Ancient handmade stone buildings, shops and homes line a street in an abandoned village. Wildflower

Ancient handmade stone buildings, shops and homes line a street in an abandoned village. WildflowerAncient handmade stone buildings, shops and homes line a street in an abandoned village. Wadi Nakhar, Al Hamra, Ad Dakhiliyah Region, Sultanate of Oman.

An aerial view of an airport and runway tarmac in a coastal desert

A Crabeater Seal sleeping on an iceberg in an ice flow

cold yogurt on a hot summer afternoon

A Nile Crocodile running from a muddy riverbank into a wetland

Parishioners pray in the pews of a Catholic church with a huge vaulted roof

Egrets on a billabong lagoon beneath an ancient rock escarpment

Against a blue sky

A burnt-out school bus rests beside the charred remains of a house

A forest devoid of understorey and canopy cover after an intense fire

An African Elephant feeding on water plants in a flooded wetland

An endangered Mary River turtle

A timid Impala herd flees in alarm from a waterhole Hwange National Park Zimbabwe