857-68737 - Qobustan, Azerbaijan - February 2008: Bubbling mud volcanoes outside Qobustan in Azerbaijan. The strange geological landscape draws the odd tourist to this otherwise deserted area.
979-6301 - Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.
979-6298 - Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.
979-6299 - Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.
979-6302 - Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.
979-3586 - Offshore type bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) surfacing in the midriff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Norte, Mexico.
979-6297 - Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.
979-6300 - Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.
979-3658 - Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pup playing with its own exhalation underwater at Champion Islet near Floreana Island in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean
979-3425 - Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) demonstrating its amazing swimming ability on Isabella Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador
979-6308 - Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.
911-7003 - One of the many bubbling mud pools in a hot spring area on the outskirts of Hveragerdi, a geothermal hot spot, with steam rising from fumeroles right in the middle of town, South West Iceland, Polar Regions
911-7002 - One of the many bubbling mud pools in a hot spring area on the outskirts of Hveragerdi, a geothermal hot spot, with steam rising from fumeroles right in the middle of town, South West Iceland, Polar Regions
911-7004 - One of the many bubbling mud pools in a hot spring area on the outskirts of Hveragerdi, a geothermal hot spot, with steam rising from fumeroles right in the middle of town, South West Iceland, Polar Regions