Higher Tor and Winter Tor on a frosty morning from Belstone Tor, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England. Winter (December) 2009
Cholla Cactus Garden at Sunrise, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
Imperial Sand Dunes National Recreation Area, California, USA
desert mountain road towards Sicasumbre astronomical viewpoint, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
Sand dunes in desert near Huacachina oasis, Ica Region, Peru
Sunset over Sand Dunes, White Sands National Monument, Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA
Manly Beacon & Golden Valley, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
India, Ladakh, Thiksey. The immense and beautifully gilded Maitreya Buddha in the Chamkhang temple at Thiksey Monastery
Volcanic rock formations on Sarakiniko Beach (Plaka, Milos Island, Cyclades Islands, Greece) (MR)
Volcanic mountains view from the sand dunes of desert, Corralejo Natural Park, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
Camels caravan carrying salt extracted from Dallol salt mines, Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa
Scenic view of natural rock formations at Zabriskie Point during sunrise, Death Valley National Park, Eastern California, California, USA
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes and silhouette rocky mountains in desert during sunset, Death Valley National Park, Eastern California, California, USA
A colourful mosque stands in front of sand dunes at the edge of the desert, Wahiba sands, Oman
Landscape near Kagbeni, Upper Mustang region, Nepal
Yucca Plant, White Sands National Monument, Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA
Paria Rimrocks, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA
Joshua Tree, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Aerial View of Sand Dunes, Sossusvlei, Namibia, Africa
Sand Dune, Namib Rand, Namibia, Africa
Sand Dunes, Namib Rand, Namibia, Africa
An overcast gray sky over the Chapelle de Saint-Ferra ol, near Dourgne, Tarn DepartmentAn overcast gray sky over the Chapelle de Saint-Ferreol, near Dourgne, Tarn Department, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Ice patterns in a Dartmoor pond, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England. Winter (December) 2009
Europe, England, North Yorkshire, Ingleton, Twistleton Scars
Yucca Plants, White Sands National Monument, Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA
India, Ladakh, Leh. Looking south out over Leh, capital of Ladakh, towards the Zanskar Range, with Stok Kangri peak clearly visible
India, Ladakh, Hemis. Monk reciting prayers to the slow rhythm of a drum at Hemis Monastery
India, Ladakh, Leh. Stok Kangri Peak from Leh. Stok Kangri is the highest mountain in the Stok Range in the Himalayas, in the Ladakh region of North West India
Peru, A magnificent Andean Condor above the Colca Canyon. At 3, 191 metres, this canyon is the second deepest in the world
Peru, Llamas in the bleak altiplano of the high Andes near Colca Canyon
The scene at a Msai manyatta south of Lake NatronThe scene at a Msai manyatta, or homestead, as the first rays of sun herald another scorching day in an arid part of northern Tanzania, south of Lake Natron
Dead Vlei
Johannes Haesbroek (guide)
From the air, a pink band of Lesser flamingos hugs the barren shoreline of this intensely alkaline Rift Valley lake. The colour of the water is the result of green algae with high chlorophyll
The alkaline waters of Lake Bogoria are a favourite haunt of lesser flamingos. The barren shoreline is dotted with steam jets and geysers reflecting its volcanic origins
The Uaso Nyiru River ( a name adapted from the Msai name for it, Ewaso ng iro, meaning the red water river) flows through a spectacular gorge in Shaba National Reserve of Northern Kenya
Mount Longonot, 9, 110 feet high, lies on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, thirty-five miles northwest of Nairobi. It is called after the apt Msai name for it: Ol doinyo Loonongot
A Turkana man strides purposefully across the treeless Lotagipi Plains as an Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) watches him atop a termite mound
In the golden light of early morning, the spectacular Gheralta Mountains of Northern Ethiopia dwarf Tigray homesteads built on the Hawzien Plain hundreds of feet below
An aerial view of the caldera Sisale KmaAn aerial view of the caldera Sisale K ma, which is 3, 937 feet in diameter and 300, 000 years old. It is situated at the inlet of Ghoubbet el Kharab (the Devils Throat)
An aerial view of the volcanic cones at the inlet of Ghoubbet el Khar‰ b (the Devils Throat), a region of high seismic activity where deep fractures in the lava continue to widen year by year
Full Moon Setting over Paria Rimrocks, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA
Aerial view of empty road crossing the volcanic landscape, Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
Calm sea at dawn surrounding Xi beach and white cliffs, Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece
Joshua Trees at Sunset, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
Canyon Lake, Tonto National Forest, near Phoenix, Arizona, USA
