1311-500 - Grand Canyon viewed from the cliffs east of Moran Point, Grand Canyon National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Arizona, United States of America, North America
586-1082 - The Bournemouth Eye in Lower Gardens, the tethered balloon gives rides up to 500 feet above the town, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe
857-69045 - Chinese military descend upon Beichuan town to provide relief after Monday's earthquake. The Chinese government raised the death toll to 21,500 but has said fatalities could rise above 50,000. Tens of thousands could still be buried in collapsed buildings in Sichuan province, where the quake was centered.
857-69015 - A mangles car is seen in front of a partially collapsed building in Beichuan Town, which was severely damaged by a powerful 7.9 earthquake. The Chinese government raised the death toll to 21,500 but has said fatalities could rise above 50,000. Tens of thousands could still be buried in collapsed buildings in Sichuan province, where the quake was centered.
857-69013 - A man walks past a collapsed building in Beichuan Town, which was severely damaged by a powerful 7.9 earthquake. The Chinese government raised the death toll to 21,500 but has said fatalities could rise above 50,000. Tens of thousands could still be buried in collapsed buildings in Sichuan province, where the quake was centered.
857-69018 - A bus is seen on a road wrecked by Monday's powerful earthquake. The Chinese government raised the death toll to 21,500 but has said fatalities could rise above 50,000. Tens of thousands could still be buried in collapsed buildings in Sichuan province, where the quake was centered.
857-14168 - Hightech windmills, some standing 500 feet high when their blades are vertical, hum on the Altamont Pass of California as they produce clean electricity.
805-500 - Sculptor working on large moulded deity and Nandi the bull, made from clay from the River Hugli, Kumartuli district, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia
641-6517 - Wooden sheds, formerly stables for horses, that each held 500 prisoners, many now demolished, but chimneys still stand in the background, Auschwitz second concentration camp at Birkenau, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Krakow (Cracow), Poland, Europe
921-500 - Antonio Peak, 03/04/2009. Views of the surrounding country side of Assomada, Praia on Sao Tiago Island of the Cape Verde. Volcanic landscape and road. Praia, Sao Tiago Island. Cape Verde
911-10680 - The Ivanpah Solar Thermal Power Plant in California''s Mojave Desert is currently the largest solar thermal plant in the world. It generates 392 megawatts (MW) and deploys 173,500 heliostats that reflect the suns rays onto three solar towers. It covers 4,000 acres of desert.
774-462 - The grounds surrounding the 3,500 year-old mud-brick Western Deffufa, the seat of the first independent kingdom of Kush, Kerma, Sudan, Africa
774-461 - The grounds surrounding the 3,500 year-old mud-brick Western Deffufa, the seat of the first independent kingdom of Kush, Kerma, Sudan, Africa
1113-71738 - Buddha statue in Manjushri Temple, 500 Arhats, Mount Wutai, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China
857-69019 - A view of collapsed buildings in Beichuan Town, which was severely damaged by a powerful 7.9 earthquake. The Chinese government raised the death toll to 21,500 but has said fatalities could rise above 50,000. Tens of thousands could still be buried in collapsed buildings in Sichuan province, where the quake was centered.
857-21429 - Holland, Michigan, Veldheers was founded in 1955 by Vernin Veldheer as a hobby with 100 red tulips and 300 white tulips. In 1997 Veldheers had planted over 4 million tulips, 500,000 Daffodils, 10,000 Hyacinths and 20,000 other spring flowers each year for the past decade.
832-195576 - Aerial photo, Ruhr-Marathon 2009, starting at the Provinzialstrasse, 13, 500 runners, Dortmund, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe