Releasing lanterns, Yee Peng and Loy Krathong Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Releasing lanterns at New Year's Eve, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two mandarinfish spawn and release eggs, Anilao, Philippines.

Pre-dawn cast off, man releasing ropes from a mooring in the fine sand of a seasonal sandspit in the Brahmaputra River, Assam, India, Asia

Quan Am Bo Tat temple, Buddhist ceremony of releasing birds back into the wild to help an individual accrue merit, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Three men at sunrise releasing ropes from a mooring in the fine sand of a seasonal sandspit, Brahmaputra River, Assam, India, Asia

Releasing newly hatched green sea turtles at Playa Bacocho as a part of a local rescue project, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

Releasing lanterns, Yee Peng and Loy Krathong Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Releasing lanterns, Yee Peng and Loy Krathong Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Releasing lanterns, Yee Peng and Loy Krathong Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Releasing lanterns, Yee Peng and Loy Krathong Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Releasing lanterns, Yee Peng and Loy Krathong Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Releasing of birds to gain merit, another facebook opportunity, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Releasing offerings into river at Loi Krathong festival, Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman releases sparrow, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Scaly earthball (Scleroderma verrucosum) open to release spores, UK

Young hatchling Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis), prior to release in the tree canopy - the natural habitat for first 2 - 3 years.

Curious children and parents observe olive ridley turtle hatchling (Lepidochelys olivacea) being released into the ocean, Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Olive RidleyTurtle freed from discarded fishing gear. Azores, North Atlantic

Caucasian woman releasing bowling ball in lane

A delicious seafood platter, prepared by chef Boy Schuiling from restaurant 't Paakhuus Texel, is served on board the 1902 sailing ship Iselmar during the Wadden Sea crossing from Harlingen to Terschelling, West Frisian Islands, Friesland, Netherlands

Dock workers releasing a ship, Mandalay, Burma, Asia

Female angler releasing a rainbow trout into the Rio Limay in Patagonia near Bariloche, Argentina.

Releasing a trout back into a river in Patagonia, Argentina.

Angler releasing a large brown trout back into the Rio Limay in Patagonia near Bariloche, Argentina.

Silhouette Of A Teenage Girl Releasing A Lit Lantern Out Over A Lake At Sunset, Lake Of The Woods, Ontario, Canada

Silhouette Of A Girl Releasing A Lit Paper Lantern Into The Air At Sunset, Lake Of The Woods, Ontario, Canada

Baby turtle at Pantai Pandan Sari; East Java, Java, Indonesia

Red crab (Etisus splendidus), releasing eggs, Sudan, Red Sea, Africa

Red crab (Etisus splendidus), releasing eggs, Sudan, Red Sea, Africa

Industrial smokestacks, Florida

Industrial smokestacks, Florida

Industrial smokestacks, Florida