Muonio, Lapland, Finland, Europe

Aerial view of traditional wood houses covered with snow in winter, Nusfjord, Nordland county, Lofoten Islands, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Traditional wood carved mask in the Te Puia Maori Cultural Center, Rotorura, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Iconic red fishermen's cabins (Rorbu), Reine, Nordland, Lofoten Islands, Norway, Europe

Large pieces of petrified wood on the west side of Red Basin in Petrified Forest National Park Arizona, United States of America, North America

Female red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis), Wasilla, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Hills of blood red bentonite clay below Kachina Point in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Harbor and typical fishermen's houses with grass roof, Reine, Nordland, Lofoten Islands, Norway, Europe

Green wood hoopoe (red-billed wood hoopoe) (Phoeniculus purpureus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Man with lantern among snow covered trees enjoying the green lights of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis), in the wood, Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park, Muonio, Lapland, Finland, Europe

Jetty covered with snow after a night snowfall and boats docked in the harbor of Henningsvaer, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Red wood cabin on sand beach lit by moon during the Northern Lights, Ramberg, Nordland county, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Harbor and typical rorbu, Reine, Nordland, Lofoten Islands, Norway, Europe

Buddhist woman praying with a wood Buddha pendant in hands, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Red wooden house with American flag and pumpkin lantern surrounded by trees in fall colours near Litchfield, Connecticut, New England, United States of America, North America

Flags outside colourful yellow Oliver St. John Gogarty pub in Temple Bar area, Dublin city centre, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Totem pole of Shaman and land otter, carved in red cedar in 1940 by John Wanlace, Inside Passage, Juneau, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Brightly painted red and blue wooden beach bathing huts, Brighton Beach, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Red wooden house and country road in Flakstad, Lofoten Islands, Norway, Europe

Typical heavy red of fishermen's cottages and sheds lining the River Porvoo, Porvoo (Borga), Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Fishermen's pallets at San Vicente de la Barquera, maritime town in Cantabria, Northern Spain

Fishermen's pallets at San Vicente de la Barquera, maritime town in Cantabria, Northern Spain

Old men turning prayer wheels, Tagong temple, Tagong, Sichuan, China, Asia

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India, demonstrate how hot the device is, by holding a sheet of newspaper which instantly sets on fire in the 300 degree Celcius heat. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

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 cook preparing chapatis on a biofuel stove.

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 solar panels that focus the suns rays on heat exchangers to boil oil, which is then sent down to the kitchens below to heat the cookers.

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 the girls school.

After a week of high tides, storm surges and storm force winds, the sea front promenade of Aberystwyth in Wales has been devastated, with millions of £'s of damage. The crsahing waves punched a large hole in the sea wall and has collapsed Aberystwyth's iconic, Victorian promenade shelter, which has stood for over 100 years. This picture was taken on Wednesday 8th January, 2014, the day the council started to try and clear the thousands of tonnes of beach rubble off the sea front road.

After a week of high tides, storm surges and storm force winds, the sea front promenade of Aberystwyth in Wales has been devastated, with millions of £'s of damage. The crsahing waves punched a large hole in the sea wall and has collapsed Aberystwyth's iconic, Victorian promenade shelter, which has stood for over 100 years. This picture was taken on Wednesday 8th January, 2014, the day the council started to try and clear the thousands of tonnes of beach rubble off the sea front road.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

After a week of high tides, storm surges and storm force winds, the sea front promenade of Aberystwyth in Wales has been devastated, with millions of £'s of damage. The crsahing waves punched a large hole in the sea wall and has collapsed Aberystwyth's iconic, Victorian promenade shelter, which has stood for over 100 years. This picture was taken on Wednesday 8th January, 2014, the day the council started to try and clear the thousands of tonnes of beach rubble off the sea front road.

Capercaillie / western capercaillie / wood grouse, tetrao urogallus, adult male, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

Maples leaves in autumn in a wood, Nikko, Japan, Asia

Faiyum, Egypt. Blue painted doors in a wall in the village of Faiyum.

Faiyum, Egypt. February 19, 2022. A red painted door on a building in the village of Faiyum.

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. Red door with metal hinges in a stone building.

In the Lucaya Harbour area on Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Spine-cheek anemone fish (Premnas biaculeatus), nice red anemonefish with white stripes and prominant spine on cheek, Sipadan Island, Malaysia

Cryptic teardrop crab (Pelia mutica), Nice red crab sitting on cream sea fan with black background, Honduras, Caribbean.

Common Starfish (Asterias rubens), two common starfish grazing on algae covered dark red rock, Eyemouth, Scotland, UK North Sea

Red Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Anemonefish and Damselfish swimming around anemone, Red Sea

red Ridged Clinging Crab (Mithrax forceps) nice profile of crab's head and claws in a small dark cavern, Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands, Caribbean

Longlure Frogfish (Antennarius multiocellatus), red in colour with superb camouflage against other sponges, Anse Chastanet, St Lucia, Caribbean

(Flabellina exoptata) Nudibranch with outragious colour of orange and red to purple and blue tipped tentacles, Mabul, Borneo, Malaysia, South China Sea

Bigeye Snapper (Priacanthus hamrur) red fish with large black eye swimming diagonally with head in profile, Tahiti, French Polynesia Underwater.

Yellow-saddle Goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus), large school of yellow fish swimming over tropical coral reef and Scuba Diver, Red Sea.

Comanthina Crinoid (Comantheria briareus) black & white in colour and hanging down on brilliant red Sea Fan, Sipidan, Mabul, Malaysia.

Glass fish in cave (Parapriacanthus guentheri), large school of fish swimming behind red coral sea fan with dark background,Mabul, Borneo, Malaysia, South China Sea

Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on mossy branch eating nut. Loch Awe, nr Oban, Scotland, UK

Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on mossy branch. Loch Awe, nr Oban, Scotland, UK

Under the jetty. Red Sea.

Hawthorn Berries (Crataegus monogyna). Sark, British Channel Islands, UK

Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) standing on the edge of a mossy tree. Loch Awe, nr Oban, Scotland, UK

Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on mossy branch. Loch Awe, nr Oban, Scotland, UK