1372-2865 - Remote village settlement surrounded by layered cliffs in Chele , highlighting human habitation in a harsh high-altitude desert landscape. Upper Mustang Nepal

860-293542 - Col de la Bonette (2715 m) in Haute Tinee in autumn, Mercantour National Park, Alps, France.

860-293543 - Aerial view of the Calais pier at sunrise in winter, Pas de Calais, France.

860-293523 - Boathouse on Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

860-293514 - The Golden Pavilion, or Kinkaku-ji, is one of the 17 monuments in Kyoto listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built in 1397, this temple is covered in gold leaf. Kyoto, Honshu Island, Japan.

860-293519 - Small temple near the Philosopher's Path in Kyoto. The Philosopher's Path is a trail located in the northeast of Kyoto. Running alongside a canal, it is very popular in spring during the Sakura season, when cherry blossoms bloom, on Honshu Island, Japan.

860-293515 - The Golden Pavilion, or Kinkaku-ji, is one of the 17 monuments in Kyoto listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built in 1397, this temple is covered in gold leaf. Japan.

860-293517 - The Golden Pavilion, or Kinkaku-ji, is one of the 17 monuments in Kyoto listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built in 1397, this temple is covered in gold leaf. Japan.

860-293516 - Golden Pavilion Gardens, the park of this Shinto temple has preserved its original appearance. The rocks symbolize mountains, and each stone, each tree (here a Japanese white pine, Pinus parviflora) is inhabited by a "kami," a spirit of nature. The garden serves as a place for meditation, located in Kyoto, Honshu Island, Japan.

860-293539 - Footbridge over Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Framed by the snow-capped Wapta and Cameron mountains, the intense green waters of Emerald Lake are stunning. It is the silt, rock powder carried by the meltwater from glaciers, that gives the lake its rich turquoise reflections.

860-293538 - Chalet restaurant bordering Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Framed by the snow-capped Wapta and Cameron Mountains, the intense green waters of Emerald Lake are stunningly beautiful. Despite its small size, Yoho Park is rich in natural beauty: it includes 28 mountains over 3,000 meters high. It is also abundant in fossils of marine creatures, some of which are over 500 million years old.

860-293614 - Chat on the balcony of an old alpine chalet, Verchaix, Haute-Savoie, Alps, France.

860-293535 - Full moon above the Torrechiara Castle, Parma, Italy.

860-293533 - Traditional fishermen's cabins in the village of A, Lofoten, Norway.

860-293559 - Evening view across Table Bay from Small Bay Bloubergstrand showing city lights, Table Mountain, Devil?s Peak and Lion?s Head. Cape Town. Western Cape. South Africa.

860-293606 - Oyster farming on the Thau Lagoon at sunset, with the city of Sete, Bouzigues, Herault, Occitanie, France in the background.

860-293558 - View over the little village of Kommetjie towards Chapman's Peak and Hout Bay. Cape Town. Cape Peninsula. Western Cape. South Africa.

860-293572 - Desert landscape with a village between Ait-Ben-Haddou and Telouet in the Moroccan Atlas, Ounila Valley, Morocco.

860-293605 - Saint Corentin Cathedral and its twin spires, flower-adorned footbridge over the Odet River, and the ramparts, Quimper, Finistere, southern Brittany, France.

832-410848 - A stunning aerial view of Leh Valley, India, highlights the lush green fields and scattered homes, illustrating the blending of natural beauty and human settlement

1184-16740 - Haua Fteah cave shows signs of ancient human activity and discovery in Eastern Libya from 20000 years ago

1184-16739 - Human remains found in Haua Fteah cave, a site dating back 20000 years in Eastern Libya

1184-16738 - Remains found in Haua Fteah cave reveal human habitation from 20000 years ago in Eastern Libya

1184-16734 - Haua Fteah cave shows signs of ancient human activity in Eastern Libya with remains dating back 20000 years

1184-14161 - Ruins of ancient structures at Moenjodaro showcase the historical significance of this UNESCO site in Pakistan

860-293350 - Chassiron lighthouse at the northern tip of Oleron Island - charente maritime - France

860-293349 - Chassiron lighthouse at the northern tip of Oleron Island - charente maritime - France

860-293333 - At Kolmanskop, the abandoned ghost town of the diamond days of the early 1900 and of German origin. Inside the restricted Diamond Area east of the coastal town of Luederitz. Namib Desert, Namibia.

860-293332 - At Kolmanskop, the abandoned ghost town of the diamond days of the early 1900 and of German origin. Inside the restricted Diamond Area east of the coastal town of Luederitz. Namib Desert, Namibia.

860-293297 - Valley Svarfadardalur. Landscape on the Troellaskagi Peninsula during autumn in northern Iceland. Europe, Northern Europe, Iceland

860-293288 - Electric boat on the Huisne river under the name La Venise de l'Ouest. Medieval town of La Ferte Bernard (the beginning of Perche), Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France

860-293287 - Electric boat on the Huisne river under the name La Venise de l'Ouest. Medieval town of La Ferte Bernard (the beginning of Perche), Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France

860-293282 - Extra tents at the Deux Freres hut. Rallier du Baty Peninsula, South-West Kerguelen.

860-293277 - The logistics team boards the helicopter after servicing the hut. Val Studer hut. Kerguelen Archipelago

860-293276 - Supplying the Val Studer hut by helicopter. The helicopter drops a net, or "sling", containing several drums filled with equipment and food. Kerguelen Archipelago

860-293274 - The interior of the Port Elisabeth hut, just enough to shelter in bad weather and sleep in. Kerguelen Archipelago

860-293273 - The Port Elisabeth shelter is a spartan little sphere, solidly guyed to the ground because of the strong winds. The blue cans contain food for several people and several weeks. Kerguelen Archipelago

860-293268 - The helicopter has just dropped off a team at the Val Studer hut, with equipment for a renovation project. Kerguelen Archipelago

860-293261 - The Port-aux-Francais base. The TAAF (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises) and French flags were hoisted. Kerguelen Archipelago

860-293258 - The Riviere du Nord hut. Composed of two small wooden modules solidly braced to the ground. One is the kitchen, the other the dormitory. Outside, cans contain enough food for a team of three or four scientists to live in for several weeks. Kerguelen Archipelago

860-293248 - Data entry on the computer in the Guetteur hut. Outside, king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the beach. Ratmanoff king penguin colony, Courbet peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

860-293247 - The Port Elisabeth hut. Val Studer, Courbet Peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

860-293246 - Two scientists visit the Royal Penguin colony in Baie du Marin on Crozet Island.

860-293245 - Inventory of the atypical Port Elisabeth hut. Vallee du Charbon, Courbet Peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

860-293234 - Candlelit meal at the entrance to the Puy Saint Theodule cave. To the left, Mont Alfred Grandidier. In the distance: Mont Blanc. Grande Terre, Kerguelen archipelago.

860-293233 - Wind lifting the snow, Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands

860-293220 - The Phonolite hut. View of the Phonolite hut. Made of wood, most Kerguelen huts are simple and efficient, easy to maintain and quick to assemble and disassemble. Kerguelen Islands

860-293217 - The Armor infrastructure. Remains of the Armor fish farm, built in 1984 to produce top-quality salmon, a project later abandoned. Grande Terre, Kerguelen archipelago.

860-293216 - A birdwatcher is on the lookout for a particular penguin, which left for sea about a week ago. He needs to catch it just as it returns to land, before it enters the colony to feed its chick. This is to recover the GPS tag glued to its plumage, which has measured a large number of parameters (dive depth, immersion time, water temperature and salinity, and above all GPS position). Cabane Guetteur, Ratmanoff king penguin colony, Courbet peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

860-293205 - View from the Mayes hut on the island of the same name. Gulf of Morbihan, Kerguelen archipelago.

860-293197 - The helicopter evacuates the last crate of equipment, weighing just under a ton. Phonolite hut. Ronarc'h peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

860-293192 - The team waits for the helicopter to load the last crate of equipment, weighing just under a ton. Phonolite hut. Ronarc'h peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

860-293191 - Building an igloo, Kerguelen Islands

860-293190 - The kitchen, before renovation. The interior of the phonolite hut before renovation work. Kerguelen Islands

860-293130 - Swimming pool in a private garden, Sarthe, France

860-293073 - African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) family looking front view for water in dry riverbed in Kruger National park, South Africa

860-293056 - Bastia from the Corniche road linking San Martino di Lota to Ville di Pietrabugno, its town center and three ports. Haute-Corse, France

860-293048 - Windmills, Zaanse Schans, North Holland, Netherlands

1218-2148 - Town below rocky cliffs in Thessaly shows natural landscapes and human settlements in Meteora, Greece

860-292979 - Normandy dairy cows on a bed of straw in the barn at an agricultural fair in Le Mans, Sarthe, France.

860-292978 - Half-timbered house with lots of plants on the facade in Old Mans, Sarthe, France

860-292977 - Half-timbered house with lots of plants on the facade in Old Mans, Sarthe, France

860-292976 - Bayeux pig, l'arche de la nature, educational pig farm, Le Mans Metropole, Sarthe, France

844-40487 - View of colourful architecture at Nagaa Suhayl Gharb on the Nile river near Aswan, Aswan, Nubia, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

860-292964 - Barn owl;Tyto alba) perched in an old barn, England

860-292909 - Concordia Station, Italian, European, French, Swiss and German flags. Tent, fire escape, containers, kerosene tanks, smoke from the power station, iridescent clouds. The station under a sky lightly covered with low, iridescent clouds. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.

860-292907 - Village/town signs fixed on poles in front of the station/ Making and putting up a sign indicating the direction of one's home is a deeply rooted tradition in the stations. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.

860-292905 - Tractor parked in front of the Raid caravan. Two technicians hug each other. The Raid supplies the resort 2 or 3 times each summer. A one-way trip represents a distance of 1,200km, an altitude difference of 3,200m, and a driving time of 10 days at a rate of 12 hours per day. Each arrival of the Raid team at Concordia is a moment of joy and celebration. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.

860-292904 - A technician at the foot of the station holds a large evacuation sock into which a person is lowered. Once a month, all the staff carry out an emergency evacuation of the station using a ?sock?. The idea is to let yourself slide down a tube of fabric that slows your fall to such an extent that you can even stop yourself by spreading your arms and legs. A technician is waiting for us at the bottom to assist with the last metre of the descent. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.

860-292903 - A technician rides an electric bike on the snow, passing a container and crates on the ground. A technician uses an electric fatbike to get to the summer camp area from the station. Immediately after arriving, he removes the electric battery and deposits it in the nearest building where the temperature is positive. If he forgets the battery outside, he will have to push the bike on the way back because the intense cold will have drained the battery. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.

860-292902 - The two towers of the Concordia station, with the French, Italian and European flags flying in the wind, under a blue sky veiled with cirrus clouds aligned in the direction of the wind. The two towers are linked by a tunnel. They are permanently heated to 20°C by the diesel engine that generates the station's electricity. The left tower is the "quiet tower", housing the hospital, bedrooms;34 beds) and offices. The right tower is the "noisy tower": it houses a small workshop, the emergency generator, the waste room, the technical office, the video room, the living room, the kitchens and the refectory. The two towers are about ten meters apart to prevent the risk of fire spreading. Fire is an Antarctic expeditionary's worst nightmare; the French have a very bad experience of it. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.

860-292901 - A technician goes into a raised square building on an orange metal structure. An Italian technician specialising in radio and telecommunications goes into the shelter that houses the VSAT antenna, the device that connects the station to the Internet by satellite. This is the station's only link with the outside world. Most of the buildings are elevated to prevent the formation of snowdrifts caused by wind-blown snow. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.

860-292899 - Building made of containers lined up in a row, powered by pipes and electric cables. The summer camp is made up of containers assembled together. It was built in the early 1990s. Since then, irregular ground settlement has caused the building to deform. It is now used as a summer dormitory. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.

860-292898 - Snowdrift in front of a tent. A dormitory tent dating from the 1990s and still in use. It is heated by a small oil-fired stove. Every obstacle in the wind creates snowdrifts, which have to be removed periodically to prevent burial. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.

860-292811 - Cap d'Alprech and its lighthouse, Le Portel, Cote d'Opale, Pas de Calais, France

860-292804 - The Treasury;Al-Khazneh). View that the traveler encounters when emerging from the Siq, the 1.5 km gorge that must be traveled to reach the Treasury. Jordan.

860-292803 - The Treasury;Al-Khazneh), Petra. Monumental building excavated and sculpted in stone in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. Jordan.

860-292802 - The Monastery;Deir), Petra. Monumental building excavated and sculpted in stone in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. Jordan.

860-292801 - The Monastery;Deir), Petra. Monumental building excavated and sculpted in stone in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. Jordan.

860-292784 - Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach site, Calvados department, Normandy, France

860-292782 - Part of the Mulberry artificial harbour opposite the Cap Manvieu nature reserve on the Gold Beach site in Calvados, Normandy, France

860-292779 - Alignements du Menec, Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany, France

860-292777 - Village of Barr and frosted vines in mist, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France

860-292776 - Village of Dambach-la-Ville and frosted vines, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France

860-292762 - Commune d'Annecy, canal-side walk in the old town, Departement de la Haute Savoie, Region Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France

860-292761 - Town of Talloires-Montmin , view of Lake Annecy from a jetty with flower boxes, Haute Savoie Department, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Region, France

860-292743 - Camp inselberg, scientific station in the Nouragues nature reserve. Sleeping area in the "carbets", here everyone sleeps in hammocks, nothing better in the rainforest - Regina, French Guiana.

860-292742 - Camp inselberg, scientific station in the Nouragues nature reserve. Carbet storage on the Nouragues station, where all researchers can store their research equipment - Regina, French Guiana.

860-292741 - Camp inselberg, scientific station in the Nouragues nature reserve. Solar panels on the camp which, together with a turbine;hydraulic energy), provide independent electrical power - Regina, French Guiana.

1184-13164 - Aerial of Nuuk, capital of Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

1184-12859 - Overflooding lake Tanganjika, Kalemie, Tanganyika proince, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

860-292700 - Volcanic eruption in La Palma, Canary Islands (09/19 to 12/25/2021). The origin of the eruption occurred in the Cumbre Vieja ridge, southwest of the island, municipality of El Paso. On February 9, 2023, its name as Tajogaite Volcano was made official.

860-292616 - Settlement Kuummiit (former Kummiut). Ammassalik area in East Greenland. North America, Greenland, Ammassalik, Tasiilaq, danish territory, autumn

860-292595 - Wild Coast and Coubre lighthouse, Charente-Maritime, France

860-292587 - Waves hitting the fort at Ambleteuse during storm Pierrick, Cote d'Opale, Pas-de-Calais, France

860-292590 - Waves hitting the Wimereux dyke during storm Pierrick, Cote d'Opale, Pas-de-Calais, France

860-292551 - Marina wharves at the river mouth of the Piedras River. Aerial view. Drone shot. Huelva province, Andalusia, Spain.

860-292550 - Marina wharves at the river mouth of the Piedras River. Aerial view. Drone shot. Huelva province, Andalusia, Spain.

860-292548 - Jatiluwih rice field. Munbduk and Ubud region. Bali. Indonesia.

860-292535 - Moorishs men checking at a camel for sale at the camel market of Nouakchott. Nouakchott. Mauritania.