Waves backlit by the dawn sun reflect off the sea wall and impact with an incoming one, Exmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Vintage license plates in Embudo, Gas station museum, Embudo, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Gudauri recreational area, Kazbegi, Georgia (Sakartvelo), Central Asia, Asia

Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Berat, Albania, Europe

View over Ragusa Ibla, dusk, bell-tower of the Church of Santa Maria delle Scale in foreground, Ragusa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Funes valley in autumn season, Santa Magdalena, Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Holy Island Causeway at sunrise, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hills in autumn at sunset, Sibillini Park, Umbria, Italy, Europe

The beautiful white domes on the roof of the Cathedral of the Assumption, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Leon, Nicaragua, Central America

Ontario College of Art, building designed by architect Will Alsop, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North America

Val di Funes, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, United States of America, North America

Germany air pollution from factories by the elbe river

Boat house, Maine, New England, United States of America, North America

Sunrise on the beach of Cervo, Imperia province, Liguria, Italy, Europe

Yellowstone National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Old Italian mountain village with bell tower in the foreground, Guadagnolo, Capranica Prenestina municipality, Prenestini mountains, Rome district, Latium, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Cliffs near Arrifana beach, Costa Vicentina, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Beach near Durness, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Balos Bay Beach, Gramvousa Peninsula, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Red roofs of Lesser Quarter dominated by St Thomas church, UNESCO, Prague, Czech Republic

Matterhorn from Grindjisee at dawn, Zermatt, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Europe

Whalebone Bay, St. George's Parish, Bermuda, Atlantic, Central America

Portrait of refugee smoking, Shan Man Refugee Camp, Tak Maesot, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Close-up of a statue of a female nude in the garden, art nouveau period, Otto Wagner Villa No 26, Penzing, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Sakuraya camera shop at a busy intersection near the east entrance of Shinjuku station, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Mayan family portrait, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America

Woman washing up in a campervan, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Portrait of a young Buddhist monk, Punakha Dzong, Bhutan, Asia

Dubai Mall, the largest shopping mall in the world with 1200 shops, part of the Burj Khalifa complex, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Wordsworth's home, Rydal Mount, Rydal, Lake District National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Anzac War Memorial at Hyde Park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Bee collecting nectar from a spring wild flower, Santa Barbara botanical gardens, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, North America

Cow in a meadow in Oxfordshire, England

Chipping Campden, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Qaysari Bazaar, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East

Eighteenth Green at The Old Course, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Cham Muslims living by the Mekong river in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Perito Moreno glacier, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Camp in Oman's Grand Canyon West, Hajar, in Jebel Shams, at 1900m, Oman, Middle East

Louvre Museum, Paris, France, Europe

Zugspitze peak 2963m, highest mountain in Germany, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Prince Street also known as Captains Row in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America, North America

A female solar engineer, known as a solar mama, using a soldering iron to fix the printed circuit board of a solar lamp, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Portrait of a family, mother, father and baby, walking through a rice field, the man smiling and looking at the camera, Toraja area, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, North America

Sheep and the rolling hills to the ocean, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Boat moored at a jetty on Lake Puruvesi, a branch of Lake Saimaa near Kerimaki, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Village des Bories, Gordes, Provence, France, Europe

Presidio Chapel, El Presidio de Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, North America

House door, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, Europe

Security jail, Asinara, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Shadow of a berber man leading three camels though the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi on the periphery of the Sahara desert near Merzouga in eastern Morocco

Purchang (cremation palace) of h.h. Dilgo khyenste. Bhutan. H.h. Dilgo khyentse rinpoche (1910-1991), tutor to present dalai lama revered as of greatest exponents of dzogchen- teachings of great perfection. Khyentse rinpoche®s purchang (cremation palace), satsam chorten, below paro takstang, bhutan, november 4, 1992 never forget swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or wave of a hand. that have opportunity to practice dharma, do waste a single moment on anything else, practice with your energy.oe h.h. Dilgo khyenste rinpoche, heart treasure of enlightened ones my delight in death is, greater than delight of traders at making vast fortunes at, or of lords of gods vaunt their victory in battle or of those sages have entered rapture of perfect meditative absorbtion. So just as a traveler sets on road when time come to go, i will remain in this world no longer, will dwell in stronghold of great bliss of deathlessness. -longchenpa, fourteenth- century dzogchen master

Leopard moth (Zeuzera pyrina) (Zeuzerinae), North West Bulgaria, EuropeFamily Cossidae

Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) perched on branch, Bulgaria

Entrance to Lincoln Castle, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Jain temples, Satrunjaya, Gujarat, India, Asia

Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Ancient ruins of Preah Khan Temple, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia

The famous beach of Koh Phi Phi island, the Beach of Leonardo di Caprio, is fully occupied after 10 am, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

HONG KONG Views of Hong Kong Central showing harbour and skyscrapers. photo by Sean Sprague

Sky Tower, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Clock Tower, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Blue berries, Wallis, Switzerland

Wadi al Hitan, Faiyum, Egypt. February 20, 2022. Inside a sun shelter at Wadi el-Hitan paleontological site.

Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) arching its back to dive just as its giant relatives do. However, these small cetaceans donÃŒt dive as deep. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada (RR)

The Crown Inn, dating from the 17th-century, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Semi-resident male Killer whale (Orcinus orca) off Scotland, known as John Coe recognised by the old wound in his dorsal fin. Hebrides, West coast of Scotland.

Sliverback Mountain Gorilla sitting amongst the vegetation of the Volcanoes National Park Rain forest, Rwanda. Volcanoes National Park, Virunga mountains, Rwanda, East Africa

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). The huge tail stock of a blue whale showing lots of round scars thought to be from cookie cutter sharks. The tiny dorsal fin is clealry visible to the left. Gulf of California.

Macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) Nesting amoungst tussock and snow, South Georgia Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.

Coral Fields Blue Coral Bommies, (Heliopora sp.) and divers. Gorontalo, Sulawesi, Indonesia. (rr)

Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) at surface with dorsal fin Hebrides, Scotland, UK

Diver with giant clam

River Ogmore and saltmarsh, Wales, UK

Common lobster (Homarus gammarus). Scraggane, The Maharees, County Kerry, Ireland (RR)

Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) male at head of line of 3 ducks, 2 males and a female in golden reflection on the water. The reflection is from early morning golden light bouncing of buildings surrounding the canal. , Scotland

Scientific equipment measuring the meltwater from the Russell Glacier that drains the Greenland Ice Sheet 26 km inland from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

Horned puffin (Fratercula arctica). Hebrides, Scotland

Tropical leaf, Tropical biodome, Eden Project, Cornwall

Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) swimming over coral reef towards camera, Little Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, Caribbean

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus). Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

African Lion (Panthera Leo) wild adult female. Amboseli, Kenya.

Yellow Sweeper (Parapriacanthus ransonneti). Red Sea.

Long-beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus capensis, pod leaping in Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico

Sea Moth ( or Little Dragon Fish) (Eurypegasus draconis). Indo Pacific

Thongweed, Sark, British Isles

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenalla frontalis). Azores, North Atlantic. Taken 2008

Waipio valley, Big Island, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific

Pancake ice. Ross Sea, Antarctica.

Tibetan Lady. Mountain and Clouds.Traditional Dress, Himalayas, Tibet.

grey seal, halichoerus grypus, , female portrait, eastern england, u.k.

The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II was the primary heavy-lift transport for the U.S. Air Force in the the 1950's and 1960's.

A composite of the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse assembled using the HDR program Photomatix Pro v6.

The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II was the primary heavy-lift transport for the U.S. Air Force in the the 1950's and 1960's.

The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II was the primary heavy-lift transport for the U.S. Air Force in the the 1950's and 1960's.

The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II was the primary heavy-lift transport for the U.S. Air Force in the the 1950's and 1960's.

Solar Rotation Rate, MDI, 1996

Anthrax bacterium