Portrait of a single Masai Mara man wearing traditional jewelry, headpiece and clothes, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

A single car on a straight road through the Kouchibouguac National Park, Atlantic Canada, New Brunswick, Canada, North America

Large traditional single-family home in the countryside of Fukui, Japan, Asia

Blue-footed Booby bird on Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Ferret crawls through a wire pipe at ferret racing event, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Adult male Orchard Butterfly on fern leaf, North Queensland, Australia

A 20-year old Japanese girl wearing spring furisode kimono with long sleeves to indicate her single social status, Japan, Asia

Ferret crawls through a pipe at ferret racing event, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Walker strolls with umbrella across snow-covered Hampstead Heath, London, United Kingdom

Young couple sitting on park bench in deep snow in Tromso, Norway

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo perched in a Forest Red Gum Tree, Australia

Dingo at Simpson's Gap, West Madonnell Mountain Range, Australia

BMW 5-series car drives along empty country road in adverse foggy weather, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Portrait of a single Masai Mara man wearing traditional jewelry, headpiece and clothes, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Single storey house and rose covered fence, New Zealand, Pacific

Antilopine Wallaroo, Queensland, Australia

Ernest Hemingway's room, Hotel Ambos Mundos, Habana Vieja (Old Town), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Elderly Chinese woman in Chongqing, China

BMW 5-series car drives along empty country road in adverse foggy weather, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Portrait of a single Samburu tribal member in traditional clothing, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Laughing Thrush in cage hanging on a branch in the Monk's Garden at The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xian, China

Oak tree in meadow at Chastleton in the Cotswolds, England, United Kingdom.

A striated Caracara bird on Sea Lion Island - part of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean

Close-up of a single bottle of Deutz champagne from Ay-en-Champagne, Ardennes, France, Europe

Lone Roe deer by a wheat field in Leafield, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Portrait of a single Samburu tribal member in traditional clothing, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Water rushing over rocks and a single leaf in a river in Killarney, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, The Berkshires, Massachusetts, New England, United States of America, North America

Man choosing shrink wrapped food in supermarket, Chongqing, China

Sun Conure perched on a branch in North Queensland, Australia

Forest Kingfisher perched on a branch in North Queensland, Australia

Woman in a boat, Bangkok, Thailand

Portrait of a single red rose

The Great Stelae, 22m, believed to be the largest single stone block humans have tried to erect, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

Traveller looks out over the mouth of the Mossman River at Newell Beach, Daintree, Australia

A single tree on the horizon of a Stow-on-the-Wold landscape, Oxfordshire

Elderly Chinese woman in Chongqing, China

Forest Kingfisher perched on a branch in North Queensland, Australia

A single giant lobelia, Bale Mountains, Southern Highlands, Ethiopia, Africa

Wallaby sits on the rocks at Simpson's Gap, West Madonnell Mountain Range, Australia

Traditional treasure warehouse (kura), beside single-family residence in Fukui, Japan, Asia

Cow in Oxfordshire field, The Cotswolds, England, United Kingdom

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Australia

Single rail track running through countryside

The Great Stelae, 22m, believed to be the largest single stone block humans have tried to erect, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, Ethiopia, Africa

Hyde Park Barracks, originally an Immigration Depot for single female immigrants seeking work as domestic servants, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Elderly Chinese man carrying sack through Chongqing, China

Wallaby sits on the rocks at Simpson's Gap, West Madonnell Mountain Range, Australia

Polaroid of a single seashell

High angle view of Amsterdam, the grey house at the bottom with the single window is the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Australia

Polaroid of single palm tree with Caribbean Sea in background, Cienfuegos, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Exterior of a single storey thatched house, Island of Muhu, west of Tallinn, Muhu, Estonia, Baltic States, Europe

Tourist visiting Ayers Rock in Australia holds onto the roped handrail for support

The Minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque with single palm tree, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

A single shell among sea-washed stones on a beach in Normandy, France

Single storey cottage and garden, Faja do Ouvidor, Sao Jorge Island, Azores, Portugal, Europe, Atlantic Ocean

Man with a view in Evora, Portugal

Exterior of a single storey house with blue walls and door, Galicia, Spain, Europe

The Maletsunyane Falls, the highest waterfall in Southern Africa with a single drop of 192 metres, central highlands, Lesotho, Africa

European wolf, wolf, canis lupus lupus, adult, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

Colombia single mother with her children, barrancabermeja. Beautiful people, but they are extremely poor, and the children both suffer from malnutrition and stunted growth. She often does not send them to school becasue they are too hungry

Alpine Chamois, Gaemse, Gemse, Rupicapra Rupikapra, female, Bernese Oberland, Bern, Switzerland

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

Oak tree in midst of wheat field, hill countryside, agricultural landscape, spring, tuscany, italy

European wolf, wolf, canis lupus lupus, adult, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

Alpine Chamois, Gaemse, Gemse, Rupicapra Rupikapra, female, Bernese Oberland, Bern, Switzerland

Ibex, Steinbock, Capra ibex, National Park Hohe Tauern, Austria

A single room in the Pian del Tevere agriturismo, near Perugia, Umbria, Italy, Europe

sea star on sandy beach, Sutherland, Scotland

Alpine Chamois, Gaemse, Gemse, Rupicapra Rupikapra, female, Bernese Oberland, Bern, Switzerland

European wolf, wolf, canis lupus lupus, adult, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

Horned puffin, fratercula corniculata. Standing on rock

Pink smiley balloon in blue sky, switzerland

The Maletsunyane Falls, the highest waterfall in Southern Africa with a single drop of 192 metres, central highlands, Lesotho, Africa

shell on sandy beach, Sutherland, Scotland

Ibex, Steinbock, Capra ibex, National Park Hohe Tauern, Austria

The Maletsunyane Falls, the highest waterfall in Southern Africa with a single drop of 192 metres, central highlands, Lesotho, Africa

Horned puffin, fratercula corniculata. Standing on rock

Ibex, Steinbock, Capra ibex, National Park Hohe Tauern, Austria

Straw-coloured fruit bat (eidolon helvum) kasanka park, zambia, in flight at sunrise.

European lynx, lynx lynx, female adult, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

Alpine Chamois, Gaemse, Gemse, Rupicapra Rupikapra, Wallis, Vallais, Switzerland

Greylag Goose (Anser anser) in flight, Slimbridge, UK

Sunflower, helianthus annuus, in summer, switzerland

European lynx, lynx lynx, female adult, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

A single green plant growing from bare ploughed soil

European wolf, wolf, canis lupus lupus, adult, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

Cross-Channel ferry, Portsmouth-Cherbourg

European wolf, canis lupus lupus, adult, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

Bedroom, Claude Monet's House, Giverny, Normandy, France, Europe

Late phase of an oblique lunge. The Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) falls back into the water while its throat is still expanded and water is pushed out under high pressure. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) exhaling a cloud of tiny water droplets into the air. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

Close up of the blowholes of a Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) that lie just posterior of the distinctive ridge stretching over the rostrum. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

Amazing closeup of a lunging Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) feeding on krill. Some of these small euphausiids are still hanging on to the expanded grooves. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

She canÃt be more trusting than that. A curious Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) has turned upside down exposing her white belly, navel and genital slits to the photographer. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

A perfect oblique lunge of a Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) surface feeding in the early evening. Its Grooves are expanded and water is purged out, two main characteristics of a feeding strike. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

Steering with its pectoral fins the friendly Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) turns its streamlined body towards the boat in order to dive under the hull. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada. Sequence 5/6

She canít be more trusting than that. A curious Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) has turned upside down exposing her white belly, navel and genital slits to the photographer. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

Just a split second before surfacing, a Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) opens its blowhole to exhale ready to inhale when the blowhole has cleared the water. Beluga whales are an endangered and protected species in the St. Lawrence estuary, Canada