Flexity Outlook Cityrunner on right and Tango on left, trams at Place des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

Green House on right, Slave Quarters on left, Upper Garden in foreground, Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States of America, North America

The Cosmopolitan on right and CityCenter on left, The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, North America

Tombs of Darius II and Artaxerxes (left to right), Naqsh e Rustam (Naqsh-i-Rustem), Iran, Middle East

From left to right the Palm Tower, Al Bidda Tower and Burj Qatar, Doha, Qatar, Middle East

The John Hancock Center on left, Water Tower Place on right, and the Old Water Tower in low centre, Near North of downtown, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America (USA), North America

Clare College (left) and King's College Chapel (right), in Cambridge, Eastern England

Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino on left and The Cosmopolitan on right, The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, North America

From left to right, statues of Krishna, Rada, Rama, with Hanuman in front, Sita and Laxmi, Bhaktivedanta Manor temple, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of the sea to the right,and the Tiracol River to the left, from Fort Tiracol, Goa, India, Asia

Statues in the splay and the left sidewall of the central portal depicting from right to left, the apostles Thomas the Apostle, St. Matthew, St. Philip. Amiens Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Picardy, France, Europe

Wrigley Building on left, Tribune Tower on right, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, North America

View of Botha's Hall in the Cango Caves near Oudtshoorn in South Africa's Western Cape Province. To the left of centre is the Double Petrified column, in the centre is the Leaning Tower of Pisa and behind that is the Petrified Weeping Willow. On the right are the Frozen Victoria Falls.

Panoramic view of Table Mountain and the city of Cape Town in moonlight. Table Bay can be seen far left and the Atlantic Ocean coastline and suburb of Camps Bay and its beach can be seen far right.

Statues of South Africa's four Nobel Peace prize laureates in the waterfront in Cape Town South Africa. From left to right: Albert Luthuli, Bishop Desmond Tutu, FW De Klerk and Nelson Mandela.

Aerial view of Woodstock and Salt River suburbs with Albert and Voortrekker roads visible on the right. with Devil's Peak and Table Mountain on left, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Aerial view of Cape Town showing Table Mountain, with Devil's Peak on the left, Lion's Head and Signal Hill on right, and the new Green Point stadium in the foreround, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Aerial view of Cape Town showing Table Mountain, with Devil's Peak on the left, Lion's Head and Signal Hill on right, and the Waterfront and Table Bay Harbour in foreround, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Aerial view of Cape Town showing Table Mountain, with Devil's Peak on the left, Lion's Head and Signal Hill on right, and the new Green Point stadium and suburb of Mouille Point in the foreround, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Ethiopia two priests of wutafa, tigray, the catholic geez rite abba haile maryam tesefaye (left) with the married orthodox priest keshy gebre tsadik (right). An ecumenical image

Dusk view of the Limmat River and old town of Zürich Switzerland. On the left are the churches of Fraumünster and St Peter's, on the right the twin towers of the Grossmünster church.

View of Table Mountain, Devil's Peak (left), Lion's Head (right) and the city of Cape Town on a cloudless summer day.

Burundi agakura, a youth agricultural project in gitera. Jam making. Students peeling guavas. From left to right: minani revata (18), kabura seraphine (20), bakundukize odette (22), nkurunziza desire (24)

Tantric ritual impliments of, on right hand is (drilbubell on left is dorje, symbolizing male female principle, skillful means wisdom

View of Table Mountain, Devil's Peak (left), Lion's Head (right) and the city of Cape Town on a cloudless summer day.

Table Mountain and the city of Cape Town. To the left is 'Devil's Peak' and to the right are the 'twelve apostles'.

Dolomites, italy. South tyrol. Area of the three chimneys,from left to right: small chimney 2857 m; big chimney 2999 m; western chimney 2973 m; reflecting in a small puddle of water

A good example of Punic, on the left, and on the right Roman mosaic styles, Punic-Roman site of Utica, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Dolomites, italy. South tyrol. Area of the three chimneys,from left to right: small chimney 2857 m; big chimney 2999 m; western chimney 2973 m; reflecting in a small puddle of water

A friendly Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) has rolled onto its right side to take a better look at the excited people on the boat. Note that the left eye is open. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

The white tip of a Finback whaleÌs (Balaenoptera physalus) snout showing a distinctive characteristic of this species; the lower right jaw is white in colour whereas the left side is dark. Gasp», Canada

(left side) Blackspotted sweetlips (Plectorhinchus Gaterinus), (right side) Masked Butterflyfish (Chaetodon Semilarvatus) Under water , diving, Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa.

Christian Ernist (Sweden) Gullaume Nery (France ) & Christian maldame (France after the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. from left to right 2nd, 1st, 3rd place. Oslo, Norway

Juvenile brown pelican (left) and adult (right) (Pelecanus occidentalis) in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Norte, Mexico.

Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii), detail of head as shark swims from left to right in half frame, Bahamas, Caribbean.

Adult bull California sea lion (left) and female (right) (Zalophus californianus) at Los Islotes (the islets), Baja California Sur in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

The centre of the galaxy area of the Milky Way toward Sagittarius and Scorpius, with the Sagittarius Starcloud right of centre, and the Lagoon Nebula (M8) left of centre. The Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) in Scorpius is at upper right, the Swan Nebula (M17) and Eagle Nebula (M16) are at lower left. To the right of them is the Small Sagittarius Starcloud (M24). At the very top is the Snake Nebula (B72). The main mass of dark nebula is the Pipe Nebula (B78). Above M24 at left is the open cluster M23 while below the M24 star cloud is the cluster M25. The globular M22 is at the bottom edge. At right of frame are the open clusters M6 (in the dark area of the Milky Way) and M7 (in the bright starcloud).

A mosaic of the region around the centre of the Milky Way in Sagittarius and Scorpius. The field takes in the Milky Way from the Cat's Paw Nebula at bottom edge to the Eagle Nebula at top left. In between from top to bottom are the Swan Nebula (M17), the Small Sagittarius Starcloud (M24), the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulas (M20 and M8) and the open clusters M6 and M7. The prominent dark nebula at right is the large Pipe Nebula (B78) with the small Snake Nebula (B72) above it. The whole complex is visible to the naked eye as the Dark Horse.

The complex area of clusters and nebulosity in central Auriga, including: M38 the Starfish Cluster and its smaller companion cluster NGC 1907; the emission/reflection nebulas NGC 1931, IC 417, IC 410 and IC 405 (from right to left here). Magenta and cyan (from emission and reflection components) IC 405 at right is the Flaming Star Nebula. Between IC 405 and IC 410 is the asterism known as The Little Fish.

At right Benita la Intocable , at left Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Angela la Folclorista , in the middle Dina, and at right Benita la Intocable, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Angela la Folclorista , in the middle Benita la Intocable, and at right Dina, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Benita la Intocable , in the middle Dina, and at right Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At right Kalon minaret and mosque. At left Mir-i-Arab medressa , Bukhara, Uzbekistan

A mosaic of the region around the Small Sagittarius Starcloud and Dark Horse dark nebula complex. The field takes in the Milky Way from the Lagoon Nebula at bottom to the Eagle Nebula at top left. In between from top to bottom are the Swan Nebula (M17), and the Small Sagittarius Starcloud (M24). Flanking the bright M24 starcloud are the large open clusters M23 (right) and M25 (left). At bottom left is the M22 globular star cluster. The prominent dark nebula at right is the large Pipe Nebula (B78) with the small Snake Nebula (B72) above it. The whole complex is visible to the naked eye as the Dark Horse.

At left Benita la Intocable , and at right Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Sahar at right and Houriye at left, both 15 years old, Girls picking chards harvest, day laborers, child labour, syrian refugees, in Bar Elias, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

Perito Moreno Glacier and Lago Argentino in Los Glaciares National Park near El Calafate, Argentina. A UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Patagonia region of South America. At right is Cordon Reichert with the peak of Cerro Moreno at left.

Islom Hoja Minaret. At right Sherghozi Khan Medressa. At left Pahlavon Mahmud Mausoleum, Khiva, Uzbekistan

At left Hazroti Imom Friday Mosque and at right Moyie Mubarek Library Museum, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Mark gazing at a target, M22, in the Milky Way with his TeleVue 127 refractor at the annual Rothney Observatory Milky Way Nights for July 25, 2019. Several satellite trails mark the sky. Jupiter (brightest at right) and Saturn (at left) flank the Milky Way.

A wide-angle view of the Northern Hemisphere autumn Milky, from Aquila at bottom right in thw south, to Cassiopeia and Perseus at upper left in the northeast. Cygnus is at centre overhead on a late October evening. The Summer Triangle stars are at centre and right; the Andromeda Galaxy and Triangulum galaxies are at bottom left. The dark nebula Le Gentil 3, aka the Funnel Nebula, is at centre.

At left Benita la Intocable , and at right Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Benita la Intocable , in the middle Angela la Folclorista, and at right Dina, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

At left Dina , in the middle Benita la Intocable, at right Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

The amazing area of the southern Milky Way in Carina and Crux, the brightest part of the Milky Way after the galactic core region. At right is the Carina Nebula, with the Southern Pleiades cluster, IC 2602, below it. The Football Cluster, NGC 3532, is at upper left of the Carina Nebula. At centre is the region of Lambda Centauri, with the star cluster NGC 3766, the Pearl Cluster, above the emission nebulosity. At left is the Southern Cross, with the dark Coal Sack at bottom left of the Cross, with thin tendrils extending to the right. To the left of Alpha Cruxis at the bottom of the Cross is the star cluster NGC 4609; aboive Alpha is NGC 4649. To the left of Beta Cruxis at the left side of the Cross is the Jewel Box Cluster, NGC 4755.

At right Ulugh Sultan Begim mausoleum, in the middle Ustad Ali mausoleum, and at left Shad-i-Mulk Aqa mausoleum , Shah-i-Zinda complex, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

A blend of images to show the stars of the southern sky moving from east to west (left to right) over the peaks of the Continental Divide at Herbert Lake near Lake Louise, in Banff, Alberta. The main peak at left is Mount Temple.

At right minaret of Sidi Lazaze, at left minaret of Medersa Bou Inania, Medina, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fez, Morocco, Africa.

The Celestron GPS8 scope looking at M22 in the Milky Way in the light of the rising waxing gibbous Moon, from the backyard July 21, 2019. Jupiter is bright at right, Saturn at left.

At right Benita la Intocable , at left Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

The nebulas of Orion in the Belt and Sword of Orion area. Including M42, Orion Nebula 9below centre), Barnard's Loop (at left), M78 (small reflection nebula above centre), Horsehead Nebula (centre) and NGC 2024 (above Horsehead). There is faint reflection nebulosity at right -- the frame does not extend right far enough to show the Witchhead Nebula near Rigel.

Detail of dresses and feet. At left Benita la Intocable , in the middle Angela la Folclorista, and at right Dina, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

A panoramic view of Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park near El Calafate, Argentina. A UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Patagonia region of South America. At left is Cerro Moreno and the Cordon Reichert at right. In the background are Cerro Gardener, Teniente Iglesias and Cerro Dos Picos.

At right minaret of Sidi Lazaze, at left minaret of Medersa Bou Inania, Medina, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fez, Morocco, Africa.

Splendours of the southern Milky Way from Vela (at top right) to Centaurus (at bottom left), including the Carina Nebula, Crux and Coal Sack, and Alpha and Beta Centauri. A part of the huge Gum Nebula is at far right. The False Cross is at right, with the large cluster NGC 2516, the Diamond Cluster, below it. The globular cluster Omega Centauri is at upper left.

At left Dina , in the middle Benita la Intocable, at right Angela la Folclorista, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

The Horsehead Nebula, B33, below the Belt of Orion and the star Alnitak, along with the bright Flame Nebula, NGC 2024, to the left of Alnitak. Many other bright reflection nebulas populate the field, such as NGC 2023 just left of the Horsehead itself. The quintuple star system Sigma Orionis is right of the Horsehead. The dark Horsehead is set against the bright streak of the emission nebula IC 434.

This is the rich region in the centre of the constellation of Auriga with the Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405 at right, and the roundish IC 410 at bottom with the cluster NGC 1893. At top left is the star cluster Messier 38, with small NGC 1907 below it. The small nebula at left is IC 417 around the loose cluster Stock 8. The large elongated nebula at top is Sharpless 2-230. The colourful asterism of stars between IC 405 and IC 410 is the Leaping Minnow or Little Fish, aka Mel 31.

Aerial view, at left City Hall on Hauptplatz, at right Franciscan Church, Graz, Austria

At right Khaled 13 years old. At left his brother Ibrahim 15 years old, picking cucumbers harvest, day laborers, child labour, syrian refugees, Arsal, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

The Moon in total eclipse, on January 20, 2019, in a multiple exposure composite showing the Moon moving from right to left (west to east) through the Earth's umbral shadow.

Sahar at left and Houriye at right, both 15 years old, Girls picking chards harvest, day laborers, child labour, syrian refugees, in Bar Elias, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

The charro rides alongside the left side of the bull, wraps its tail around his right leg, and tries to bring the bull down in a roll as he rides past it

the charro rides alongside the left side of the bull, wraps its tail around his right leg, and tries to bring the bull down in a roll as he rides past it

A composite of the August 21, 2017 total eclipse of the Sun, showing the second and third contact diamond rings and Baily's Beads at the start (left) and end (right) of totality, flanking a composite image of totality itself. The diamond ring and Baily's Beads images are single images.

Mars (at left) and the Milky Way (at right) over a single tipi (with another under construction at back) at the Two Trees site at Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 6, 2018. I placed a low-level warm LED light inside the tipi for the illumination.

The Northern Lights on Feb 16, 2015, as seen from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, in Churchill, Manitoba at 58° latitude, and under the auroral oval. The aurora appeared as skies cleared somewhat during a blizzard with high winds and blowing snow conditions. I shot these from the second floor deck of the Centre, out of the wind and off the ground. Jupiter is at right, the Big Dipper at left.

The supernova remnant IC 443 in Gemini near the stars Mu (left) and Eta (right) Geminorum. Slight haze passing thru on some exposures added the star glows.

A mosaic of the region in Cassiopeia and Cepheus containing the main nebulas: the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) at lower left, and the Cave Nebula (Sh 2-155) at upper right. At left is also the bright Messier open cluster M52. The small yellowish cluster at right is NGC 7419. The small cluster at lower centre is NGC 7510. The small nebula just left of centre is NGC 7538.

At right Torre Telefonica by architect Santiago Calatrava and at left Palau Sant Jordi sports arena by Arata Isozaki. Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain, Europe

The summer Milky Way overhead and through the Summer Triangle stars in July, looking up through trees in Banff National Park at Herbert Lake. Deneb is at top left, Vega at top right, and Altair is at bottom. The bright Cygnus star cloud is obvious. As are the dark lanes in the Milky Way, including the Funnel Nebula at top, aka Le Gentil 3.

At left Benita la Intocable , in the middle Angela la Folclorista, and at right Dina, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

The Belt of Orion with the Horsehead Nebula at botton, the dark nebula set in the bright emission nebula IC 434. The nebula at left of the Zeta Orionis (aka Alnitak) is the Flame Nebula, NGC 2024. The reflection nebula at upper left is the M78 complex with NGC 2071. The other Belt stars are Alnilan (centre) and Mintaka (upper right). The field contains a wealth of other blue reflection and red emission nebulas.

A horizon-to-zenith panorama of the winter consellations on a March evening as they set into the southwest. Orion is at bottom centre, with his Belt pointing down to Canis Major and up to Taurus. Gemini and Auriga are at top, in this case near the zenith overhead. The bright star clusters, M44, the Beehive, (at left) and M45, the Pleiades, (at right) flank the Milky Way. M45 is embedded in the Zodiacal Light. The star clusters M35 in Gemini and M41 in Canis Major are also visible as diffuse spots, as are several other star clusters. A couple of satellite trails are visible.

Detail of dresses and hands. At left Benita la Intocable , in the middle Angela la Folclorista, and at right Dina, cholitas females wrestlers, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

Nebulosity in the heart of Cygnus the Swan, including the North America Nebula and Pelican Nebula at left (NGC 7000 and IC 5070) and Gamma Cygni complex at right (IC 1318). The Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) is at lower right. This is a stack of 5 x 4 minute exposures at f/2 with the 135mm lens and modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800, plus another three similar exposure images but taken thru the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows. Taken from home Sept 10, 2013.

The rising autumn stars and constellations over and reflected in the lake at Police Outpost Provincial Park, in southern Alberta, on September 26, 2016. The stars of Auriga and Taurus are rising, including the Pleiades at upper right. Capella is the bright star above right centre; Aldebaran is below right in the sky. Both are reflected in the still water, along with the Hyades and Pleiades star clusters. A mild aurora is at left.

This is the central area of Cygnus and its bright Milky Way starcloud surrounded by red nebulosity. At left is the star Sadr (gamma Cygni) with the complex of nebulosity catalogued as IC 1318. At centre is the distinct Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888, a expanding nebula created by winds from a hot Wolf-Rayet star. At bottom left is the star cluster Messier 29, though looking a little lost in the rich starfields here. At top is the cluster IC 1311, looking more obvious than M29 but not observed visually and included in the NGC catalog. Odd. At far right are the large and loose star clusters NGC 6883 and NGC 6871, the latter an obvious binocular sight. To the left of Sadr is the small cluster NGC 6910. The dark nebulas B145 and LDN 862 are at right. The small emission nebula at bottom is Sharpless 2-104.

Mars (at left) and the galactic centre area of the summer Milky Way low over the southern horizon at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta, on June 8/9, 2018. Sagittarus is at centre, with Scorpius at right. The Messier 6 and 7 open star clusters are just above the horizon at centre, just right of the Sweetgrass Hills on the horizon in Montana.

Minor Cafe House. At right Kalon minaret and mosque. At left Mir-i-Arab medressa , Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Takahiro Koizumi at left and his assistant Kohei ishimori at right are showing their finish work, iron teapots or tetsubin, nanbu tekki,Workshop of Koizumi family,craftsmen since 1659, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Particularly large groups of sunspots on the Sun on September 4, 2017. The group at bottom is AR 2673, the group at top is 2674. The small spot at left on the emerging limb is AR 2677, while the groups disappearing at right are AR 2675 (top) and AR 2776.

Takahiro Koizumi at right and his assistant kohei ishimori at left are making mud to build a molds to make a iron teapot or tetsubin, nanbu tekki,Workshop of Koizumi family,craftsmen since 1659, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Comet Holmes, 17P, taken Nov 1, 2007 on excellent night. Taken with A&M 105mm apo refractor at f/5 with Borg 0.85x compressor/field flattener on SkyWatcher HEQ5 mount. Canon 20Da camera at ISO400. Composite of 4 min, 2min, 1min, 30sec, 15sec, and 7 sec exposures, each exposure being a stack of 3 to 4 identical exposures. Registered and stacked in Photoshop (HDR mode did not produce usable result, so manually composited with sucessively smaller masks to reveal short exposure content around nucleus. Contrast exaggerated with Curves to bring out very faint tail structure. North up, so tail to the S and SW.Nucleus is dot at upper left of inner coma, other star in inner coma at right is a field star

Takahiro Koizumi at left and his assistant at right are showing their finish work, iron teapots or tetsubin, nanbu tekki,Workshop of Koizumi family,craftsmen since 1659, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

The asterism of the False Cross in Vela and Carina, at left, with Gamma Velorum, a bright blue supergiant star, at right. In between are faint arcs of nebulosity in the Gum Nebula. To the left of Gamma Velorum is the open star clister NGC 2547. Below the bottom star of the False Cross, Epsilon Carinae or Avior, is the large naked-eye star cluster NGC 2516. To the right of the right star of the False Cross, Delta Velorum, is the loose open cluster IC 2391.

The large emission nebula IC 1805 in Cassiopeia, aka the Heart Nebula. The round nebula at top right is NGC 896. The large loose star cluster at centre is Mel 15; the star cluster at left is NGC 1027. The small cluster below NGC 896 is Tombaugh 4.

An arc of Northern Lights appears in the evening twilight over Prelude Lake near Yellowknife, NWT, on September 9, 2019. The Big Dipper is at left. Capella is at right.

Islom Hoja Minaret. At right Sherghozi Khan Medressa. At left Pahlavon Mahmud Mausoleum, Khiva, Uzbekistan