857-34164 - A wind power installation towers over the Shell-DEA oil refinery plant near the town of Heide in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Situated between Germany's two coastlines, the northern state has invested heavily in new, renewable energies. In 2005, there were 2.595 wind turbines in Schleswig-Holstein, generating over 30% of the state's energy. Wind power accounts for 6,7% of Germany's overall energy needs.
857-32319 - The weed eating goats of Ewe4ic Ecological Services are herded across the street from a mall in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The herd of approxiamately 1200 goats travels all over the western U.S. with their owner, Lani Malmberg. Goats are an ecologically sound method of weed clearing and land management.
1012-77 - Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) & whale-watchers. It is by law that whale watchers should stay at least 50meters (150 feet) away from large whales, including Pilot Whale (in picture here). Unless special in-water permits are given, snorkelers can only swim with smaller dolphins, but not big whales. Azores, Portugal, Atlantic.
979-5136 - Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer kayaking near Monaco Glacier on Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago
979-4700 - Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula
979-6004 - Lindblad Expeditions Guest taking photos inside sea grotto in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. No model or property release are available for this image.
979-5652 - Long-beaked Common Dolphin pod (Delphinus capensis) encountered in Zodiac off Isla Danzante in the southern Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico
979-5386 - A curious adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) approaches the National Geographic Explorer in the Barents Sea, Edge Island, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
979-3990 - The Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour operating in Whalers Bay inside the caldera of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-5737 - California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) with excited whale watchers in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico
979-4023 - Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula
979-5772 - Captive Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) being fed at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
979-5133 - Calved icebergs from the glaciers at Blomstrandhalvøya in Kongsfjord on the western side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.
979-3984 - The Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour operating in Whalers Bay inside the caldera of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-4725 - Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula
979-5192 - Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago
979-4018 - Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula
979-5183 - Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago
979-4709 - Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula
979-5384 - A curious adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) approaches the National Geographic Explorer in the Barents Sea, Edge Island, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
979-5733 - California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) with excited whale watchers in San Ignacio Lagoon on the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico
979-5765 - Captive Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) being fed at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
979-4356 - Views of Deception Island, an island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula which has one of the safest harbours in Antarctica.
979-5182 - Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago
979-3399 - Views of Mendenhall Glacier just outside Juneau, southeast Alaska, USA. This glacier is receeding at an alarming rate, probably due to climate change.
979-4710 - Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula
979-4019 - Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula