An ancient cannon pointing through a portal defends a fort in the desert. Wing beat

An ancient cannon pointing through a portal defends a fort in the desert. Wing beatAn ancient cannon pointing through a portal defends a fort in the desert. Nakhal Fort, Wilayt Nakhal, Mount Nakhal, Al Batinah South Governorate, Sultanate of Oman.

A nursery of Damselfish and Chromis shelter in a Staghorn coral

A father swings his small son through the shallows at the beach

Reflections on a calm sea create abstract patterns and textures

A Southern Toadlet displaying it's brightly colored hindquarters

Lesueur's froglet with tail from its tadpole stage

A male Humpback Whale rubs his rostrum on the tail flukes of a female

A red warning sign indicates the danger in drinking bore water

A bloody female Spotted Hyena and her pup feed on a Zebra foal on the dusty savannah

Forests of deciduous beech in fall colors surround the Twisted Lakes

Logs cut from the Amazon rainforest waiting to be processed in a logging mill

A farmer with a chainsaw uses bullocks to drag a tree he has cut down

A powerful Kelp hold-fast clings to the reef after the plant is dead