Scientists and staff passengers sleeping inside a US Air force Hercules fuselage flying to Antarctica. Rugged terrain

Scientists and staff passengers sleeping inside a US Air force Hercules fuselage flying to Antarctica. Rugged terrainScientists and staff passengers sleeping inside a US Air force Hercules fuselage flying to Antarctica. Southern Ocean, between New Zealand and Antarctica.

Patrons explore a night market for bargains

An enormous clear blue sky rises above the desert plain and Uluru

The textured and spotted fur coat of a vulnerable ocelot

Bright orange jelly fungi grows on a moist tree stump

A boy enjoys eating a sandwich for lunch in an Amazon river town cafe

A chimney stack is part of the steam operations for the boiler and engine house in a gold town museum

Wind ripples on the surface of the Indian Ocean in the sunset afterglow

A remote dusty road heads over the horizon to an outback country town

A competitor number painted on the neck fur of a racing camel

Portrait of a powerful owl with golden eyes and a curious wise look

A salt encrusted branch blown onto the salty surface of Lake Eyre

Billowing dry season storm clouds roil over the open savannah