832-123643 - Aircraft of Thomas Cook airline, Condor airline, during take-off, Boeing 757-300 WL, with Peanuts-comic characters Snoopy and Woodstock painted on aircraft

832-123934 - Tourists taking photos while on a boardwalk amidst the steam of the springs and geysers, Black Sand Basin, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, USA

832-119469 - People on the beach at sunset, North Sea, St. Peter-Ording, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

832-123929 - Sunset Lake, geyser, drainage area with a boardwalk, coloured thermophilic bacteria, microorganisms, Black Sand Basin, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, USA

832-123933 - Tourists on a boardwalk amidst the steam of the springs and geysers, Black Sand Basin, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, USA

832-108527 - Man taking a photograph, sculpture on an advertising column, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-100138 - Sequoias trees in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA, North America

832-105473 - Lone figure of a person on a windy beach, island of Juist, Lower Saxony, North Germany, Europe

832-100195 - Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, sightseeing flights, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, North America

832-101845 - A fan takes a picture with small digital camera at the concert of Swiss pagan metal band Eluveitie live in the Schueuer venue, Lucerne, Switzerland

832-105875 - Hot air balloon being prepared for a flight over the tufa landscape of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Goreme, Cappadocia, central Anatolia, Turkey, Asia

832-101686 - Sunset in Cedar, Porec, Istria, Croatia, Europe

832-67313 - The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway on the summit of Pikes Peak; the cog railway takes tourists to the top of the 14, 100-foot mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

832-78045 - Town hall on Marktplatz square, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-80111 - Little elephant (Elephas maximus), trunk takes grass out of a hand at Chitwan National Park, Nepal, Asia

832-67315 - The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway near the summit of Pikes Peak; the cog railway takes tourists to the top of the 14, 100-foot mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

832-67314 - The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway near the summit of Pikes Peak; the cog railway takes tourists to the top of the 14, 100-foot mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

832-65775 - Couple walking in the snow, Reeuwijkse Plassen nature reserve in winter, landscape between Gouda and Bodegraven, Reeuwijk, Holland, The Netherlands, Europe

832-67316 - The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway near the summit of Pikes Peak; the cog railway takes tourists to the top of the 14, 100-foot mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

832-59255 - Thalassini Gate, town of Rhodes, Rhodes Island, Greece, Europe

832-50399 - Rheinuferpromenade, Rhine promenade, ramblers on the Rhine, Rheinkniebruecke bridge, Duesseldorf, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-57672 - Andre Chenier opera by Umberto Giordano, 2011 program, takes place on a stage floating on the lake, Spiel auf dem See, Bregenzer Festspiele, Bregenz Festival, Bregenz, Bodensee, Lake Constance, Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe

832-50407 - Rheinuferpromenade, Rhine promenade, ramblers walking along the Rhine, historic town and Oberkasseler Bruecke bridge at back, Duesseldorf, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-39814 - Peat bog of Longeroux, Parc Naturel Regional de Millevaches en Limousin, Millevaches Regional Natural Park, Correze, Limousin, France, Europe

1113-15836 - Ski Tour, Duerrenstein, Hochpuster Valley, South Tyrol, Italy, model released

1113-15837 - Ski Tour, Duerrenstein, Hochpuster Valley, South Tyrol, Italy, model released

1116-28478 - South East Asia, Laos, Luang Prabang, A young monk laughs as he takes his own picture with a visitor's camera.

911-8724 - The Shell Scotforth plant which takes bitumen extracted from the tar sands and adds hydrogen to it to create synthetic oil, Alberta, Canada, North America

911-8723 - The Shell Scotforth plant which takes bitumen extracted from the tar sands and adds hydrogen to it to create synthetic oil, Alberta, Canada, North America

857-69415 - A rescue worker takes a break on top of a collapsed roof May 16 in Beichuan, China. The death toll in China's worst earthquake in 30 years could top 80, 000 according to the government.

857-81001 - A photographer takes a picture of a historic barn on Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

857-74657 - Sun rays fill the frame as a young woman takes a break from backpacking on a sunny afternoon.

857-65520 - A cowboy employee of the CM guest ranch near Dubois, Wyoming, takes a coffee break.

857-74473 - A Latina woman takes a cell phone picture in the mountains.

857-78870 - A ski mountaineer takes in the view while climbing Mount Shasta at sunrise, CA.

857-62158 - Ricardo Alvarado Aleman takes his sons for a ride on one of the family's donkeys on the land behind their home in the small mountain village of Potrero, Mexico.

857-63033 - A couple takes in the evening air at Dark Harbor House on Isleboro, Maine.

857-66658 - Seven workers are disassembling computers at TES-AMM Shanghai, which was founded on September 21, 2005, currently has 67 employees of which 26 are workers. With an annual production capacity of 10,000 tons, it has only treated 2,000 tons of e-waste from its founding more than a year ago. 'The biggest problem is that there isn't an e-waste recycling channel in China. The biggest chunks of raw materials we get are from government bodies, which are upgrading their equipments, and electronic appliances franchises that are washing out their outdated inventories. We don't have any imported e-waste because that's banned by the government. It takes a worker no more than ten minutes to disassemble a computer, and each worker can deal with between 60 to 70 computers a day,' says Janice Wu, who's the Environment & Quality Management Dept. Manager and Plant Manager Assistant.

857-57422 - A young couple takes photos as they explore Fort Point in San Francisco. Feb. 2010

857-50513 - A group of backpackers takes in the view as the sun flares through during an expedition to Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Ref

857-49639 - A kayaker takes the plunge on some good whitewater on the Alseseca River in the Veracruz region of Mexico.

857-49646 - A kayaker takes the plunge on huge waterfall on the Alseseca River in the Veracruz region of Mexico.

857-58267 - A dancer takes part in the parade of the Copenhagen Whitsun Carnival, Denmark.

857-38376 - The Inconnu Lodge's DeHavilland Beaver floatplane takes off from McEvoy Lake in Canada's Yukon Territory.

857-31892 - Martin Avidan takes a break to phone home from a ledge on Zodiac, a 16 pitch 5.11 A3+ route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California.

857-30958 - Dan Moses takes a break from mountain biking with his dog Mac and admires the view over Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe, California.

857-32630 - At the Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore MD Yohan Zohar holds a female sponge blue crab and takes a biopsy of embryos. One female can give up to 3 million embryos.

857-31474 - Craig Luebben takes a break from shooting pictures to squeeze through a chimney in Lake Powell, Utah,

857-32028 - A Texan cowboy takes his horse out for a ride on the ranch.

857-31344 - A contestant in a 2002 adventure race in Sapa, Vietnam takes a break to rest his sore, tired feet.

857-13804 - The remote handling of spent fuel in the K Basin. The facility takes almost all the water out of the cannister by heating the water and replacing it with helium. The fuel has been in the water for many years and it is important to get the water out of the fuel for safe storage.

857-19702 - Alex Nicks takes local children for a ride off of Faaite, one of the 78 Tuamotu atolls.

857-26966 - An American boy takes a dip in a naturally heated stream in the Valley of Steam near Hveragerdi, Iceland

857-14937 - A Young participant in the relatively new sport of Ski Archery, a sport similar to biatholon but with archery instead of rifles, takes aim on a course in Park City, Utah

857-14935 - A Young participant in the relatively new sport of Ski Archery, a sport similar to biatholon but with archery instead of rifles, takes aim on a course in Park City, Utah

857-27109 - Woman takes leaping strides on the steep staircases of Santorini, Greece.

857-14933 - A Young participant in the relatively new sport of Ski Archery, a sport similar to biatholon but with archery instead of rifles, takes aim on a course in Park City, Utah

857-3916 - Tracking the bear. Jaypity and Daniel tracking the polar bear. The two note that the bear has recently killed a seal and eaten it at this seal hole. Jaypity takes a looks down the seal hole.

857-1443 - Woman with grain basket watches as a helicopter takes tourists out of the remote Kingdom of Mustang, Nepal.

832-33607 - Two cheetahs (acinonyx jubatus ) running towards a jeep with photographer and camera, Masai Mara National Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa

832-33606 - Three cheetahs (acinonyx jubatus ) sitting on a hill in front of a jeep with photographer and camera, Masai Mara National Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa

1196-107 - Fire ritual at chiwang monastery during the mani rimdu festival. these monks circumambulate the pyre after its ignition. one holds a long book wrapped in a felicitous scarf. the purifying fire takes the offering and raises them towards the sky in smoke. the circumambulatory ritual also recalls the way disciples showed respect for the buddhas body. solu khumbu, nepal

1196-11 - 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time. Tov province, mongolia

1196-79 - Invocation of the tengir (celestial) forces by means of drumming and dance. Like the sun, fire is a force that can attract as a magnet to the tengir forces. Tuvshintugs dorj (in yellow) carries the status of a ?Royal Shaman,? Meaning that he can channel three-quarters or more of the hundred tengir energies. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

1196-117 - 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time. Tov province, mongolia

1196-27 - Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

1196-188 - Invocation of the tengir (celestial) forces by means of drumming and dance. Like the sun, fire is a the shamans often wear a ?light-protecting visor? Over their eyes. The radiance of the celestial spirits can be extremely strong, and this protects the onlookers from the blast of light when the celestial spirits enter the body of the shaman. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

1196-13 - Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

1196-104 - Invocation of the tengir (celestial) forces by means of drumming and dance. Like the sun, fire is a the shamans often wear a ?light-protecting visor? Over their eyes. The radiance of the celestial spirits can be extremely strong, and this protects the onlookers from the blast of light when the celestial spirits enter the body of the shaman. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

1196-176 - Invocation of the tengir (celestial) forces by means of drumming and dance. Like the sun, fire is a force that can attract as a magnet to the tengir forces. Tuvshintugs dorj (in yellow) carries the status of a ?Royal Shaman,? Meaning that he can channel three-quarters or more of the hundred tengir energies. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

1196-258 - Invocation of the tengir (celestial) forces by means of drumming and dance. Like the sun, fire is a the shamans often wear a ?light-protecting visor? Over their eyes. The radiance of the celestial spirits can be extremely strong, and this protects the onlookers from the blast of light when the celestial spirits enter the body of the shaman. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

1196-69 - Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

1196-210 - Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

1196-105 - Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

1196-62 - Invocation of the tengir (celestial) forces by means of drumming and dance. Like the sun, fire is a force that can attract as a magnet to the tengir forces. Tuvshintugs dorj carries the status of a ?Royal Shaman,? Meaning that he can channel three-quarters or more of the hundred tengir energies. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

1196-101 - Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

1196-95 - 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time. Tov province, mongolia

1196-114 - 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time. Tov province, mongolia

1194-1513 - Cambodia a buddhist on the annual peace march battambang, takes a drink of water a kettle.

978-404 - The young caterpillars once hatched make silk compounds within which they start their growing process which takes about two weeks. The silk enclosure helps to protect them against potential predators. . Isle of White, UK. Isle of White, UK

1067-66 - Encrusting sponge, Clathria sp, detail. This genus takes the shape of whatever it begins growing on. Buyat Bay, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

995-93 - Eider duck (Somateria mollissima), male and female. Raft takes flight as it nears a moored boat.

969-264 - Flying fish takes off. (rr)

979-9108 - Researcher Stephanie Martin takes a blubber biopsy using an arrow fired from a crossbow of an adult blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), South Orkney islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

911-2089 - A gas processing plant that takes gas from the Morecambe Bay gas field, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-5967 - Robert Simpson takes soil samples to measure the level of methanotropic bacteria during an experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy mountains, New South Wales, Australia Pacific

920-2886 - Pontoon boat prepares to unload snorkelers while Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus) takes a breath, Crystal River, Florida, United States of America, North America

911-7574 - An instructor takes a young child for a lesson on the bouldering section of a climbing wall in Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-4817 - A woman takes a photograph of Nanven cove beach in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3409 - A gas processing plant in Barrow in Furness that takes gas from the Morecambe Bay gas field, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-2192 - Environmental protestor at the Nine Ladies stone circle camp takes to ropes to avoid bailiffs, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-2190 - Environmental protestor at the Nine Ladies stone circle camp takes to ropes to avoid bailiffs, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-2191 - Environmental protestor at the Nine Ladies stone circle camp takes to ropes to avoid bailiffs, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

799-1127 - A single white New Forest pony takes shelter from the summer sun in a wood, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

817-327215 - Female hiker takes in view of Cairngorms from Cairn Lochan on spring day, Highland, Scotland

759-8613 - Researcher takes samples of bull shark skin, Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, Pacific

759-8612 - Researcher takes samples of bull shark skin, Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, Pacific

832-16530 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) looking over the railing of a Tundra Buggy Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

832-11004 - Domesticated geese (Anser anser f. domestica) taking off in winter

832-16531 - Tundra Buggy Lodge, Tundra Buggies and Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) Churchill, Manitoba, Canada