France, Savoie, Vanoise National Park, Bonneval sur Arc, labelled Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France), the highest village of Haute Maurienne (1850 m)

France, Hautes Alpes, Ecrins National Park, the refuge and the lake Goleon (2438m) in the massif of Oisans with La Meije and the Râteau (3809m) in the background

Sweden, Lapland, region listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Norrbotten County, Aurora Borealis on a teepee in Lapland in Abisko National Park

Old dead trees, Deadvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Sesriem, Namibia

Windpump in the arid outback with the ranges of Wilpena Pound. Flinders Ranges National Park, Flinders and Mid North, South Australia, Australia

Strong sunlight lights Redmans Bluff. Redmans Bluff, Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia

View over the Twelve Apostles and the Southern Ocean. Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road National Park, Victoria, Australia

Beached log half submerged with the rising sun. Croajingolong National Park, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Warm sun lights Cathederal Rock. Mount Buffalo National Park, The High Country, Victoria, Australia

UK, Wales, Gwynedd, Harlech, Harlech Beach, Snowdonia beyond

The suns rays through dramtic clouds. Limeburners Creek National Park, Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia

Lake St. Claire. Cradle Mountain National Park, Derwent Valley, Tasmania, Australia

Sunburst through trees. Guy Faulks River National Park, New England Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia

Whatcom Peak reflected in Tapto Lake, North Cascades National Park

Dawn light on Mount Whitney from the Alabama Hills, Sequoia National Park, California, USA.

Traditional russian house of Tulcea county dating back to the 19th century. The National Village Museum (Muzeul Satului), an open-air ethnographic museum at Herastrau Park, Bucharest. Romania

Frescoes by Zahari Zograf in the exterior of the Nativity Church. Rila Monastery (Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila), the largest Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ri...

Frescoes by Zahari Zograf in the exterior of the Nativity Church. Rila Monastery (Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila), the largest Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ri...

Sand dunes with Tim Bejin mountain, Sahara desert, Tunisia, Northern Africa.

Shafer Canyon Overlook, Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Utah, USA

Argentina,Patagonia,Santa Cruz Province,Los Glaciares National Park,the road to El Chalten

Argentina,Patagonia,Santa Cruz Province,Los Glaciares National Park,trees with autumn colors frame Mount Fitz Roy

Uganda, Western Uganda, Queen Elizabeth National Park. A spectacular African Fish Eagle perched on a Euphorbia tree.

Uganda, Murchison Falls National Park. A Hippo basks in the Victoria Nile.

Spain, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria Island, Maspalomas, Maspalomas Dunes National Park

Angels landing Zion National Park, Utah, USA

Road to Canyon overlook. Zion National Park, Utah, USA

Angels landing Zion National Park, Utah, USA

USA, Alaska, Ketchikan, Totem Bight National Historic Park

Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National park, California, USA

Asia, Japan, Honshu, Yamanashi prefecture, Mt Fuji (3776m) - Unesco site, boats on Kawaguchiko lake

USA, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park. Portrait of a coyote in the sage and snow.

Full moon rising over ocean and Mediterranean landscape and Calanque de Sugiton at dusk, Parc National des Calanques, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Full moon rising over ocean and Mediterranean landscape at Calanque de Sugiton after sunset, Parc National des Calanques, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Autumn colours on Bowman Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Autumn colours at sunset on Bowman Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Fischland-Darss-Zingst, Baltic Sea, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany

Kenya, Tsavo East National Park, Taita-Taveta County. A fine female elephant with crossed tusks. Its colour is a result of it dusting itself with red soil.

Oxbow bend, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA

John Moulton historic barn, Mormon Row, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA

UK, Cumbria, Lake District, Wasdale, Wast Water

Kenya, Amboseli, Kajiado County. Two bull elephants spar for dominance.

England, Cumbria, Keswick. Launch moored on Derwent Water.

Frozen tree, called Tykky, in the snowy woods at Riisitunturi National Park, Posio, Lapland, Finland

Scenic mountain road, Izu National Park, Honshu, Japan. Aerial view.

Lake Kawaguchi and Mt Fuji framed by red maple leaves in autumn, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Mt Fuji seen from lake Shoji, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Boats moored at lake Shoji and Mt. Fuji, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

France, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, French Riviera, Bouches-du-Rhone, Cassis. Calanque d'En-Vau in Calanques national park.

Zambia, Kafue National Park, Busanga Plains. A young bull Sable antelope running fast.

Zambia, Kafue National Park, Busanga Plains. A herd of elephants moving through dry, dusty terrain in the late afternoon

Zambia, Kafue National Park, Busanga Plains. A herd of elephants led by a matriarch on the move in the late afternoon

Giant Tortoise, El Chato, Highlands of Santa Cruz or Indefatigable Island, Galapagos, Ecuador