A field of yellow Schoenia ayersii flowers carpet the desert at the base of Uluru. Water cycle

A field of yellow Schoenia ayersii flowers carpet the desert at the base of Uluru. Water cycleA field of yellow Schoenia ayersii flowers carpet the desert at the base of Uluru. Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

A close-view portrait of a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)

A sheer black mountain summit covered in snow and ice above a glacier

Grasses and debris caught in tree branches after flood waters recede

Golden statues of Garuda circle a prang above a statue of the Buddha

A boy awaiting surgery in a hospital looks under a surgical curtain

A small girl playing on an electronic tablet in an arctic village home

A flock of black noddy rest on a remote sand spit in turquoise seas

Buenos Aires

An evergreen tree provides shade for wildlife on the savannah plain

Blue Lagoon

An alpine lake surrounded by barren mountains and lush tundra

A window shuttered with a blind in an antique English terrace house