An American flag flies proudly at the Washington Monument. Single animal

An American flag flies proudly at the Washington Monument. Single animalAn American flag flies proudly at the Washington Monument. Washington DC, USA, United States of America.

In the Middle East the horns were carved to make the handles of ceremonial daggers known as Jambiyas

This wonderful formation looming over a jagged peak is calla lenticular cloud

Salsola Nollothensis

Beneath a storm front an incoming tide pushes waves onto a beach at sunset

The delicate tendrils and elegant mosaic skin patterns on a catch of Cuttlefish framed by a weathered old tub in a fish market

Uttar Pradesh

Warm waves roll onto a deserted tropical island beach at sunset

A tightly coiled Eyelash Viper

Coranderrk

Channa striata

Oldonyo Lengai

A Spinifex Hopping Mouse peaking cautiously from its burrow entrance