1116-51219 - A pair of salps (Salpa sp.) with hyperiid amphipod (Hyperiidea) hitchhikers that were photographed under water during a blackwater dive off the Kona Coast, the Big Island; Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-51218 - A tentaculate ctenophore, also known as comb jelly or sea gooseberry (Pleurobrachia sp.), opens its mouth to ingest zooplankton prey during a blackwater dive off the Kona coast, the Big island; Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-51217 - Ridgeback Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides haanii) hiding in its lair between lava rocks on Molokini Crater's backwall offshore of Maui; Molokini Crater, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-51220 - A chain of salps (Salpa sp.) that was photographed under water during a blackwater dive off the Kona coast, the Big Island; Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-51948 - Extreme close-up of the striped fur and mane of a plains zebra (Equus quagga - formerly Equus burchellii) in the Etosha National Park; Otavi, Oshikoto, Namibia
1116-52204 - Close-up of person's feet wearing spiked traction cleats while walking on ice through the famous Franz Josef Glacier; West Coast, New Zealand
1116-51956 - Close-up of an African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking from grassy waterhole with its trunk curled into its mouth on the savanna in Etosha National Park; Otavi, Oshikoto, Namibia
1116-51955 - Close-up of an African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking from grassy waterhole with its trunk curled into its mouth on the savanna in Etosha National Park; Otavi, Oshikoto, Namibia
1116-52198 - A tight squeeze for travelers exploring New Zealand's famous Franz Josef Glacier, iwth its blue Ice, deep crevasses, caves and tunnels that mark the ever changing ice formations; West Coast, New Zealand
1116-50923 - Looking directly up the bark of a tree trunk at the treetops of the California Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) and blue sky; Beech Forest, Victoria, Australia
1350-3800 - Two girs walking in front of a wall panting in San Juan La Laguna, Solol√°, Guatemala. Traditional mayan painting art Santiago Atitlan, lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
1350-3805 - Local man walking in front of a wall panting in San Juan La Laguna, Solol√°, Guatemala. Traditional mayan painting art Santiago Atitlan, lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
1350-3806 - Local woman in a windows next to of a wall panting in San Juan La Laguna, Solol√°, Guatemala. Traditional mayan painting art Santiago Atitlan, lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
1350-687 - Very high magnification shot of a silverfish eye; a special technique was used to reveal all the eye surface texture in order to get a SEM like image, but with colour.
1350-634 - A Musca domestica or house fly showing a severe mite infestion; three mites under the subgenal area and two more between labellum and thorax. Those mites show a bright red colour and finger-print like texture
1348-2149 - Bacterium responsible for syphilis. Electron micrograph of Treponema pallidum on cultures of cotton-tail rabbit epithelium cells (Sf1Ep).Treponema pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. In the United States, over 35,600 cases of syphilis were repor
1348-131 - Transmission electron micrograph of influenza A virus, early passage. The swine influenza virus as all Influenza A virus, is a pleomorphic virus
1348-122 - Highly enlarged scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted a closer look at the details exhibited by of number of red blood cells found enmeshed in a fibrinous matrix
1116-50312 - Upper Antelope Canyon with a beam of sunlight shining through a hole resembling a spotlight to the ground; Arizona, United States of America
1116-50311 - Upper Antelope Canyon with a beam of sunlight shining through a hole resembling a spotlight to the ground; Arizona, United States of America