South Stack at sunset, Anglesey, Gwynedd, North Wales, UK, Europe

Torla, village perched on hilltop beneath Mondarruego, Huesca (Pyrenees), Aragon, Spain, Europe

Cows in alpine meadow with Fiescherhorner and Eiger mountains beyond, Grindelwald, Bern (Berne), Bernese Oberland, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Europe

Freshwaster Bay, Isle of Wight, England, UK

Edinburgh Castle and gardens, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, Europe

View to Monte Rosa, Liskamm and the Gorner Glacier, Gomergrat, Zermatt, Valais (Wallis), Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Europe

View towards Liskamm and the Gorner Glacier, Gornergrat, Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Cochem, Mosel Valley, Germany, Europe

City skyline at sunset, Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen, Germany, Europe

Rheinstein Castle overlooking the River Rhine, Rhineland, Germany, Europe

Rheinstein Castle overlooking the River Rhine, Rhineland, Germany, Europe

Panoramic view of pink sky before sunrise over the Lower Theodul Glacier and the Matterhorn mountain, Zermatt, Valais (Wallis), Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Europe

Val di Gardena, Trentino-Alto Adige, Dolomites, South Tirol (South Tyrol), Italy, Europe

Mont Blanc range near Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

Mont Blanc range near Chamonix, French Alps, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

Portofino, Liguria, Italy, Europe

Sunset, Camogli, looking west along Portofino Peninsula, Liguria, Italy, Europe

Birds eye view of the harbour on Lake Constance, from top of lighthouse, Lindau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Jenny's Cove, Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK

Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe

Selwicks Bay, Flamborough Head, coast of Humberside, England, UK, Europe

Staithes, North Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe

The new marina, Cala d'Or, Majorca (Mallorca), Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

The citadel from the beach, Peniscola, Costa de Azahar, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Bartolome, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Band-i-Amir, Afghanistan, Asia

View from coastal path of Durdle Door, arch of Purbeck limestone, near West Lulworth, Dorset, England, UK

Sunset over the marina, St. Tropez, Cote d'Azur, Var, Provence, France, Europe

Temple of the Cross (Mayan), Palenque, Mexico, Central America

Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Sangre de Cristo Mountains, 700 ft dunes are the tallest in North America, Colorado, USA, North America

Maroon Bells seen from stream rushing to feed Maroon Lake nearby, Aspen, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, USA, North America

Mont Orgueil Castle, Gorey Harbour, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK

Gardens of the 18th century Queluz Palace, Queluz, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

The backwaters at Chavara, Kerala State, India, Asia

Mount Kilimanjaro, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

The backwaters near Kumarakom, Kerala State, India, Asia

Dunns River Falls, Jamaica, Caribbean, West Indies, Central America

Apline pastures on the edge of the Bucegi Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Transylvania, Romania

View from Gibbs Hill, Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean, Central America

Sunset on the River Nile, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

View over the Nile River from the New Cataract Hotel, Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Woman with lamp and baskets on the beach, Phuket, Thailand

Ko Pi Pi (Phi Phi) Island near Phuket, Thailand, Asia

Boat on beach, Ko Pi Pi (Koh Phi Phi) Island, Thailand

Skyline of Singapore, Asia

Karon Beach, Phuket, Thailand, Asia

Country road, Inishmore, Aran Islands, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland (Eire), Europe

The Irrawaddy River at Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

View from Cook's lookout, Hayman Island, Whitsunday Group, Queensland, Australia

Ile Royale and Devils Island, French Guiana, South America

Ginkaku-Ji (Silver Pavilion) Temple, Kyoto, Japan

Taylor Highway, gravel road through pine forest only opens summer three months into 40 Mile goldfields area, E. Alaska, USA, North America

Kiyomizu-dera Temple, from 1633, the Pagoda at sunset, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan

National Gallery and Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, Europe

Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, North America

Notre Dame and the River Seine, Paris, France, Europe

Sunflowers, Andalucia (Andalusia), Spain, Europe

Qasr al-Abd (Fortress of the Servant), 3rd century BD Hellenistic palace west of Aman in Wadi as-Sir, Iraq al-Amir, Jordan, Middle East

Chapman's Pool, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK

Umm Qais by the Sea of Galilee, Jordan, Middle EastUmm Qais is the biblical city of Gadara of the story of the Gadarene swine

Loch Ness in summer, from Abriachan, near Inverness, Highlands Region, Scotland, UK, Europe

Jabal Rum, desert landscape in Southern Jordan, Wadi Rum, Jordan, Middle East

Saanen village church in foreground, fashionable resort of Gstaad in background, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Europe

Mined sea salt at shallow south end of the Dead Sea near Ein Boqeq, Israel, Middle East

Typical Central Highlands landscape, near Dalat, Vietnam, Asia

View of city from Jama Masjid across Old Delhi, Delhi, India, Asia

View over Graeco-Roman city towards Roman Temple of Bel, 45 AD, Palmyra, Syria, Middle East

Copper Canyon, Sierra Madre Occidental, from the rim near Divisadero, Mexico, Central America

Crac des Chevaliers, Crusader castle, 1150-1250, built by the Knights Hospitaller, Syria, Middle East

Wastwater, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, UK

Wild flower meadow, Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe

Rice paddies and brick-maker at Longsheng in northeast Guangxi Province, China

The statue of Eugene of Savoy over looking the Danube, Budapest, Hungary

Koh Phi Phi, limestone island that typifies the coastline around Phuket and Krabi, Thailand, Asia

Tree ferns in foreground, granite massif of 4101m Mt Kinabalu in background, SE Asia's highest mountain, Sabah, island of Borneo, Malaysia

Fish rearing cages on northern tip of Lake Toba, the largest lake in SE Asia, Tongging, Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia

Standing Buddha statue, Aukana, near Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, Asia

Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles, Alpsee and Tannheimer Alps, Allgau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Tallow Beach from Cape Byron, a popular surfing spot east of the resort of Byron Bay in north east NSW, New South Wales, Australia

Gum trees in a billabong, Flinders Range National Park, South Australia, Australia

Gum trees in a billabong at Rawnsley and the south west escarpment of Wilpena Pound, a huge natural basin, Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia, Australia

Lake Pukaki, Southern Alps, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Australasia

Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Australasia

View south from Paku Mountain across Tairua Harbour towards Pauanui on the east coast of the Coromandel Pensinula, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Aerial of a billabong, the backwater of a river on the floodplain of the East Alligator River near the border of Arnhemland and Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Whitehaven Beach on the east coast, Whitsunday Island, Queensland, Australia

Bondi Beach, one of the city's southern ocean suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sea stacks at the Twelve Apostles on rapidly eroding coastline, Port Campbell National Park, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

Alsterarkaden and Town Hall, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Ice formation in the water of Mandalenefjord, West Spitsbergen, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Furnas Valley, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic

Trappers hut, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Husky dog sled team, Spitsbergen, Norway, Europe

Onion fields in Gujarat State, India, Asia

View over Ajmer, Rajasthan State, India, Asia

View from Bica da Cana, Madeira, Portugal, Europe

Ayers Rock, Uluru National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Landscape, St. Omero, Abruzzo, Italy, Europe

Vineyards and ancient monastery, Badia a Passignano, Greve, Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Typical landscape of vines in the Colli Piacentini, Piacenza, Emilia Romagna, Italy, Europe