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832-406540 - Golden hour sunlight illuminates a vast expanse of fluffy white clouds over coron island, philippines, creating a breathtaking aerial view
832-406227 - A field full of bright red poppies under bright daylight in the rain Papaver rhoeas
832-406218 - The image depicts the Northern Lights over mountains with a starry night sky and a serene lake in the foreground, Panorama shot, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada, North America
832-406089 - The rebuilt Berlin City Palace with the television tower and some dark storm clouds at dawn
860-292967 - Red deer;Cervus elaphus) stag amongst bracken, England
860-292965 - Red deer;Cervus elaphus) fighting at sunset, England
860-292949 - Eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano near Grindavik, Iceland
860-292938 - Secretary bird;Sagittarius serpentarius), drinking from a pond, shrubby savannah landscape, Shompole wilderness, Shompole Community, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
860-292933 - Shrubby savannah landscape with Masai giraffe;Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) drinking from a waterhole, Shompole wilderness, Shompole Community, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
860-292932 - Shrubby savannah landscape with Masai giraffe;Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) and Plains zebra;Equus quagga) drinking from a waterhole, Shompole wilderness, Shompole Community, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
860-292931 - Shrubby savannah landscape with Masai giraffes;Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) drinking from a waterhole, Shompole wilderness, Shompole Community, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
860-292914 - Bengal tiger;Panthera tigris tigris), walking on a track, Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India, Asia
860-292912 - Bengal tiger;Panthera tigris tigris), hunting near by the water, Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India, Asia
860-292910 - Concordia technicians and scientists, Christmas tree, Concordia in letters made of ice/snow, Igloo. Group photo of the team at Concordia during the summer. The Italians are in red and the French in blue. The ratio is about half Italians and half French; half technicians and half scientists. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.
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.
860-292908 - The aircraft;DC-3 Basler) takes off from Concordia's snow-covered runway. Take-off of a Basler at Concordia. The runway is groomed very evenly to minimise the micro-relief on its surface and make it easier for the aircraft to take off. The aircraft are equipped with landing gear allowing them to land alternatively on a ?hard? runway or on snow: retractable skis controlled from the cockpit are fitted to the two front landing gears. 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.
860-292906 - Concordia staff on their knees helping a person lying on a stretcher. Helped by a snowmobile. Rescue exercise in the event of an accident involving several victims. These frequent exercises are supervised by the doctor. All the resort's winter residents are assigned a very specific role in the event of an accident, illness or fire. A redundancy system allows this system to function in the event of one or more winterers failing to respond. 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.
![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.](https://images.robertharding.com/zoom/RM/RH/HORIZONTAL/860-292902.jpg "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.<br />860-292902")
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.
860-292900 - Technicians loading/unloading cargo/freight from the supply plane at Concordia. French;in blue) and Italian;in red) technicians help unload the Basler - Douglas DC3, which delivers scientific and/or technical equipment to the Concordia station several times a month during the summer. It takes a team of 6 to 20 people just 3 minutes to unload the 2 tonnes of cargo, reload the same amount of equipment into the plane and refuel the aircraft with kerosene. As soon as these operations are completed, the plane is ready to leave again. 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.
860-292897 - Red Deer;Cervus elaphus )walking on the mountain, Alps, Austria.
860-292896 - Red Deer;Cervus elaphus) standing on the rock, Alps, Austria.
860-292895 - Red Deer;Cervus elaphus) standing on the rock, Alps, Austria.
860-292894 - Red Deer;Cervus elaphus) standing on the rock, Alps, Austria.
860-292891 - Adult wolverine;Gulo gulo) climbing a pine tree in the boreal forest, Finland
860-292889 - Congestion of waiting transport ships off the coast of Singapore, during the post-covid international shipping crisis.
860-292887 - Frozen ground of Dome C, and sastrugis. Sastrugis are wind-blown snow formations. The wind is not extremely strong in these high-altitude locations. Concordia Station, Antarctic
860-292888 - A few weeks after the start of the summer campaign, the winterers who have just spent 14 months at Concordia return home. They take off from Concordia station aboard the Basler;photo), bound for Mario Zucchelli or Dumont d'Urville. Most of them make a sign indicating the village or town where they live, and the distance to Concordia. Concordia Antarctic Base
860-292886 - The Lockheed C-130 Hercules prepares to take off from the runway built on the sea ice in Terra Nova Bay, where the Mario Zucchelli station is located. Victoria Land, Antarctica
860-292885 - A frozen lake at the heart of a landscape near the Mario Zucchelli station. Victoria Land, Antarctica
860-292884 - General view of Terra Nova Bay. In the distance, the summer airstrip. In the background, Mount Melbourne. On the right, the Mario Zucchelli base. Victoria Land, Antarctica
860-292883 - A Lockheed C-130 Hercules on loan from the Italian Air Force for logistics operations between Christchurch;New Zealand) and the Mario Zucchelli base. Although military activities are strictly forbidden in Antarctic territory by the Treaty of Madrid, polar-operating countries frequently use the skills and equipment of their armies for polar logistics. Victoria Land, Antarctica
860-292882 - A German BGR helicopter used in Terre Victoria to transport geologists to specific research points. These are one-off scientific programs, involving the collaboration of several countries, in this case Germany and Italy. The Germans set up a base camp several dozen kilometers from the Italian Mario Zucchelli station, using Italian logistical resources such as the Laura Bassi icebreaker to transport the helicopter, the equipment needed to set up the base camp, scientific equipment and, of course, personnel. All of this was delivered to the Mario Zucchelli station for onward transport by helicopter to the search site. Victoria Land, Antarctica
860-292881 - The Basler, stationed on the Terra Nova Bay ice floe in front of the Mario Zucchelli base. The mechanics take advantage of a rare lull to carry out routine maintenance. The aircraft is strapped to the ground. A squall arrives from the left. Victoria Land, Antarctica
860-292880 - The expeditionaries bound for Cap Prud'Homme and Dumont d'Urville, in front of the Basler that will take them there. It's worth noting that some of them are wearing the blue garment normally worn for Concordia: this is because it's warmer and contains more down, which is no luxury at the start of the summer season. A matter of habit and personal preference. The buildings of the Mario Zucchelli base can be seen in the background. Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica
860-292879 - The airbus A320 landed on the pack ice of Terra Nova Bay, where the Mario Zucchelli base is located. Beneath its wheels lay 1.3m of ice and 300m of ocean. Victoria land, Antarctica
860-292877 - Aurora borealis at Cap Blanc-nez, Cote d'Opale, France, October 10, 2024
860-292876 - Aurora borealis in front of the Dover Patrol monument at Cap Blanc-nez, Cote d'Opale, France, October 10, 2024
860-292875 - Black Grouse;Lyrurus tetrix) mating on snow in the Vaud Pre-Alps, Switzerland.
860-292874 - Natural arch on the island of Les Embiez, Mediterranean Sea, France
860-292873 - Island of Embiez, Mediterranean sea, France
860-292872 - Island of Embiez, Mediterranean sea, France
860-292868 - Aubrac breed cow in autumn, Lozere, France
860-292839 - Common Chaffinch;Fringilla coelebs), side view of an adult male in winter plumage standing on the snow, Campania, Italy
860-292837 - American crocodile;Crocodylus acutus) in the water, Tarcoles, Costa Rica.
860-292834 - Lac de petit saut, Sinnamary, French Guiana.
860-292827 - Polar fox;Vulpes lagopus), white form in full moult evolving in its Varanger tundra biotope, Norway.
860-292819 - Golden langur, or Gee's semnopithecus;Trachypithecus geei), jumping from a tree, Manas National Park, Assam, India
860-292818 - Golden langur, or Gee's semnopithecus;Trachypithecus geei), lookink for food in a tree, Manas National Park, Assam, India
860-292816 - South African giraffe or Cape giraffe;Giraffa giraffa) or;Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa). Mashatu Game Reserve. Northern Tuli Game Reserve. Botswana.
860-292811 - Cap d'Alprech and its lighthouse, Le Portel, Cote d'Opale, Pas de Calais, France
860-292807 - Dunes, Erg Chebbi desert. Merzouga, Morocco.
860-292792 - Alpilles Regional Nature Park, Provence, France
860-292791 - Alpilles Regional Nature Park, Provence, France
860-292787 - Volcanic bomb in lava field, in front of a red volcano, Montana Colorada, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
860-292786 - Vineyard between Soo and Playa Blanca, semi-circular stone wall, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
860-292784 - Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach site, Calvados department, Normandy, France
860-292783 - Les Braves monument on the Omaha Beach site in the commune of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer in Calvados, Normandy, France
860-292781 - Aurora Borealis over a marsh, spring, Cote d'Opale, Pas de Calais, France
860-292779 - Alignements du Menec, Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany, France
860-292778 - frosted trees in the mist, entrance to the village of Heiligenstein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, 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
860-292769 - Going out in traditional clothes on the occasion of the Naadam festival, the national festival which celebrates today in Mongolia the independence of Mongolia from China, Steppe, Eastern Mongolia, Mongolia, Asia.
860-292768 - Going out in traditional clothes on the occasion of the Naadam festival, the national festival which celebrates today in Mongolia the independence of Mongolia from China, Steppe, Eastern Mongolia, Mongolia, Asia.
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
860-292760 - Pont de l'Abime, above the river Cheran, Gruffy, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
![View from the Inselberg in the Nouragues nature reserve. View of the entire forest and canopy from the top of the inselberg. Inselbergs, also known as "rock savannahs" in French Guiana, can also be large, more or less flat expanses of bare granite - Regina, French Guiana.](https://images.robertharding.com/zoom/RM/RH/VERTICAL/860-292745.jpg "View from the Inselberg in the Nouragues nature reserve. View of the entire forest and canopy from the top of the inselberg. Inselbergs, also known as "rock savannahs" in French Guiana, can also be large, more or less flat expanses of bare granite - Regina, French Guiana.<br />860-292745")
860-292745 - View from the Inselberg in the Nouragues nature reserve. View of the entire forest and canopy from the top of the inselberg. Inselbergs, also known as "rock savannahs" in French Guiana, can also be large, more or less flat expanses of bare granite - Regina, French Guiana.
![View from the Inselberg in the Nouragues nature reserve. View of the entire forest and canopy from the top of the inselberg. Inselbergs, also known as "rock savannahs" in French Guiana, can also be large, more or less flat expanses of bare granite - Regina, French Guiana.](https://images.robertharding.com/zoom/RM/RH/HORIZONTAL/860-292744.jpg "View from the Inselberg in the Nouragues nature reserve. View of the entire forest and canopy from the top of the inselberg. Inselbergs, also known as "rock savannahs" in French Guiana, can also be large, more or less flat expanses of bare granite - Regina, French Guiana.<br />860-292744")
860-292744 - View from the Inselberg in the Nouragues nature reserve. View of the entire forest and canopy from the top of the inselberg. Inselbergs, also known as "rock savannahs" in French Guiana, can also be large, more or less flat expanses of bare granite - Regina, French Guiana.
860-292740 - River in the Amazon rainforest. Shot from the air, after the rain, a few evapotranspiration clouds float over this immense, dense forest as far as the eye can see - French Guiana
860-292739 - River in the Amazon rainforest. Shot from the air, after the rain, a few evapotranspiration clouds float over this immense, dense forest as far as the eye can see - French Guiana
860-292738 - Mountain overlooking the Amazon rainforest. A view from the air of one of the many peaks of the Amazon rainforest in French Guiana, towering above the clouds. A mystical and untouched environment, French Guiana.
860-292730 - Cascade du Chapeau de gendarme, Septmoncel-les-Molunes, Jura, France
860-292826 - Polar fox;Vulpes lagopus), white form in full moult evolving in its Varanger tundra biotope, Norway.
832-405648 - Rowing boats, Freibergsee, near Oberstdorf, Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
832-405518 - Northern Lights, Aurora borealis over houses, Inuit settlement, Winter, Tasiilaq, East Greenland, Greenland, North America
832-405517 - Northern Lights, Aurora borealis over red house, Inuit settlement, Winter, Tasiilaq, East Greenland, Greenland, North America
832-405497 - Longtail boat in sunset, sunset, horizon, evening light, boat, sun, evening mood, cloudy sky, colourful, orange, wooden boat, sea, calm, tranquillity, emotion, journey, holiday, beach, tourism, holiday mood, holiday paradise, paradise, evening sky, romantic, cloud, sky, dream holiday, coast, wanderlust, seascape, seascape, serenity, mood, symbolic, dusk, silhouette, light, weather, climate, Thailand, Asia
832-404938 - Three resting pigs cuddling on a green meadow in sunny weather in a rural mountain landscape, Klein Tibet, Zillertal, Austria, Europe
832-404799 - A cyclist rides towards the sunrise, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe
832-404604 - Young slim woman with hiking poles next to a summit cross at sunset, cirrus clouds in the sky, Schlenken, Bad Vigaun, Land Salzburg, Austria, Europe
860-292724 - Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).Tenerife, Canary Islands.
860-292714 - Pilot whale (Globicephala macorhynchus) on surface. Coast of Punta Rasca. Tenerife, Canary Islands.
860-292709 - Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) adult female looking for larvae on a trunk against a blue sky, Costa Rica
860-292707 - Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) adult on a branch observing its territory, Costa Rica
860-292706 - Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) laying on the beach, England
860-292694 - Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) bending down to eat grass in the barren landscape of the Etosha pan, Etosha National Park, Namibia
860-292692 - African male lion (Panthera leo) walks through the dry grass followed by two females, Kgalagadi National Park, South Africa
860-292680 - Blue-green damselfish (Chromis viridis) in a coral colony bleached by the El Nino 2024 phenomenon. If bleaching lasts too long, the coral colony will die, taking with it the habitat of these magnificent little tropical fish. Mayotte
860-292679 - Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) pair hidden in the bleached tentacles expelling their symbiotic alga of a magnificent anemone (Heteractis magnifica) by the extreme temperatures of the El Nino phenomenon 2024, Mayotte
860-292678 - Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) hidden in the bleached tentacles of a magnificent anemone (Heteractis magnifica) by the extreme temperatures of the El Nino phenomenon 2024, Mayotte
860-292665 - Crabeater seal on an iceberg. Cruise on board Exploris One. Antarctic.
860-292666 - Frosted tree in a field in winter, Ain, Rhone-Alpes, France
860-292664 - Underwater view of an iceberg. Cruise on board Exploris One. Antarctic.