746-90336 - The origin of the Pomposa Abbey dates back to the 6th-7th centuries as a Benedictine settlement on the Insula Pomposia, a wooded island surrounded by two branches of the river and protected by the sea. After the year 1000 it became a thriving monastic center. Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, Italy

746-90337 - The origin of the Pomposa Abbey dates back to the 6th-7th centuries as a Benedictine settlement on the Insula Pomposia, a wooded island surrounded by two branches of the river and protected by the sea. After the year 1000 it became a thriving monastic center. Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, Italy

746-90338 - The origin of the Pomposa Abbey dates back to the 6th-7th centuries as a Benedictine settlement on the Insula Pomposia, a wooded island surrounded by two branches of the river and protected by the sea. After the year 1000 it became a thriving monastic center. Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, Italy

1348-4557 - Galapagos Volcanoes, Ecuador, True Colour Satellite Image. Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador, true colour satellite image. Galapagos Archipelago is situated 1000 km West of the Ecuadorian coast. The largest and most volcanically active island in the archipelago is Isabela (6 volcanoes). On the left of image, the island of Fernandina (one volcano). Image taken on 16 March 2001 using LANDSAT data. Print size 30 x 30 cm.

860-290329 - Teide National Park, Tenerife. Sea of ??clouds, south of the island. It is caused by the trade winds, which push the clouds against the summit, usually forming between 800 and 1000 meters of altitude. Canary Islands.

1116-49659 - Japanese Flying Squid (Todarodes pacificus), also knows as a Japanese common squid, in black water. This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1000+ feet below. Hundreds of these squid passed by very quickly. This one paused just briefly for a portrait. It is one of the most abundant of the commercially valuable squid in the world, Yap, Micronesia

1116-46835 - At just two inches in length this appears to be the larval stage of a flounder. This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1000+ feet below, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia

1176-1000 - Local people playing capoeira on the beach, Boipeba Island, Tinhare, Brazil, South America

1179-1000 - Northern Lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the snowy peaks and the blue sky during a starry night, Budalen, Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

1171-103 - Islands at sunset at Qiandaohu, 1000 Islands Lake, Lijiang, Yunnan, China, Asia

1112-1000 - Female crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), Cuverville Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

1113-52918 - View of excursion boats at Kvarner Gulf at Cres island, Croatia, Europe

1113-36253 - The international bridge, 1000 Island, Ontario, Canada

979-1000 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern coast of EdgeØya (Edge Island) in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

920-1000 - Entrance to Jangseunpo bay, Geojedo Island, South Korea, Asia

770-1571 - Thingvellir national church, built in 1859 on the site of Iceland's first church constructed in 1000 AD, seen from Oxaraholmi, an island in the River Oxara, site of legal duelling in the past, Thingvellir National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, south-west Iceland (Sudurland), Iceland, Polar Regions

814-1000 - Canoeing along the coasts of the Kobba Klintar island in the Aland archipelago Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

794-1000 - Mount Orgueil Castle, overlooking Grouville Bay in Gorey, Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, Europe

741-1000 - Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

83-4095 - The Chocolate Hills, a famous geological curiosity, with over 1000 of them, on the island of Bohol, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

396-1000 - Praslin beach, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Africa

462-1000 - Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, Asia