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Ancient seat of the Seigneur (Lord) Beranger de Roquefeuil, 15th-16th century, Chateau de Bonaguil, Lot et Garonne, Aquitaine, France, Europe

Whale shark. Growing over 17m in length, despite it is th largest fish of the world, scientists still do not know a lot about the Whale Shark, such as where they migrate to, why divers don't see the free swimming babies, etc. Here, a bunch of divers may be a bit too close to the 8m long shark. By regulations in Ningaloo, swimmers have to be 3 meter from the whale shark. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Young Indian men bathing in the river flaunting the Environmental rules beside them. Next to the HQ in Mudumalai Wildlife sanctuary/National park/tiger reserve/ biosphere reserve in Tamil Nadu India. more info: conflicts arise where villages are allowed to develop inside protected areas. There is still a lot of wildlife here but a sizable settlement is appearing around the visitor centre with large scale use of the river as laundry, rubbish dump etc. If laws are not enforced they have no value.

A curious brown bear (Ursus arctos) two year-old near the parking lot at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

A curious brown bear (Ursus arctos) two year-old near the parking lot at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) portrait on old pier support. Taken at the top of Loch Etive in Glen Etive on an old pier. Shags feathers are not fully waterproof so they spend a lot of time preening and drying out of the water , Scotland

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) silhouetted against water while drying on an Island. Cormorant wings are not fully waterproof therefore they spend a lot of time on rocks, bouys etc drying off their wings.. Argyll, Scotland

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) portrait on old pier support. Taken at the top of Loch Etive in Glen Etive on an old pier. Shags feathers are not fully waterproof so they spend a lot of time preening and drying out of the water. Scotland

A demo image with the Orion 80mm CF Apo and Celestron AVX mount, with 3 x 8 minute and 3 x 6 minutes, at ISO 1600 with Canon 6D MkII plus shorter 3 x 2 minute and 3 x 1 minute exposures blended in with luminosity masks. Guided with the Orion Starshoot and Orion finderscope, using PHD2, with a lot of wild excursions in the guiding.

The partial eclipse of the Sun, October 23, 2014, as seen from Jasper, Alberta, in this case shot through thin cloud but that makes for a more interesting photo than one in a clear sky. This is still shot through a mylar filter, on the front of a 66mm f/6 apo refractor using the Canon 60Da for 1/25 sec exposure at ISO 100. The colours are natural, with the mylar filter providing a neutral 'white light' image. With the Sun dimmed a lot by cloud, the longer exposure allowed picking up light and colours in the surrounding clouds.

A diver watches in awe a dense soup of tunicates aggregated by very special sea conditions. This picture was taken during a special event occurred on April 2019 in the Strait of Messina, when special conditions of weather, sea currents and moon phases brought close to surface a lot of pelagic subjects, including a few usually living very deep.

A common mediterranean jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca) feasting on another mediterranean jellyfish (Neoturris pileata), rarely seen in shallow waters. This picture was taken during special event occurred on April 2019 in the Strait of Messina, when special conditions of weather, sea currents and moon phases brought close to surface a lot of pelagic subjects, including a few usually living very deep.

The colourful region around yellow Antares (bottom) in Scorpius and blue Rho Ophiuchi (top) in Ophiuchus. The nebulas are largely reflection nebulas, taking on the colour of the stars embedded in the nebulas. However, the field also contains a lot of emission nebulosity, hydrogen gas glowing red and magenta. Plus there are fingers of brown dark dusty nebulosity. It is one of the most colourful regions of the sky.

9-day-old gibbous Moon, taken April 23, 2010, with Astro-Physics 130mm apo refractor, plus 2x Barlow for f/12 and 1600mm focal length. Canon 7D camera at ISO 100. Seeing poor -- this was the sharpest of the lot.

Fourteenth century stone arch bridge crossing the Lot River, Pont Valentre, Valentre bridge, Cahors, Via Podiensis, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage Site, European Cultural Route, Lot, Southern France, Europe

Barrel mountains, pyramids of used whiskey barrels before processing, Speyside Cooperage, Craigellachie, Scotland UK

Moulin des Tours, Moulin fortifie d¥Henri IV, fortified mill of Henry IV, Pont Roman, bridge, Gelise river, Lavardac, Departement Lot et Garonne, Aquitaine, Frankreich

View of Rocamadour, The Way of St. James, Roads to Santiago, Chemins de Saint-Jacques, Via Podiensis, Dept. Lot, Région Midi-Pyrénées, France, Europe

View over Patong Beach with a lot of parasols and sunloungers, Ao Patong, Hat Patong, Phuket, Thailand, after the tsunami

View of Rocamadour in the evening light, The Way of St. James, Roads to Santiago, Chemins de Saint-Jacques, Via Podiensis, Dept. Lot, Région Midi-Pyrénées, France, Europe

Cahors, Via Podiensis, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage Site, European Cultural Route, Lot, Southern France, Europe

Vallée du Lot, St.Cirq-Lapopie, The Way of St. James, Roads to Santiago, Chemins de Saint-Jacques, Via Podiensis, Dept. Lot, Région Quercy, France, Europe

Pont Vieux over the river Lot in the morning mist, Autumn, The Way of St. James, Chemins de Saint Jacques, Via Podiensis, Espalion, Dept. Aveyron, Région Midi-Pyrénées, France, Europe

Thin-crust pizza dough with pulled beef, red onion and lot of melted cheese (closeup photo with shallow depth of field)

Thin-crust pizza dough with mushrooms and lot of melted cheese (closeup photo with shallow depth of field)

Shoal of golden cownose rays (Rhinoptera steindachneri), swimming in the open sea, Gardner Bay, Española Island also known as Hood Island, Galápagos Islands, a World Heritage - natural site, Ecuador, South America, Pacific Ocean

Alphorn blowers at the shepherd festival on Gemmi, Leukerbad, Loèche-les-Bains, Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis), swarm in flight, Bracken Cave, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA

Shoal of golden cownose rays (Rhinoptera steindachneri), swimming in the open sea, Gardner Bay, Española Island also known as Hood Island, Galápagos Islands, a World Heritage - natural site, Ecuador, South America, Pacific Ocean

Students of the Escuela Ceiba school staging an election campaign, panel discussion, as part of their social studies class prior to the upcoming parliamentary elections, Lomas de Santa Faz slum, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Central America

Bar Mitzvar, Jewish coming of age ritual, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Attendees and wait staff in a beer tent at an international festival for national costume, Muehldorf, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Butter lamps at the Mahabodhi Temple, place of enlightenment or awakening, "Bodhi" of Siddhartha Gautama, Bodhgaya, Bihar, India, Asia

Torah scroll standing on the table for the bar mitzvah, beginning of Jewish adulthood for boys, Wailing Wall, old town of Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), Gnu migration, jostling on the bank of the Mara River, Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Grant's Zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) and wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), herds in the wilderness with dramatic clouds, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa

Common cranes (Grus grus) in flight, sunrise, Zingst peninsula, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Honey bees (Apis mellifera), worker bees caring for the brood, on brood cells, larvae, circa 8 days, in honeycomb cells

Uncle Sam on stilts greets the crowd at the July 4 parade in a small New England town, Amherst, New Hampshire, USA