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1311-257 - Grassland that used to be the J D Dam Lake, dry due to a drought in Arizona, Kaibab National Forest, south of Williams, Arizona, United States of America, North America
1112-4918 - A large African baobab (Adansonia digitata), reputed to be one of the largest in the country, Save Valley, Zimbabwe, Africa
832-384467 - Be Bear Aware, Warning sign on a bear-proof dustbin, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, North America
832-387685 - Sandy beach beach with palm trees, Andilana Beach, Nosy Be Island, Madagascar, Africa
1184-4375 - Huge container ships ready to be broken up, Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Asia
1184-4377 - Huge container ship ready to be broken up, Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Asia
1184-4376 - Huge container ships ready to be broken up, Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Asia
1184-4378 - Huge container ships ready to be broken up, Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Asia
1184-4296 - Houses on stilts, Cai Be, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
1184-4299 - Aerial of the Cai Be floating market, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
1184-4294 - Ferry boat at a water channel, Cai Be, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
1184-4295 - Rowing through a small water channel, Cai Be, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
1184-4298 - Houses on stilts, Cai Be, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
1184-4297 - Houses on stilts, Cai Be, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
1116-48094 - Street vendor with skeewers ready to be cooked, Beijing, China
1116-47576 - Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) prowls the Campbell Creek area in winter looking for rodents and other food. Fox is shown looking out from a hole that may be a future den, South-central Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
1116-48437 - Large field of sunflowers in bloom in Central Maui. Flowers will be used for biofuel, Waiehu, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-47892 - The Twin Lakes area near Carmacks, Yukon seen from an aerial perspective. The Klondike Highway can be seen between the lakes, Carmacks, Yukon, Canada
1174-8081 - The Igreja da Misericordia (Church of Mercy) in Tavira is considered to be one of the best examples of Renaissance architecture on The Algarve Portugal.
746-89828 - A typical villa of the Amalfi coast, built on the slopes of the terraced gardens of lemon. From the terrace can be see the magnificent view of the village ofPositano, Amalfi Coast, Campania, Italy, Europe
1174-7538 - High angle close up of barramundi on ice ready to be cut into portions, Vietnam
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
1116-46783 - A Locally Made Cracker Called Krupuk, Made From Starch And Other Ingredients. Here The Raw Krupuk Are Laid Out To Air Dry, Later They Will Be Deep Fried Before Eaten, Sumatra, Indonesia
747-1992 - Glen Croe from Rest and be Thankful, Argyll and Bute, Western Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
860-288167 - Omura's whale (Balaenoptera omurai) portrait, Nosy Be, Madagascarlast identified species of fin whale
860-288011 - The small village of Tasiilaq during winter it can only be reached with helicopter, East Greenland
860-288200 - Calderón (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Breeding with an adult, probably his mother swimming on the surface. The fetal lines of the newborn can be perfectly observed. Tenerife, Canary Islands.
860-287779 - Iceberg at sunset in Scoresby Sund, It will soon be more than drifting ice pieces, Greenland
1116-44797 - Fish Are Hung And Ready To Be Filleted After A Day Of Fishing, Valdez, Alaska, United States Of America
1116-46045 - Ruins Of The Theater In Pergamum, With Such Good Acoustics That A Whisper Onstage Could Be Heard All The Way To The Top Row, Pergamum, Turkey
1116-44767 - Ice Blocks Waiting To Be Moved And Carved For The Bp World Ice Art Championships, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States Of America
1116-44760 - As The Snow Begins To Thaw Near The Richardson Highway, And Low Points Collect Water The Result Can Be Stunning As Other Colors Get Trapped In The Ice, Vibrant Blue Colors Escape. Taken Between Glennallen And Valdez, Alaska, United States Of America
1116-44636 - Coffee Cherries On The Tree, Ready To Be Harvested, Sumatra, Indonesia
1116-44315 - View Of Athens From The Acropolis Towards The Southwest, The Saronic Golf Of Mediterranean Can Be Seen In The Distance, Athens, Greece
1116-43904 - Artichokes With Olive Oil Soon To Be Cooked, Tarragona, Benissanet, Spain
860-287557 - Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the waters of Nosy Be, Madagascar
1116-43432 - Copper Block Stamp, Called Cap In Hot Wax To Be Applied On A Fabric In The Production Of Printed Batik At Gunawan Setiawan Batik Shop, Kampung Kauman, Surakarta (Solo), Central Java, Indonesia
860-287247 - Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in daylight, Nosy Be, Madagascar
860-287248 - Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) escorted by a school of bonito, Nosy Be, Madagascar
860-287244 - Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) under the surface, Nosy Be, Madagascar
860-287243 - King Trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) Opening the way to the Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) in Nosy Be, Madagascar
860-287246 - Sandbank linking two islands, Nosy Iranja, Nosy Be, Madagascar
860-287245 - Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) under the surface, Nosy Be, Madagascar
860-287242 - Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) swimming with a school of bonito, Nosy Be, Madagascar
1116-42830 - Holstein cow looking out of a milking stall waiting to be milked using automated milking equipment on a robotic dairy farm, North of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1116-42829 - Holstein cow looking out of a milking stall waiting to be milked using automated milking equipment on a robotic dairy farm, North of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1116-42767 - Agriculture - Obliquebanded leafroller (Choristoneura rosaceana) insect trap placed in a cherry orchard in Spring. Its function is an early-warning system to detect adult insect emergence and monitor pest populations so that timely control programs can be
1116-42722 - Livestock - A couple cowboys teaching two young boys how to hold down a beef calf in a traditional manner so it can be vaccinated and branded / near Childress, Texas, USA.
832-383348 - Evening atmosphere, panorama, view of skyscrapers of Be'er Scheva, Israel, Asia
860-286684 - Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda is the largest animal ever known to have existed. This may be the pygmy sub-species of blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus. Mirissa, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean
857-95728 - On Saturday 5th December 2015, Storm desmond crashed into the UK, producing the UK''s highest ever 24 hour rainfall total at 341.4mm. It flooded many towns including Keswick. This shots shows one of two railway bridges on the old Keswick railway line that were completely destroyed by the floods. It also shows a tree, now sat in the middle of the river, that used to be growing on the river bank. The force of water was such that it has scoured out huge areas of banking and realigned the river in places.'
857-95732 - The A591, the main road through the Lake District, completely destroyed by the floods from Storm Desmond, Cumbria, UK. The road was breached in several places by landslides and walls of flood debris twenty feet high. the road will probably be closed for months. Taken on Sunday 6th December 2015.
1116-41581 - Wood-Fired Oven With Traditional Italian Pizzas Ready To Be Baked, Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia
832-382560 - Participants in a course on healthy and balanced food by an aid organisation in an Andean community, Chuquis, Huanuco Province, Peru, South America *** IMPORTANT: Image must not be used for any publication of an aid organization ***
832-382559 - Women wearing traditional Andean clothing, having a conversation, Chuquis, Huanuco Province, Peru, South America *** IMPORTANT: Image must not be used for any publication of an aid organization ***
832-382557 - Woman wearing traditional costume drying wheat grains in the wind, Chuquis, Huanuco Province, Peru, South America *** IMPORTANT: Image must not be used for any publication of an aid organization ***
832-382558 - Old woman wearing a traditional hat, portrait, Chuquis, Huanuco Province, Peru, South America *** IMPORTANT: Image must not be used for any publication of an aid organization ***
832-381820 - Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple on Makha Bucha Day or Magha Puja Day, Theravada Buddhists, monks sitting around the Chedi Mahadhammakaya Cetiya, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia *** IMPORTANT: Image may not be used in a negative context with the Dhammakaya temple ***
832-382212 - Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple on Makha Bucha Day or Magha Puja Day, Theravada Buddhists, monks sitting around the Chedi Mahadhammakaya Cetiya, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia *** IMPORTANT: Image may not be used in a negative context with the Dhammakaya temple ***
809-7569 - Students dressed in Ao Dai on the way to school, Cai Be, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
857-95110 - Garibaldi Lake in British Columbia, Canada. An turquoise colored alpine lake that is surrounded almost entirely by mountains. Iconic Black Tusk, the remains of a strato volcano can be seen in the background.
857-95107 - Fog rises off Lower Joffre Lake early in the morning and distant mountains can be seen covered in glaciers. This hike is a popular one with in the Duffy Lake Provincial Park due to its stunning views and ease of access. Pembreton, British Columbia, Canada
857-95106 - A single sail boat sails past Light House Park in West Vancouver, British Columbia on a beautiful late summer day. The mountains of Vancouver Island can be seen in the distance. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1116-39698 - Coastline foliage can be seen through a small wave as it passes over a shallow sandy bottom off the island of Maui, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-39707 - The Giant Moray Eel (Gymnothorax javanicus) can be found around the world in tropical waters, but is very rare in Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America
1104-1138 - Qutub Minar, Atai Minor, an incomplete tower originally intended to be twice as high as Qutub Minar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Delhi, India, Asia
809-7492 - Buddhist worshipper rings bell, Phuoc Thanh Buddhist pagoda, Cai Be, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
1116-39556 - Mt. Griggs rises over the ash- and pumice-covered Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in Katmai National Park. The ash-covered Knife Creek Glaciers can be seen coming out of the valley at right; Alaska, United States of America
1243-217 - Market workers prepare a fried dish, known as pastel which can be served with cheese or meat, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America
857-94727 - Mforo, Tanzania a village near Moshi, Tanzania. Solar Sister entrepreneur Fatma Mziray and her eldest daughter Zainabu Ramadhani, 19 cook lunch in her kitchen house using both a clean cookstove using wood and one using coal. One of her younger daughters, Nasma Ramadhani, age 5 helps out. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, âCooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. âWith the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my childrenâs studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.â Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. âWhat makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.â
857-94726 - Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatmaâs sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatmaâs home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, âCooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. âWith the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my childrenâs studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.â Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. âWhat makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.â
857-94728 - Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatmaâs sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatmaâs home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, âCooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. âWith the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my childrenâs studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.â Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. âWhat makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.â
857-94729 - Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatmaâs sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatmaâs home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, âCooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. âWith the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my childrenâs studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.â Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. âWhat makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.â
857-94641 - The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows solar panels that focus the suns rays on heat exchangers to boil oil, which is then sent down to the kitchens below to heat the cookers.
934-767 - Diver swimming amongst the schooling fish on a ship wreck in Nosy Be, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, Africa
934-768 - Gogonian diving on Atam Reef, Nosy Be, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, Africa
857-94273 - A view from inside Frederik's Church in Copenhagen which has the largest church dome in Scandinavia. Becasue of various challenges it took nearly two centuries to be completed.
805-1008 - Piled up empty oil tins, being carried by cycle rickshaw to be recycled and used for slum house walls, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Asia
746-88326 - Reykjavik, Harpa, the new convert hall and conference center (inaugurated in 2011). The buidling is considered to be one of the new architectural icons of Iceland. europe, northern europe, iceland, February
746-88324 - Solfar, a landmark of Reykjavik. Solfar icelandic for Sun Voyager is a sculture made of stainless steel in the harbour of Reykjavik made be the artist Jon Gunnar Arnason. europe, northern europe, iceland, February
746-88425 - Greyleg Goose (Anser anser) during winter, snowfall and in deep snow, Germany. The Greylag Goose is originally a migratory bird, but some local populations tend to be resident for still unknown reasons, Europe, Central Europe, Bavaria, Germany
746-88412 - The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia. Pilgrim praying in front of a church. The churches of Lalibela have been constructed in the 12th or 13th century. They have been hewn from the solid rock and are considered to be one of the largest monolithic structures ever build by mankind, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Lalibela
746-88323 - Solfar, a landmark of Reykjavik. Solfar icelandic for Sun Voyager is a sculture made of stainless steel in the harbour of Reykjavik made be the artist Jon Gunnar Arnason. europe, northern europe, iceland, February
746-88429 - The gardens of Schloss Trauttmansdorff. they are considered to be among the finest gardens or botanical gardens in Italy and europe. They are one of the top tourist attractions around Merano and South Tyrol. Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Alps, South Tyrol, Italy
746-88428 - The gardens of Schloss Trauttmansdorff. they are considered to be among the finest gardens or botanical gardens in Italy and europe. They are one of the top tourist attractions around Merano and South Tyrol. Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Alps, South Tyrol, Italy
746-88327 - Reykjavik, Harpa, the new convert hall and conference center (inaugurated in 2011). The buidling is considered to be one of the new architectural icons of Iceland. europe, northern europe, iceland, February
1225-1172 - A woman near Inle Lake harvests young rice into bundles tol be re-planted spaced further apart to allow the rice to grow, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia
1225-1151 - A woman harvests young rice into bundles to be re-planted spaced further apart, Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia
1116-39350 - Pigs tied to bamboo sticks at the rante, the ceremonial site where the meat of slaughtered cattle will be distributed to the guests of a Torajan funeral, in Sereale, Toraja Land, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
1116-39351 - Pigs tied to bamboo sticks at the rante, the ceremonial site where the meat of slaughtered cattle will be distributed to the guests of a Torajan funeral, in Sereale, Toraja Land, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
1116-39308 - Old woman be the Gandan Monastery (Gandantegchinlen Khiid), Ulaanbaatar (Ulan Bator), Mongolia
733-7359 - Sacred Baobab tree, male and female black lemur (Eulemur macaco), Nosy Be Island, northern area, Madagascar, Africa
733-7364 - Ambatoloaka beach, Nosy Be Island, northern area, Madagascar, Africa
733-7354 - Bananas waiting to be transported, Fianarantsoa to Manakara FCE train, easterrn area, Madagascar, Africa
733-7360 - Sacred Banyan tree, Nosy Be Island, northern area, Madagascar, Africa
1225-866 - A farmer carries some sticks to be used to make a fence, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, Asia
1225-825 - Collecting flowers which will be used to feed the animals, Ladakh, India, Asia
1225-819 - Collecting flowers which will be used to feed the animals in Ladakh, India, Asia
1113-101859 - Gallarus Oratory, believed to be an early Christian church, Dingle peninsula, Kerry, West coast, Ireland
1116-39062 - Agriculture - Mature crop of Spring wheat that has been swathed and is drying prior to combining; sunset scene with grain bins in the background / Tiger Hills, Manitoba, Canada.