Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), crossing the road, Cape Range National Park, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Skyline looking towards Middle Atlas mountain range, Marrakesh (Marrakech), Morocco, North Africa, Africa

General Motors EN-V concept vehicles; the pod-like two-passenger electric cars may someday be produced for short-range urban transportation; the blue vehicle is called Xiao, "laugh", and the red one is called Jiao, "pride", on display at the North America

Suspension railway above the river Wupper, Wuppertal, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

View of the panorama restaurant and viewing terrace on the summit of Mt Saentis, short before sunset, Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland, Europe

Taelligrattunnel, a 1 km long discharge tunnel built in 1895, between Maerjelensee lake and Fiescheralp, now used as a hiking trail and short-cut, Canton of Valais, Switzerland, Europe

The General Motors EN-V concept vehicle; the pod-like two-passenger electric car may someday be produced for short-range urban transportation, on display at the North American International Auto Show, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Mountain guide guiding a young woman on a short rope through a rock face, Wiederroute, Watzmann, Schonau am Konigsee, Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Bund Sightseeing Tunnel at Waterfront The Bund, Pudong, Shanghai, China, Asia

Bus rides in bus lane, London, Great Britain

Three caribou (Rangifer tarandus) walk by oil storage tanks near Prudhoe Bay and the Point Lonely Short Range Radar Site, where the Central Arctic herd migrates north each summer, Alaska, United States of America

Colorado, view of a short eared owl.

Colorado, Front Range, Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus).

Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus, Front Range, Colorado