832-55423 - Tibetan Buddhism, Shoton or Shodon Festival with the unrolling of the huge thangka, a silk painting depicting Buddha, Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
1116-31122 - Hawaii, This image captures the split second when this breaching humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is completely airbore. An incredible feat for this enormous leviathan.
1116-31299 - Hawaii, The oriental flying gurnard (Dactylopterus orientalis) is remarkable for its enormous pectoral fins. When spread, they have the form of rounded fanlike wings.
1116-31298 - Hawaii, The oriental flying gurnard (Dactylopterus orientalis) is remarkable for its enormous pectoral fins. When spread, they have the form of rounded fanlike wings.
1116-31107 - Hawaii, Maui, Lahaina, A photograher on a whale watching boat out of got a close up look at the tail of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).
1116-31112 - Hawaii, Maui, Lahaina, A photograher on a whale watching boat out of got a close up look at the tail of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).
1116-31109 - Hawaii, Maui, Lahaina, A photograher on a whale watching boat out of got a close up look at the tail of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).
857-48860 - Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.
857-48873 - Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.
857-48879 - Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper machee floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.
857-48867 - Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.
857-48863 - Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.
857-48859 - Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.
857-48862 - Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.
921-791 - Whalebone Alley grand vista, female tourist standing on cliff face, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-701 - Whalebone Alley, Bowhead whale bone, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-703 - Whalebone Alley, Bowhead whale bones, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-699 - Whalebone Alley grand vista, female tourist standing on cliff face, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-702 - Whalebone Alley, female tourist sitting on bowhead whale bone, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-700 - Whalebone Alley, female tourist standing around still intact extremly old inuit elder grave, skeleton still present. Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-704 - Whalebone Alley, female tourist standing between bow head whale rib bones, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
921-810 - Whalebone Alley grand vista, high altitude flora, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
724-1441 - Chung Tai Chan Zen Buddhist Monastery built in 2001 by Grand Master Wei Chueh, architect C.Y. Lee, Puli city area, Taiwan, Republic of China, Asia
252-9948 - Novice Buddhist monk kneeling beneath the Phra Atchana Buddha statue, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sukhothai Province, Thailand, Asia
763-541 - Sacsayhuaman a huge, hilltop, Inca fortress built in the 15thc above Cuzco with zigzag battlements constructed of immense stones, Highlands, Peru