809-8586 - Reclining Buddha, the final Nirvana, The Buddha entered into meditation and then passed away, Parinirvana, Buddhist Temple, Hoi An, Quang Nam, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
1348-1872 - Diaphragmatic hernia. Following a trauma, the left diaphragm has burst. The upper area of the stomach and colon have passed through the wound into the thorax.
1348-1873 - Diaphragmatic hernia. Following a trauma, the left diaphragm has burst. The upper area of the stomach and colon have passed through the wound into the thorax.
1348-1870 - Diaphragmatic hernia. Following a trauma, the left diaphragm has burst. The upper area of the stomach and colon have passed through the wound into the thorax.
1348-1871 - Diaphragmatic hernia. Following a trauma, the left diaphragm has burst. The upper area of the stomach and colon have passed through the wound into the thorax.
1116-49659 - Japanese Flying Squid (Todarodes pacificus), also knows as a Japanese common squid, in black water. This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1000+ feet below. Hundreds of these squid passed by very quickly. This one paused just briefly for a portrait. It is one of the most abundant of the commercially valuable squid in the world, Yap, Micronesia
1174-6600 - A white rhino, Ceratotherium simum, walks passed a waterhol, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
809-7672 - Truc Lam Phuong Nam Buddhist temple, statue of the final Nirvana, the Buddha entered into meditation and then passed away, Can Tho, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
857-90580 - Mountaineers navigating through the Hillary Step on Mount Everest. The Hillary Step is a nearly vertical part (height around 40 ft) of upper Mount Everest. It lies almost at the top of the mountain, halfway from the "south summit" to the summit top, and is the last real challenge before the summit. It is reached by climbing the South East route. It was named after Sir Edmund Hillary, who was the first person, along with Tenzing Norgay, who passed it to reach the summit, Nepal
832-344928 - Stone bust on the grave of Dr. Justus Freiherr von Liebig, 1803-1873, chemist, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
832-344921 - Grave of Elias Mauromichalis, 1800-1836, Greek officer, adjutant of King Otto of Greece, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
832-344930 - Stone bust on the grave of Arnold Ritter von Zenetti, 1824-1891, chief municipal building officer, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
832-344922 - Grave of Johann Friedrich Ritter von Gaertner, 1792-1847, director of the Art Academy, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
832-344929 - Stone bust on the grave of Arnold Ritter von Zenetti, 1824-1891, chief municipal building officer, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
1116-27566 - Giant steam vats used to disinfect clothes stolen from the people that passed through the Sauna (Disinfection), Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolska, Poland
857-70414 - Jen Dwyer holds a photograph of her grandmother while taking part in the All Souls Procession in Tucson, Arizona, November 6, 2002. Inspired by Mexico's Dia de los Muertos holiday, over 10,000 participants gather on the streets of downtown Tucson for a two-mile long human-powered procession that ends in the finalizing action of burning a large urn filled with the hopes, offerings and wishes for those who have passed.
857-29903 - Vintage American cars sit on blocks below a deteriorating building from the Colonial era in Old Havana. Because of the blockade and economic hardships, cars are a precious possession and many are passed down from generation to generation.
794-906 - Gondola ski lift passing in front of the Wetterhorn mountain, Grindelwald, Jungfrau region, Bernese Oberland, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Europe
802-29 - A local man walks past traditional Greek anchors for sale outside a chandler's store, Pothia Town, Kalymnos Island, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe