A fossil expert uses a drill to remove the rock from around the segmented tendrils of a crinoid fossil from the Cretaceous Period that has turned to opal in the desert. Floor A Bedouin man galloping on

A Bedouin man galloping on a horse past the ancient ruins of the Obelisk Tomb

Religious symbols on a spinning brass prayer wheels in a Himalayan town square

An enormous pumpkin grows in a vegetable patch by an irrigation hose

sedge and Australian gypsywort

The gangly legs and fluffy feathers of a Black-winged Stilt chick

A fossil expert uses a drill to remove the rock from around the segmented tendrils of a crinoid fossil from the Cretaceous Period that has turned to opal in the desert. Floor A Bedouin man galloping onA fossil expert uses a drill to remove the rock from around the segmented tendrils of a crinoid fossil from the Cretaceous Period that has turned to opal in the desert. Devon Meadows, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.