An endangered Green Sea Turtle shell on a barren nesting island. smooth

An endangered Green Sea Turtle shell on a barren nesting island. smoothAn endangered Green Sea Turtle shell on a barren nesting island. Magdelaine Cay, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Australia

Stringybark

A Large-plated Sea Star clings to a reef using powerful fingers

The ornate ceiling

An endangered Syrian Brown Bear chewing at it's steel cage

Andean Condor gliding above the jagged teeth of the Andes massif

Winding mountainous road leading to the Machu Picchu Inca ruins

My hiking partner emerges out of the ether to tell me there’s a dragon warming itself on the red sandstone further down the trail

The flaming crown of a Crimson Chat captured against the ochre sands of the Australian outback

A view of Ayers Rock under a twilight sky

Spectacular orange

A remote wooden bridge in the icy wilderness of the Andes Mountains

The new flight feathers of a 15 day old Blue-winged Kookaburra chick