Sunrays light a giant stone wheel grinding henna seeds into powder in an ancient henna mill.

Sunrays light a giant stone wheel grinding henna seeds into powder in an ancient henna mill.Sunrays light a giant stone wheel grinding henna seeds into powder in an ancient henna mill. Yazd, Yazd Province, Islamic Republic of Iran.

A Woodland Kingfisher roosting on a tree branch

The ocean around Antarctica covered in platelet ice during the summer

A green sea turtle hatchling dives into a wave racing for the sea

A ponderous Syrian Brown Bear with lustrous coat

A Corkybark Tree on a large sand dune overlooks the vast desert plain and the dome of Uluru

A river passes through a forested valley floor below mountain peaks

A lichen encrusted coastal rock resting on a green bed of succulents

Researchers drill core samples from the sea ice to collect extremophiles from beneath the ice to study

Rio Maranon

Lichen growing on a fire charred tree trunk

God rays pass from behind clouds in a clear blue sky above a river

Villagers bathe and do laundry in a rainforest lined river