Robert HardingThis gorgeous photo of Mount Rundle reflected in a lake at sunrise was taken by photographer Miles Ertman at Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. […]
Month: March 2014
Maldives in pictures
Made up of a chain of nearly 1,200 islands off the Indian subcontinent, the Maldives is often considered to be the ultimate tropical island paradise. […]
Icelandic horses
Photographer Ragnar Sigurdsson, who specialises in capturing the beauty of Iceland, Greenland and the Arctic, took these fantastic photos of pure breed Icelandic horses, a small and hardy breed unique […]
Cloud formations
We searched through our picture archive for our favourite shots of strange and beautiful cloud formations captured by our team of photographers around the world. View […]
Cherry blossom parties
During spring, people gather all over Japan to have picnics and gatherings under the cherry blossom, a custom called Hanami. Symbolising the fleeting nature of […]
Swimming tiger
This spectacular photo of a Bengal tiger swimming through bright green algae was taken by Sudip Roychoudhury in India. See more of Sudip’s work here.
Mad March hares
European brown hares are normally timid animals, but can be seen to transform in spring, when they chase other hares and ‘box’ with one another. […]
Vernal equinox at Chichen Itza
Today is the vernal equinox, the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere, when night and day are of almost equal length all over the […]
Las Fallas festival
Sculptors have been working for many months in the Spanish city of Valencia to create fallas – elaborate figures propped on architectural monuments several stories high. […]
Mushroom cloud of starlings
This amazing photo shows a ‘murmuration’ of starlings (yes, that really is the collective noun), which form the shape of a mushroom cloud. Renown photographer […]
Ireland in pictures
It’s St Patrick’s Day so we thought we’d make a gallery of some of our favourite photos of the emerald isle and its beautiful landscape of […]
Yuanyang rice terraces
The people of Yuanyang County in southern China have been harvesting rice from a spectacular landscape of rice terraces, built up over the past 1,200 years. […]
Christ the Redeemer
Photographer Angelo Cavalli recently captured this great shot of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, seemingly embracing the beautiful city below. The statue was constructed […]
Gannet colonies
Gannets are huge seabirds with a wingspan of up to two metres, that hunt their underwater prey by diving into the sea from a height. […]
Abstract landscapes
These beautiful abstracts were created by travel and landscape photographer Lee Frost. Lee captured the moody light and colours of Alnmouth Beach in Northumberland, England, looking out […]
Holi festival of colours
Holi is a Hindu celebration of the end of winter. It is celebrated throughout India and Nepal, although copycat events are held all over the […]
Seal Island
Photographer David Jenkins travelled to Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa, one of the principal breeding sites of the cape fur seal. The presence […]
Spectacular earthworks
Shapes, images, mounds and burial grounds carved into the earth by both historical and modern peoples. These are some of our favourite photos from the […]
The scary masks of Fastnacht
Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last day before Lent and the culmination of vibrant carnivals across the world. Whilst Rio might win the […]
Novice monks
Novice monks at the Full Moon Festival in Bagan, Myanmar (also known as Burma), by Lynn Gail. According to the proportion of monks in the population […]