Poppies and vineyards along the border between Luxembourg and Germany separated by the River Moselle (Mosel), Germany, Europe

Cityscape of Beyoglu, a municipality and district on the European side, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Central Mosque in the Albanian side of the separated town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Europe

Albanian side of the separated town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Europe

Terracotta Army, funerary sculptures buried in 210-209 BC, now separated for repair, Xian, Shaanxi, China, Asia

Central Mosque in the Albanian side of the separated town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Europe

Railway line and platform where prisoners were unloaded and separated into able bodied men, kept for work, and woman and children who were taken to gas chambers, Auschwitz second concentration camp at Birkenau, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Krakow (Cra

Two school girls separated from the boys at a village school in the Swat valley, Pakistan, Asia

Easdale Island from Bar Mor, old slate quarrying village separated from Seil Island by the Sound of Easdale, with Mull beyond, Seil Island, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Railway line and platform where prisoners were unloaded and separated into able bodied men, kept for work, and woman and children who were taken to gas chambers, Auschwitz second concentration camp at Birkenau, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Krakow (Cra

Selection shed where prisoners were unloaded and separated into able bodied men, kept for work, and woman and children who were taken to gas chambers, Auschwitz second concentration camp at Birkenau, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Krakow (Cracow), Polan

Railway line and platform where prisoners were unloaded and separated into able bodied men, kept for work, and woman and children who were taken to gas chambers, Auschwitz second concentration camp at Birkenau, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Krakow (Cra

Timber being separated out for recycling at condemned houses being demolished in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Timber being separated out for recycling at condemned houses being demolished in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Bottles of wine in large crate, Vigne Surrau, Surrau Vineyard, Arzachena, Sardinia, Italy

Camel rider being guided through the desert, Erg Chebbi, Merzouga, Morocco, North Africa

The Matterhorn is reflected in the Stellisee near Zermatt, canton Wallis, Switzerland

Driving car on the salt lake Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America

Salt worker makes salt accumulation, salt lake Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America

A man and a woman behind a screen in a VIP restaurant at the Motor City Casino, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Separated waste for recycling of recyclable materials, Tetrapak, Ceilandia, satellite town of Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, South America

Boardwalk at the Hooker Valley Walk in front of Mount Cook, Mount Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand

Lonely hiker walking above a sea of fog, low clouds, on Faehnerenspitze mountain in the Appenzell region, Switzerland, Europe

sunset at the basalt columns of the Giant«s Causeway, Londonderry, North Ireland

Footprints in the sand, Kniepsand beach, Amrum Island, Nordfriesland, North Frisia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Laguna Verde and Licancabur volcano on the right, Bolivia near the border to Chile, South America

Run down settlement in summer Tiniteqilaaq Eastgreenland

Camper on a bridge at Park Pumalin, Carretera Austral, Patagonia, Chile, South America

Sunset at the basalt columns of the Giant¥s Causeway, Londonderry, North Ireland

Church in St. Johann in Ranui and the Geisler mountain range, Villnosstal, South Tyrol, Italy

Tuareg walk with camels through the desert and sporadic palm trees Mandara Libya

Winter

Yoga exercise at sunrise

Wide open view over a snow field through rocks to icebergs in Sermilik Fjord Eastgreenland

Sunset at the basalt columns of the Giant¥s Causeway, Londonderry, North Ireland

Separated waste for recycling of recyclable materials, plastic beverage bottles, Ceilandia, satellite town of Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, South America

hot spring called Storhiver at the hiking trail from Landmannalaugar to the mountain Hrafntinnusker, Laugavegur, Landmannalaugar, Iceland

Sunset at the basalt columns of the Giant¥s Causeway, Londonderry, North Ireland

Sunset at the basalt columns of the Giant¥s Causeway, Londonderry, North Ireland

Woman climbing a sanddune at Tin Merzouga, Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Acacus range, Tassili n'Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa

Cross in front of sunset over icebergs Paarnakajiit Sermilik Fjord Eastgreenland

Tuareg walks with camels through the desert Mandara Libya

Gold being separated from quartz using a centrifuge

Wide open view over rocks to icebergs glaciers and mountains Sermilik Fjord Eastgreenland

The Matterhorn is reflected in the Riffelsee near Zermatt, canton Wallis, Switzerland

Sunset at the basalt columns of the Giant¥s Causeway, Londonderry, North Ireland

Cuillin Hills from Elgol, Isle of Skye, Western Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Laguna Verde and Licancabur volcano, Bolivia near the border to Chile, South America

People in front of fjord with icebergs and mountains Nagtivit Kangertivat Fjord Eastgreenland

Tourist camp in the sand dunes of In Tehak, Tadrart, Tassili n'Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa

Monastery of Saben, Klausen, South Tyrol, Italy

Matterhorn reflected in the Riffelsee, Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland

The Matterhorn is reflected in the Riffelsee near Zermatt, canton Wallis, Switzerland

Sunset at the basalt columns of the Giant¥s Causeway, Londonderry, North Ireland

Sunset at the basalt columns of the Giant¥s Causeway, Londonderry, North Ireland

House by the water, Aland, Finland, Europe

Woman with a camera on a sand dune in the Moon Valley (Valle de la luna), Atacama desert, northern Chile, South America

Driving car on the salt lake Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America

Solitary house near Tovik between Grov and Harstad, Northern Norway, Norway, Europe

Town of Gasadalur, Vagar, Faroe Islands, Denmark, North Atlantic

Old blue painted house in front of fjord with ice pack and snow-capped mountains Ammassalik Eastgreenland

Driving car on the salt lake Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America

Cuillin Hills from Elgol, Isle of Skye, Western Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Chapel in the northern fjords in winter in Iceland, Europe

A village named Muftaffabad Loni on the outskirts of New Delhi, India that specializes in recycling circuit boards from electronics. The boards are taken out of electronics in other areas of New Delhi. Some of the boards are burned, some are dipped in sulfuric acid to get the metals separated from the plastics.

Electronics recycling facility Metran in Kematen, Austria is where metals and plastics are sorted after the waste is first shredded at Mueller-Guttenbrunn in Amstetten. At a shake table the waste is separated by friction as hard items drop through first because they have less friction. The drum turns and small objects drop through the holes. Large piles of e-waste plastics objects and circuit boards. Avci Bilal walks atop a pile of e-waste that is waiting to be processed at Metran.

Bare Feet Standing On A Rock In Murky Water In Currumbin Creek, Currumbin, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Aerial view of farm buildings and grassy farmland separated by stone walls along the coastal mountainside; Terceira, Azores