Snail in water

Tufa pinnacles at Mono Lake

Sigiriya Rock ~ Sri Lanka

Taj Mahhal India

Plitvice, Croatia

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Nemrut Mountain, Turkey

Nemrut or Nemrud is a 2,134 m high mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for the summit where a number of large statues are erected around what is assumed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.

Lake Orta, Italy

Lake Orta is a lake in northern Italy west of Lake Maggiore. It has been so named since the 16th century, but was previously called the Lago di San Giulio, after Saint Julius, the patron saint of the region; Cusio is a merely poetical name.

 Its southern end is about 35 kilometres (22 miles) by rail NW of Novara on the main Turin-Milan line, while its north end is about 6 kilometres (4 miles) by rail south of the Gravellona-Toce railway station, half-way between Ornavasso and Omegna.

The river Nile, Cairo, Egypt

Black Swan with Chicks

Lengkuas Island, Belitung. Indonesia

Wolf Pack in Snow

Milky Way Rising Over Hardangerfjord, Norway

The Torres de Hércules, Spain

The Torres de Hércules are office buildings in Polígono Industrial Las Marismas, Los Barrios in Province of Cádiz. The building is 100.6 m tall and was completed in October 2009. The telecommunications antenna on top is 26 m tall.

Lioness and Cub

Ox Bow Bend, Snake River

Ox Bow Bend, Snake River, Mt. Moran, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Tropical pitcher plants

The Palawan peacock pheasant

Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Pink Rose Bud

El Nido - Palawan, Philippines

Lucistic sea turtle hatchlings

Atlanta

Lambs

Padirac cave, France

The Padirac Chasm or Gouffre de Padirac is a cave located near Gramat, in the Lot département, in France.

The chasm itself is approximately 99 m (325 ft) around its rim with a diameter of approximately 35 metres (115 ft). Visitors descend 75 m via a lift or a staircase before entering the cave system. The cave, at a depth of 103 metres (338 ft), contains a subterranean river system that is partly negotiable by boat.

This cave system is regarded as "one of the most extraordinary natural phenomena of the Massif Central"

Armadillo girdled lizard

The armadillo girdled lizard, Ouroborus cataphractus, is a lizard endemic to desert areas of southern Africa

Bojnice Castle, Slovakia

Bojnice Castle is a medieval castle in Bojnice, Slovakia. It is a Romantic castle with some original Gothic and Renaissance elements built in the 12th century

Mamma Black Panther with cub

Amsterdam : The Capital of Netherlands

Amsterdam is the capital city of and the most populous within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its status as the Dutch capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands though it is not the seat of the Dutch government, which is at The Hague (Den Haag).

Amsterdam has a population of 810,909 within the city-proper, 1,108,297 in the urban region and 1,571,234 in the greater metropolitan area. 

The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country.

 It comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe, with a population of approximately 7 million

2 Giraffe

Parisian Sunset @ Eiffel Tower.

Another sunset picture of Eiffel Tower the crown jewel of Paris.

Tuscany Saint Lucia

Butterfly in flower

Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera

The astonishing spectacle of a leopard savaging a crocodile has been captured for the first time on camera.

A series of incredible pictures taken at a South African game reserve document the first known time that a leopard has taken on and defeated one of the fearsome reptiles.

The photographs were taken by Hal Brindley, an American wildlife photographer, who was supposed to be taking pictures of hippos from his car in the Kruger National Park.

The giant cat raced out of cover provided by scrub and bushes to surprise the crocodile, which was swimming nearby.

A terrible and bloody struggle ensued. Eventually, onlookers were amazed to see the leopard drag the crocodile from the water as the reptile fought back.

With the crocodile snapping its powerful jaws furiously, the two animals somersaulted and grappled. Despite the crocodile's huge weight and strength, the leopard had the upper hand catching its prey by the throat.Eventually the big cat was able to sit on top of the reptile and suffocate it.

In the past, there have been reports of crocodiles killing leopards, but this is believed to the first time that the reverse scenario has been observed.

Mr Brindley said: 'I asked many rangers in South Africa if they had ever heard of anything like this and they all said no.

"It just doesn't make sense. The meat you get out of a crocodile is just not worth the risk it takes a predator to acquire. The whole scene happened in the course of about 5 minutes. Then the leopard was gone.

"I drove away, elated in disbelief. It may have been the most amazing thing I've ever seen."

Ellie Rose, a reptile keeper at London Zoo, said: "Normally, crocodiles are well able to defend themselves against attack. I can't think of any examples of this happening before."

Feeding polar bears from a tank

Feeding polar bears from a tank. circa 1950.

The Roman Forum,Rome,Italy

Flying Parrot

Grand Canyon

Taj Mehal in Night

Seal

Lava Falls, Volcano, Iceland

Hibiscus

Red Panda Sleeping

Maui, Hawaii

Mount Rainier National Park

Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. It was established on March 2, 1899 as the fifth national park in the United States

King Bird of Paradise

Shanghai Skyline

Lions are fed frozen blood

Lions are fed frozen blood during the heatwave in Melbourne