Ornate scalloped stone and mudbrick archways above a fallen timber door in an abandoned village in the desert. Boys

Ornate scalloped stone and mudbrick archways above a fallen timber door in an abandoned village in the desert. BoysOrnate scalloped stone and mudbrick archways above a fallen timber door in an abandoned village in the desert. Ibra, Ash Sharqiyah Region, Sultanate of Oman.

The massive protruding tongue of a glacier stretches into the ocean

A remote desert track passes over the crest of a red coastal sand dune Francois Peron National Park

lush leaves of zucchini growing in an organic vegetable garden

The head of a venomous lowland copperhead snake poised to strike

A crowd of spectators cheer and watch camels race down a long straight race track

Pack horses and mules descend a mountain path loaded with goods from a Buddhist monastery

A government conservation officer lifts a male jaguar from an SUV after confiscation from a home

Palm trees line a deserted beach jutting into a calm tropical sea

Portrait of a brown falcon

An endangered green sea turtle hatchling emerges from its egg

Masai Mara National Park

Telephone cables attached to a light pole catch the suns last rays