A spiny-palmed shinning-skink eats a dragonfly it has caught. Rio de janeiro

A spiny-palmed shinning-skink eats a dragonfly it has caught. Rio de janeiroA spiny palmed shinning skink eats a dragonfly it has caught. Kakadu National park, Northern Territory, Australia.

A New-Holland Rattlepod

A herd of Santa Gerturti cattle raise dust during a stampede

The powerful wake from a motorised boat as it heads out to sea

Moonrise over flooded wetlin the Top End

muscular folds of an African Elephant trunk as it rises like a mountain from a waterhole

excuse to extinguish its life in the name of protecting family and country

Lichen growing on a fire charred tree trunk

searches for prey from a tree

The magnificent facade of the Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral)

During the "heat run" a Humpback Whale

Gorge wall skyline with view to blue sky

A large male Red Kangaroo stands among wildflowers in the desert at sunset