Archaeological site of Qumran where Dead Sea scrolls discovered in caves in cliffs, Judean Desert, Israel, Middle East

The Shrine of the Book housing the Dead Sea Scrolls, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

The Shrine of the Book containing the Dead Sea Scrolls, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Bedouin mother and her son, near Dead Sea, Jordan, Middle East

Receding sea in foreground, Ein Gedi kibbutz and Mount Ishai in background, Ein Gedi, Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East

Field of sandy soil with rows of plastic sheets under which crops grow with dripping irrigation pipes and man at work in field, Qumran, Dead Sea area, Israel, Middle East

People floating in the sea and Hyatt hotel and desert cliffs in background, Ein Bokek Hotel Resort, Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East

Dead Sea, from Movenpick hotel, showing people in healing mud, Israel in distance, from Jordan, Middle East

Fun in the Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East

Man putting on mud at the Dead Sea, Jordan, Middle East

Three women sitting in the sea and Hyatt hotel and desert cliffs in background, Ein Bokek Hotel Resort, Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East

Competitiors in the Mount Sodom International Mountain Bike Race, Dead Sea area, Israel, Middle East

Beach swimming area, Crown Plaza Dead Sea Hotel, Dead Sea, Jordan, Middle East

Competitior in the Mount Sodom International Mountain Bike Race, Dead Sea area, Israel, Middle East

Rows of vines in vineyard, growing in sandy soil, with Dead Sea and Jordan in background, Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East

Bedouin grandmother, Dead Sea, Jordan, Middle East

Man swimming in the Dead Sea, Jordan, Middle East

Sea and salt formations with hotels and desert cliffs beyond, Ein Bokek Hotel Resort, Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East

Fun in the Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East

Fun in the Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East

Sunset on the Dead Sea, Jordan, Middle East

Teenage competitior in the Mount Sodom International Mountain Bike Race, Dead Sea area, Israel, Middle East

Fun in the Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East

Two competitiors in the Mount Sodom International Mountain Bike Race, Dead Sea area, Israel, Middle East

Sea Level sign, descending to Dead Sea, Jordan, Middle East

Backlit view of watermelon growing in sandy soil under plastic sheeting, Qumran, Dead Sea area, Israel, Middle East

Arid hills on shore of Dead Sea, with Jordanian Mountains in the background, Israel, Middle East

Palm trees and Mount Ishai at Ein Gedi in the Dead Sea area of Israel, Middle East

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

Two Orca (Orcinus orca) circle a dead Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli), Monterey, California, United States of America, North America

Sunfish (Mola mola), trapped in lost fishing net, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Dead Sea Papyrus, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Sunfish (Mola mola), trapped in lost fishing net, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Fortress of Masada, Dead Sea area, Judea, Israel, Middle East

Rockfish (Scorpaena scrofa), trapped in lost fishing net, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Tuvaluan men washing a slaughtered pig in the sea before a funeral feast on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, Pacific

Pulaka that has been killed off by salt water incursion caused by global warming induced sea level rise, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, Pacific

Tuvaluan men carrying a slaughtered pig from the sea after washing for a funeral feast on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, Pacific

A wolf pelt in the tannery in Shishmaref, a tiny island between Alaska and Siberia in the Chukchi sea, United States of America, North America

Crab preying on dead portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis), Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

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.

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

A dead Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) washed up dead on the beach, Puerto Lopez Mateos

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.

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Dead Mens Fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), clump of yellow/orange dead men's fingers with polyps retracted, St Abbs, Scotland, UK North Sea

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

The rotting corpse of an adult California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) on Isla San Pedro Martir in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Norte, Mexico.

Walrus skull (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) on the tundra off Freemansundet in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway

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.

Grey Top Shell, (Gibbula cineraria), single snail showing tentacles on dead men's fingers soft coral, St Abbs, Scotland, UK North Sea

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) caught by big game boat. Azores

Fjord, icebergs and sunrise. Prins Christian Sund, S-Greenland.

Bottlenose dolphin and Finless porpoise washed up dead on a beach. Netting from fishing gear that killed them was still attached to their tails. Arabian Gulf, UAE

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus / catodon) washed up dead north coast of Iceland.

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus / catodon) washed up dead with man standing by head for scale. North coast of Iceland.

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus / catodon) washed up dead north coast of Iceland.

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.

An onlooker watching a stranded dead bull Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) lying on Roseisle Beach, North East Scotland.

Dead Killer whale (Orcinus orca) floating on sea surface with scavenging fulmars, North Sea (RR)

A pod of 6 type "A" Orcas (Orcinus orca) with a freshly killed Minke Whale in Antarctica. No displays after the kill were witnessed. (Restricted Resolution - please contact us)

Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) dead on a beach in Scilly Isles. Net markings on its skin indicate it died from fishing net entanglement. Isles of Scilly, UK

Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) washed up after a storm. Markings in the skin indicated it died in a fishing net. Scilly Isles, UK

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Beached female California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) carcass in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded with visible round marks left by squid prey as they use the suckers on their tentacles to aviod being swallowed. Ionian Sea, Greece.

Snow-covered whale bones on Jougla Point, in Port Lockroy at the western end of Wiencke Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Pink Shrimp (Palaemon montagui), sitting on dead men's fingers soft coral clearly showing reddish pink markings on head, St Abbs, Scotland, UK North Sea

Trumpetfish (Aulostomus sp) caught in nets set for smaller fish. Coast of United Arab Emirates.

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 female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) being fed with dead fish, head close-up, endangered species, photo taken in captivity at Tamar Project, Regencia, Brazil, South America

Dead polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) found floating near multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern coast of EdgeØya (Edge Island) in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

Adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) with dead salmon in Inian Pass, Southeast Alaska, USA

Adult turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) feeding near a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) carcass on Los Islotes in Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Dead Mens Finger (Alcyonium digitatum), detail of polyp, Eyemouth, Scotland, UK North Sea

Adult turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) feeding near a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) carcass on Los Islotes in Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Dead and broken coral on the sea bed, Great Barrier Reef, off Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Dead Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chick, Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.

Dead Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) washed up on beach. Scilly Isles. Europe

Adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) with dead salmon in Inian Pass, Southeast Alaska, USA

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.

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Wide angle of dead Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) floating at sea, surrounded by scavenging fulmars, Faroes Trough

An Inuit man with tundra swans that he shot on Shishmaref, a tiny island inhabited by around 600 Inuits, between Alaska and Siberia in the Chukchi Sea, United States of America, North America

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean