Device allowing visitors to simulate a shot on goal, Museum of Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne, Loire department, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, France, Europe

Underwater shot of Asian girl swimming

Woman walking in the dunes, Erg Chegaga region, Sahara desert near Mhamid, Morocco, Africa

The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, Public Viewing, Schlossplatz Square, Turkish football fans cheering because of the first goal, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Panoramic view of the Karwendel Range by full moon, sea of fog, view of the Stubai Alps, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Panoramic view of the Karwendel Range in sea of fog, view of Mieminger Chain and Stubai Alps, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Containership full spead ahead on the Kiel Canal, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Bernina Range with Mount Piz Bernina, 4048 metres above sea level, and Mount Piz Morteratsch, 3751 metres above sea level, Buendner Alps, Canton of Graubuenden, Switzerland, Europe

Sailboats and motor boats on the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, Kiel Canal, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Spectators and fans at a fan park, public screening on a large flat screen, stage, soccer match, goal celebrations, Football World Cup, Queen Square, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Containership on Kiel Canal, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

The start - finish line at Michigan International Speedway which features a two-mile race track and seats nearly 120, 000 fans for NASCAR races, Brooklyn, Michigan, USA, America

Shipping traffic at Holtenau lock, Kiel Canal, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Shipping traffic at the Schleuse Holtenau lock, container ships and cruise ship, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Two container ships passing one another on Kiel Canal, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Shipping container ships at Holtenau lock, Kiel Canal, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Woman wearing medieval clothes practising archery, Spectaculum, Maxlrain, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Panoramic view of the Karwendel Range in sea of fog, view of Mieminger Chain, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Brandenburger Tor Brandenburg gate with Quadriga with christmas tree Berlin Germany

The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, Public Viewing, Schlossplatz Square, Turkish football fans cheering because of the first goal, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Cruise Ship entering Holtenau lock, Kiel Canal, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Containership on Kiel Canal, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Close-up of container ships chanelling into the Holtenau floodgate, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Volcano Chimborazo, with 6310 meters the highest mountain in Ecuador, South America

Shipping traffic on the Kiel-Canal, in the back the Schleuse Holtenau lock, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Encounter between two container ships on Kiel Canal, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

View to finish area first run ladies night slalom 12 29 2004 on Semmering in Lower Austria

Polo, polo players chasing after a ball, polo competition, Berenberg High Goal Trophy 2008, Thann, Holzkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Shipping container ships at Holtenau lock, Kiel Canal, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Tanker, LNG tanker on the Kiel Canal, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Shipping traffic at the Holtenau lock, Kiel Canal, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

2010 completed Untertuerkheimer fan block of VfB Stuttgart at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Golf, golf ball, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Golf, golf ball, green, hole

Two polo players standing, photographed from behind, at the Berenberg High Goal Trophy 2008 polo tournament in Thann, Holzkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Signage, trail near Aguamansa, Tenerife, northern part, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Young Goalie Anticipating A Shot On Net

Shot On Goal

Shot On Goal

Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Tara with deployed plancton nets. On "station", the boat is drifting without engine or sails. Tara Oceans, a unique expedition: Tara Oceans is the very first attempt to make a global study of marine plankton, a form of sea life that includes organisms as small as viruses and bacterias, and as big as medusas. Our goal is to better understand planktonic ecosystems by exploring the countless species, learning about interactions among them and with their environment. Marine plankton is the only ecosystem that is almost continuous over the surface of the Earth. Studying plankton is like taking the pulse of our planet. Recently, scientists have discovered the great importance of plankton for the climate: populations of plankton are affected very rapidly by variations in climate. But in turn they can influence the climate by modifying the absorption of carbon. In a context of rapid physico-chemical changes, for example the acidification observed today in the world's oceans, it is urgent to understand and predict the evolution of these particular ecosystems. Finally, plankton is an astonishing way of going back in time ? a prime source of fossils. Over the eons, plankton has created several hundred meters of sediment on the ocean floors. This allows us to go back in time, to the first oceans on Earth, and better understand the history of our biosphere. More than 12 fields of research are involved in the project, which will bring together an international team of oceanographers, ecologists, biologists, geneticists, and physicists from prestigious laboratories headed by Eric Karsenti of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Galapagos