Three Karo tribesmen with face and body decoration in chalk, imitating the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Omo river, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Karo tribesmen with face and body painting imitating the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Omo river, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Portrait of three Karo tribesmen with faces and bodies painted with chalk imitating the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Omo river, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Portrait of a Karo tribesman, with face and body painted with chalk to represent the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Omo river, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

The lowest point on the African continent and the most saline body of water on earth, Lac Assal, Djibouti, Africa

The lowest point on the African continent and the most saline body of water on earth, Lac Assal, Djibouti, Africa

Gothic St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague Castle, Hradcany, Vitava River, Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Opera House and Harbour Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gothic Palazzo Bembo, 15th century Palace in San Marco district near Rialto Bridge, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Silbury Hill mound, the largest prehistoric manmade structure in Europe, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Common lionfish (Pterois volitans), full body view, Solomon Islands, South Pacific, Pacific

Salt lake, north Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Danger sign warning of crocodiles, Pasikudah Bay, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Body boarder, Baldwin Beach, Maui Island, Hawaii, United States of America, North America

Aerial of the Ilulissat Icefjord, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

Aerial of the Ilulissat Icefjord, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

Aerial of Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Iceberg on Belcher island, Devon island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Aerial of an ice arch in the Nuuk Icefjord, Western Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

Kol-Ukok Mountain Lake surrounded by green mountains under a blue sky, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

A long, dusty road stretches across the vast landscape of Song Kol Lake in Kyrgyzstan, leading towards the horizon and a distant body of water

Belcher glacier, Devon island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

AI generated image of a Large anaconda chasing a capybara

Aerial view taken by drone of Skyggnisvtn lake in Landmannalaugar area, during a summer day, Iceland, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin lying down in sleet, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Aerial of Pia glacier, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, South America

Heermann's gulls (Larus heermanni), quarreling at breeding colony on Isla Rasa, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North Anerica

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Deep blue lake in the mountains above Pia glacier, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, South America

AI generated image of a Common pond skater walking on the water

Panama Canal Railway crossing over the Chagres River, Republic of Panama, Central America

Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi), underwater on Las Animas Island, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Adult California gray whale (Eschrictius robustus), spy-hopping in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico, North America

California gray whale calf (Eschrictius robustus), surfacing in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico, North America

Aerial of the Andes mountains, Chile, South America

Turtle Pond, a two-acre water body at the bse of Belvedere Castle, popular for relaxing and picnicing in Central Park, Manhattan Island, New York City, United States of America, North America

View of Manhattan cityscape as seen from The Pond, one of seven bodies of water in Central Park located near Grand Army Plaza, across Central Park South from the Plaza Hotel, New York City, United States of America, North America

A white bird stands firmly on the surface of a body of water in Nara, Honshu, Japan, Asia

New York City cityscape viewed from The Lake, Central Park's largest body of water after the Reservoir, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, United States of America, North America

New York City cityscape viewed from The Lake, Central Park's largest body of water after the Reservoir, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, United States of America, North America

View of Manhattan cityscape as seen from The Pond, one of seven bodies of water in Central Park located near Grand Army Plaza, across Central Park South from the Plaza Hotel, New York City, United States of America, North America

View of The Pond, one of seven bodies of water in Central Park located near Grand Army Plaza, across Central Park South from the Plaza Hotel, New York City, United States of America, North America

View of The Pond, one of seven bodies of water in Central Park located near Grand Army Plaza, across Central Park South from the Plaza Hotel, New York City, United States of America, North America

View of The Pond, one of seven bodies of water in Central Park located near Grand Army Plaza, across Central Park South from the Plaza Hotel, New York City, United States of America, North America

New York City cityscape viewed from The Lake, Central Park's largest body of water after the Reservoir, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, United States of America, North America

Lac Assal, the lowest point on the African continent and the most saline body of water on earth, Djibouti, Africa

Lac Assal, the lowest point on the African continent and the most saline body of water on earth, Djibouti, Africa

Lac Assal, the lowest point on the African continent and the most saline body of water on earth, Djibouti, Africa

Sunset, Greeting to the Sun, Zadar, Croatia, Europe

Young Surma woman with body paintings in the river, Kibish, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Lac Assal, the lowest point on the African continent and the most saline body of water on earth, Djibouti, Africa

Lac Assal, the lowest point on the African continent and the most saline body of water on earth, Djibouti, Africa

Mountain landscape and small body of water in the Wakhan Valley, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Asia

The Huka Falls, known as Hukanui (great body of spray) in Maori, 10m high, 62000 gallons of water per second at peak times, Waikato River, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased

Steering with its pectoral fins the friendly Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) turns its streamlined body towards the boat in order to dive under the hull. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada. Sequence 5/6

Adult male great frigate bird (Fregata minor) with inflated gular on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador

Views of the Drake Passage, the body of water between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica

Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) eating clams at low tide in Puerto Don Juan in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Young Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) catching and eventually eating a Sally Lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean.

Young Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) catching and eventually eating a Sally Lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean.

Adult male great frigate bird (Fregata minor) with inflated gular on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail throw in the lower Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Dead southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup being eaten by an Antarctic skua on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Scenes from around the small town of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean. No model or property releases are available for this image.

Adult male great frigate bird (Fregata minor) with inflated gular on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador

Steam coming from the bodies of northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) colony on the South Marble Islands inside Glacier Bay National Park, southeastern Alaska

Adult male great frigate bird (Fregata minor) with inflated gular on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador

Adult male great frigate bird (Fregata minor) with inflated gular on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador

Views of the Drake Passage, the body of water between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica

Adult male great frigate bird (Fregata minor) with inflated gular on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean

Adult male great frigate bird (Fregata minor) with inflated gular on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean

Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Adult waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) at breeding colony on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) portrait of female shaking water of body while preening in a golden reflection on the water. The reflection is from early morning golden light bouncing of buildings surrounding the canal. Scotland

Inuit Settlement with local boy pretending to surf on the tale of a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Orca (Orcinus orca) from above, showing whole body length. Akaroa, New Zealand.

dead man's fingers (codium galeatum), wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: spongy texture, the fronds divide regularly into two, and their surface appears fuzzy up to a metre long. Common in rough water areas.

footballer sweep (neatypus obliquus) diagonal yellow bands are edged in black and stand out against the silvery-blue body, wild, day, marine protected area, reef, in small schools diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name stripey, eating green algae as they sweep over the reef.

Views of the Drake Passage, the body of water between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica

Komodo dragon juvenile scavenging water buffalo carcass, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Adult waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) at breeding colony on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Cleaning the days catch with a Galapagos sea lion in the small town of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean. No model or property releases are available for this image.

Adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) carcass on Isla Tiburon, Sonora, Mexico.

Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) eating clams at low tide in Puerto Don Juan in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) eating clams at low tide in Puerto Don Juan in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Beached California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf with Turkey Buzzards feeding on carcass on Isla Tiburon in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Beached California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf stranded by gill net around flukes on Isla Tiburon in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) eating clams at low tide in Puerto Don Juan in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) eating clams at low tide in Puerto Don Juan in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) surfacing in the mid-riff Island area of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Sonora, Mexico

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Dead trees and vegetation waterside on a floodplane in a forest, along the Stampede Trail near Denali National Park, Alaskan Interior. Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

Adult male great frigate bird (Fregata minor) with inflated gular on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador

Adult male great frigate bird (Fregata minor) with inflated gular on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador

Young Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) catching and eventually eating a Sally Lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean.

Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) eating clams at low tide in Puerto Don Juan in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Young Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) catching and eventually eating a Sally Lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean.