A graceful strength embodied in stone, the towering Empire State Building stretches out into the skies above Manhattan Island. (New York City, NY, USA)
The sun sinks below the horizon, overlooked by the centuries-old Moorish fortress of the Alhambra. (Grenada, Spain)
A magnificent view over stunning gardens and the city of Grenada, as seen from the Palacio de Generalife. (Grenada, Spain)
The Palacio de Carlos, constructed by the Romans inside the Moorish Alhambra fortress. (Grenada, Spain)
After the sun sets, the birds of the city take to the night. (New Orleans, LA, USA)
Birds gather on the girders of an electricity pylon to watch the sunset. (New Orleans, LA, USA)
Yellow cabs speed around the Flatiron Building in Upper Manhattan. (New York City, NY, USA)
In the fall, people come from all over America to visit Georgia's national parks. The contrast of vivid colours the leaves of the forest trees produce for just a few days makes for a incredible sight. (Douglas County, GA, USA)
Seawater is cleaved out of the way by the prow of our little boat as it makes it's way to the Eastern Thai island of Koh Chang. (Koh Chang, Western Thailand)
The many species of butterfly native to the area are echoed in stone outside the mystical Thien Mu pagoda. (Hue, Central Vietnam)
A monolithic crucifix dominates the skyline at sunset in St. Augustine, the United States' oldest city. (St. Augustine, FL, USA)
Flying inland, perhaps to escape New York's chilling winter temperatures, a flock of ducks take to the air above the Hudson River at the tip of Lower Manhattan. (New York City, NY, USA)
A combination of pollution and North Atlantic mist often creates vibrant sunsets over New York. This one is viewed on the metro rail crossing the Williamsburg Bridge into Brooklyn. (New York City, NY, USA)
The setting sun illuminates amazing cloud formations mirroring the palm trees in the dusky sky over jungle-filled central Koh Pha Ngan. (Koh Pha Ngan, Southern Thailand)
Upon it's opening in 1985, the Atlanta Marriott Marquis held the record for the world's tallest indoor atrium at a remarkable 143 meters high. (Atlanta, GA, USA)
The classic 1930's art deco offices of the Empire State Building nestle serenely in the deep blue sky high over the chaotic streets of modern New York City. (New York City, NY USA)
An airliner departs England as the sun sets, heading out into the dark, wide-open skies over the Atlantic ocean. (Tavistock, Devon, England)
Atop Nha Trang's highest peak and made of pure white stone, the giant Buddha image of the Long Son Pagoda reflects the colour of the sky above it. (Nha Trang, Central Vietnam)
To quote the author Alex Garland; Jellyfish are like no other life form on Earth. They fill a strange void between the worlds of animals and plants. Here, one floats gently through the still waters of a tank at the Georgia Aquarium. (Atlanta, GA, USA)
A typical example of the artwork applied to the many trading and fishing boats that line the banks of the Mekong Delta. (Mekong Delta, Southern Vietnam)
The bright moonlight and an ancient lightbulb provide the only illumination in the deep of the night at a backpacker's resort on the west coast of Koh Pha Ngan island. (Koh Pha Ngan, Southern Thailand)
Near-total darkness except for the moonlight and the distant light to guide boats into Thong Sala harbour, all help to make the west coast of Koh Pha Ngan at 2am a magical place to be. (Koh Pha Ngan, Southern Thailand)
The last vestiges of sunlight reflect off the strange and wonderfully coloured fall trees at Sweetwater Creek state park. (North Georgia, USA)
As dusk begins to fade to night, storm clouds approach the city from the sea. (St. Augustine, FL, USA)
A chimney trickles soft smoke into the sunset from a freshly-lit fireplace, as night falls and an autumn chill begins to descend. (Tavistock, Devon, England)
Taken from one of the vast, tapering road bridges over Western Florida, the humid atmosphere over this swampland often creates low cloud at sundown, resulting in beautiful and serene sunsets. (Near Panama City, FL, USA)
Tropical and evergreen foliage intermingle to create a blanket of amazingly vivd greenery, set against a backdrop of bright blue ocean.
You don't have to go far in Laos to find wild jungle, where lush, wild plantlife covers every inch of the landscape. (Luang Prabang province, Northern Laos)
A jet takes off from Siem Reap airport into the intensely electric sky that often hangs over the ancient city of Angkor at dusk. (City of Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia)
A 'floating' village on the Mekong Delta, as seen through the living room window of a local fisherman. His living room also doubles as his workplace; a hatch in the floor opens to reveal a vast net trap, full of catfish. (Mekong Delta, Southern Vietnam)
As a tribute to Hunter S. Thompson's famous cry: "We can't stay here, this is Bat Country!"; the owners of this Nevada gas station have erected a giant bat onto their ironic welcome sign. (Gerlach, NV, USA)
Sunset over Phnom Bakheng, the tall hill on which sits one of the city of Angkor's many ruined temples. (City of Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia)
Rice paddies line the mountainsides along the steep road into the highland jungles of Northern Vietnam. (Lao Cai province, Northern Vietnam)
A high tropical sun bounces off the mysterious stone faces of the Bayon temple. More than 200 of these smiling characters were intricately carved into the rock almost one thousand years ago. (City of Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia)
Sunset over Phnom Bakheng, the tall hill on which sits one of the city of Angkor's many ruined temples. (City of Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia)
