Main hall (Mandapa) from SW with entrance and Ramayana frieze, Kailasa Temple, Ellora, India

Huge column in SW of courtyard, Kailasa Temple, Ellora, India

Sandy beach at Plage du Peu des Hommes on the SW coast of the island. La Couarde-sur-Mere, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Mount Soputan, an active 1785m stratovolcano that can produce pyroclastic flows and ash clouds, SW of Tomohon, Gunung Soputan, Tomohon, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

View from South West (SW) Coast Path, Newquay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sheep in fields on the downs, and mountains behind, north of Geraldine, SW Canterbury Plains, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Fin whale fluke print, or 'foot print', caused by the powerful up stroke of a whale's tail while it is still near the surface (Balaenoptera physalus) . Bay of Biscay, SW (RR)

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) with water vapour from blow and blow hole visible. Bay of Biscay, SW Europe. (RR)

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) showing the chevron markings on its flanks. Bay of Biscay, SW Europe. (RR)

A pod of 40 to 50 short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) encountered SW of Isla San Pedro Martir, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Norte, Mexico

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) fluking whilst being monitored by the "Greek Sperm Whale Research Program". The Mediterranean population is considered Endangered. SW Cretan Sea, Greece.

A pod of 40 to 50 short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) encountered SW of Isla San Pedro Martir, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Norte, Mexico

Sunset taken from the ferry, which is used by whale-watchers to cross Bay of Biscay, SW Europe. (RR)

Whale watching from a ferry in Bay of Biscay, SW Europe (RR)

Sunset taken from the ferry, which is used by whale-watchers to cross Bay of Biscay, SW Europe. (A4 only).

A pod of 40 to 50 short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) encountered SW of Isla San Pedro Martir, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Norte, Mexico

Comet Holmes, 17P, taken Nov 1, 2007 on excellent night. Taken with A&M 105mm apo refractor at f/5 with Borg 0.85x compressor/field flattener on SkyWatcher HEQ5 mount. Canon 20Da camera at ISO400. Composite of 4 min, 2min, 1min, 30sec, 15sec, and 7 sec exposures, each exposure being a stack of 3 to 4 identical exposures. Registered and stacked in Photoshop (HDR mode did not produce usable result, so manually composited with sucessively smaller masks to reveal short exposure content around nucleus. Contrast exaggerated with Curves to bring out very faint tail structure. North up, so tail to the S and SW.Nucleus is dot at upper left of inner coma, other star in inner coma at right is a field star

Kosciol sw. Andrezja, View at St. Andrews church in the evening, Krakau, Poland, Europe

Park bench with snow-covered group of trees in the morning mist, SW photo, winter landscape, Mondseeland, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

SW shot, canoeist at the Irrsee between fog, ground fog, from above, drone shot, aerial view, Zell am moss, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

Snowy bare group of trees in the morning fog, SW photo, winter landscape, Mondseeland, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

Elblag, with St. Nicholas Church, Katedra Sw. Mikolaja, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, Europe

Maria Magdalena church, SW. Marii Magdaleny, Wroclaw, Lower Silesia, Poland, Europe

Portrait of woman with decorated face behind transparent black veil on black background, Meknes, Morocco

Andean flamingo feeding {Phoenicoparrus andinus} Laguna Blanca, SW Bolivia