Calahonda beach, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

A little girl getting into the spirit of things with a taiko drum at the Sanja Festival in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Naphe Lepcha, 70, is a Bhom Thing (a dhami who channelize nature), Sikkim, India, Asia

Naphe Lepcha, 70, is a Bhom Thing (a dhami who channelize nature), Sikkim, India, Asia

The idea of the interconnectedness of all things is central to the tribal way of looking at the world. practical knowledge of the environment, of crops and medicines, of hunting and fishing, is a byproduct of it. the makuna believe that human beings, animals, and all of nature are parts of the same one. animals and fish live in their own communities, which are just like human communities, with their chiefs, their shamans, their dance houses, their songs, and their material possessions. when human peoples dance in this world, the shaman invites the animal people to dance in theirs. if humans do not dance and shamans do not offer spirit food to the animal people, the animals will die out and there will be no more game left in the world. for the makuna the radical disjunction so characteristic of western thought between nature and culture, men and animals, dissolves. eastern colombia amazon, vaupes region, population: 600

Indonesia a kindergarten in banda aceh which lost many of children to tsunami, been rebuilt. schools director halimah anwar bustam (seen here in foreground) describes horrors suffered: area kids came from completely flattened by waves. On that fateful sunday children were in their homes, or many were already on beach having. So many died that morning. It devastating. Only we getting things back together, very grateful to helping with reconstruction of damaged building. staff give up a portion of their (already) salaries to sponsor poor children from outlying villages to come to school. structure includes offices staff, a library, prayer room wheelchair accessible classroom.__ Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

A solitary mask dancer appears wearing a frightening mask and silk brocade. they circle the courtyard with sprightly leaps. called protectors of faith, or dharmapdla, the origins of figures like these can be traced back to the pre-aryan peoples of india. originally known as yaksas (literally, a wondrous thing), they were tree spirits, who were accepted by the buddhists as defenders of the faith. in nepal and tibet, as in india, local deities were converted into protectors. a devotee of an alien sect devised a means to humiliate the buddha and his disciples. the buddha discovered it and succeeded in converting him to his teaching. due to lack of wisdom, the buddha remarked, some could not realize the goodness of his disciples and he compared the ignorant to the blind and the wise to those who have eyes.nobody is condemned in buddhism, for greatness is latent even in the seemingly lowliest just as lotuses spring from muddy ponds. -the dhammapada. solu khumbu, nepal

Zanskar, karsha with mountains chortens. Awareness of impermanence change is a primary element in turning mind toward liberation. Because things impermanent, faults be transcended perfections achieved

India. As buddha it in verse in dharmapada, component things impermanent. When acquires realization of this truth naturally releases bonds of unhappiness. This is of purification freedom

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Model release number SMB0509.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Model release number SMB0509.

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Model release number SMB0509.

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Model release number SMB0509.

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Sea Lion doing various things in and around the Baja Peninsula

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Model release number SMB0509.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Model release number SMB0509.

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Model release number SMB0509.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Sea Lion doing various things in and around the Baja Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

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Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Model release number SMB0509.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Model release number JD0509.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Model release number SMB0509.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Sea Lion doing various things in and around the Baja Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Sea Lion doing various things in and around the Baja Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

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Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

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Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. No property or model releases are available for this image.

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Falkland Islands

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model releases.

Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Sea Lion doing various things in and around the Baja Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula