Saturday, June 18, 2011

Things to see and do

 The Great Mosque of Djenné, the largest mud brick building in the world.  Photographed by Larry Louie, Canada

Wangi Wangi island, Indonesia. "While few young children are now born on boats, the ocean is still very much their playground. Here Enal plays with his 'pet' shark." Photographed by James Morgan, UK

  A hot air balloon reflected in water in the Yarra Valley, Australia. By Tim Barker, Australia

  "This was shot just after a sunset on the roof of a palace at Shugruf village in the Haraz Mountains of Yemen. No extra lighting was used. The sun has just set (see the top right corner of the image) and mist has started to rise from the valley below." Photographed by Matjaz Krivic, Slovenia

A sadhu making his way out of a cloud of colours during the Holi festival in India. Photographed by Poras Chaudary, India

A mass ordination of 34,000 monks at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple in Thailand. Now fully ordained, the monks wear the orange robes they received earlier that morning, and simultaneously bow in prayer. Photographed by Luke Duggleby, UK 

The San people of the Kalahari desert in southern Africa. Photographed by Chris Johns (National Geographic)
 
The Congo ­Basin.  Photographed by Randy Olson (National Geographic/Abrams & Chronicle)

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