Laborers carry timber hull ribs during the handmade construction of an ancient timber dhow. Wilsons promontory national park victoria australia

Laborers carry timber hull ribs during the handmade construction of an ancient timber dhow. Wilsons promontory national park victoria australiaLaborers carry timber hull ribs during the handmade construction of an ancient timber dhow. Sur, Ash Sharqiyah Region, Gulf of Oman, Sultanate of Oman.

American flags fly proudly at the base of the Washington Monument

An ancient handmade stone watchtower in an abandoned mountain desert village

A low angle view of a rain forest tree canopy against a blue sky

An acacia woodland atop a small hill overlooking a savannah plain

silvery white piranha hanging from a fishing line

Winds buffet Marram Grass critical for stabilising coastal sand dunes

Boulders and black volcanic sand crowd the rim of an active volcano

Alfred National Park

Billowing dry season storm clouds roil over the open savannah

A small boy and a fisherman steer his wooden trimaran sailing dhow in the shallow turquoise seas of the Indian Ocean

A bull giraffe following a doe in estrus on an open acacia woodland

An icy road winds through a rugged alpine pass shrouded in snow