Chilean Research Station Frei Base, King George Island, South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Ice skaters on the temporary Christmas outdoor ice skating rink in the Old Market Square in front of the Council House in the city centre, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Shieling, a building once used as temporary summer accommodation by farmers while grazing their livestock on common land, off the Pentland Road, near Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Shieling, a building once used as temporary summer accommodation by farmers while grazing their livestock on common land, off the Pentland Road, near Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Gers on a summer evening, distant mountains, Khogno Khan Uul Nature Reserve, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan Province, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Pilgrims crossing the Ganges river on a temporary pontoon bridge, Allahabad Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Rocky mountains behind ger, Nomad camp in summer, Khogno Khan Uul Nature Reserve, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan province, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Tourist ger camp in front of rocky outcrop in fine weather in summer, Terelj National Park, Central Mongolia, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Yurt at Songkol Lake, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

Yurt near Songkol Lake, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

Yurt at Songkol Lake, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

Altyn Arashan, Karakol, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

Line of family gers at a Summer nomad camp, distant gers and mountains, Khujirt, Uvurkhangai (Ovorkhangai), Central Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Gers at a Summer nomad camp under dark skies with nomadic man wearing deel, Khujirt, Uvurkhangai (Ovorkhangai), Central Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Creperie in market square, Brignogan, Brittany France

temporary houses (sea containers) in Holland

temporary houses (sea containers) in Holland

temporary houses (sea containers) in Holland

temporary houses (sea containers) in Holland

temporary houses (sea containers) in Holland

temporary houses (sea containers) in Holland

temporary houses (sea containers) in Holland

Steel pipes at the temporary storage facility for the Baltic Sea pipeline, which will transport gas from the Russian town Wyborg to Greifswald, beginning in 2012, Sassnitz, Ruegen Island, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Steel pipes at the temporary storage facility for the Baltic Sea pipeline, which will transport gas from the Russian town Wyborg to Greifswald, beginning in 2012, Sassnitz, Ruegen Island, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Steel pipes at the temporary storage facility for the Baltic Sea pipeline, which will transport gas from the Russian town Wyborg to Greifswald, beginning in 2012, Sassnitz, Ruegen Island, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Schlossplatz square, temporary use as a park, Berliner Dom cathedral in the back, Mitte district, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, temporary atomic storage facility, Ahaus, Muensterland region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe