Towering protective gods known as Lamassu at the Gate of All Nations in Persepolis at sunset. Fork

Towering protective gods known as Lamassu at the Gate of All Nations in Persepolis at sunset. ForkTowering protective gods known as Lamassu at the Gate of All Nations in Persepolis at sunset. Persepolis, Shiraz, Fars Province, Islamic Republic of Iran.

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

A toilet tent on the Ross Ice Shelf during a survival training course

Tombstones and graves fill an old and vast inner city graveyard

Raging floodwaters pushed reeds and grasses flat in a small river

fish and vegetables

A desolate landscape is created by large coastal sand dunes

A rare Risso's dolphin swimming along the Continental shelf

The inflated canopy of a hot air balloon backlit by the rising sun

Skeletal branches of burnt eucalyptus branches against a stormy sky

on a window sill

An abandoned shed in a field of Spinifex Grass in the desert

The cockpit bridge