Bedouin woman with Hijab (head cover) and tattooed face and hands selling artefacts, the colonnade street, Petra
Sanganeb lighthouse from the south, deepwater jetty. Sudan Red Sea. Indian Ocean
Firozkohi nomad child climbing onto a calf, Ahangoran, near Chaqcharan, central Afghanistan, Asia
Firozkohi nomad children, Ahangoran, near Chaqcharan, central Afghanistan, Asia
Young wife on a horse being led across the Hari Rud river by her husband and his father, Minaret of Jam, central Afghanistan, Asia
Children at a village east of Qual-I-Naw, central Afghanistan, Asia
Young mother in the Grand Market, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa
Two juvenile Orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus) cuddling on a boardwalk. Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre near Sandakan. Equatorial rainforest. "Wild Man of Borneo." Sabah, Borneo, East Malaysia.
Gorgonian Sea Fan on wall (Acabaria species) with feather star feeding at right. Gorgonian fans are always angles to the current, Tampuan Point, General Santos, Mindanao Island, Philippines, Pacific Ocean
Shoal of Pennant coralfish (Heniochus diphreutes), Basterra Reef, Sulu Sea, Philippines AKA Pennant Butterflyfish and Schooling Bannerfish and False Moorish Idol
Nudibranch Phyllidia varicosa (Lamarck, 1801), Anilao, Luzon Island, Philippines.
Brown-marbled grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forssk l, 1775) Sanganeb, Sudan Red Sea, Indian Ocean. AKA Flowery cod.
Northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean octopus (Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797). Common octopus. Italy, Mediterranean
Bubble Algae, Sea Pearl or sailor s eyeball seaweed (Ventricaria ventricosa), St. John's Reef, one of the largest single-cells known it can grow to nearly 5cm in diameter, Egypt Red Sea, Indian Ocean Africa
Sea Hare, Aplysiidae Sanganeb reef, Sudan Red Sea, Indian Ocean. Africa (1)
Sea Hare, Aplysiidae Sanganeb reef, Sudan Red Sea, Indian Ocean. Africa
Nudibranch Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840), Sanganeb, Sudan Red Sea, Indian Ocean. Africa.
Two Halgerda willeyi (Eliot, 1904) nudibranchs. Sanganeb reef, Sudan Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Africa
Nudibranch Marionopsis cyanobranchiata (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1831) Sanganeb reef, Sudan Red Sea, Indian Ocean. Africa. Feeds on soft corals. This multi-gilled nudibranch is named after the colouration of its gills. Picture taken at night.
Bath in the bathroom behind the bridge on the Umbria Wreck, Port Sudan, Wingate Reefs, Sudanese Red Sea. Indian Ocean.
Part of the Ancient Madaba Mosaic Map
Walled city of Jerusalem. Part of the Ancient Madaba Mosaic Map dated to the sixth century. It is the oldest known map of Palestine, the Holy Land. Jordan. Middle East. City of mosaics, Madaba Archaeological Park, ancient Medeba
Part of the Ancient Madaba Mosaic Map in the floor of the present Greek Orthodox Church of St. George. It is the oldest known map of Palestine, the Holy Land. Jordan. Middle East. City of mosaics, Madaba Archaeological Park, ancient Medeba. Arabia, Asia
Part of the mosaic floor at the Diaconicon Baptistery, Syagha, ancient Pisgah, the chapel at Mount Nebo, Jordan. Middle East.