Kalahari Desert

Much of the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa does not resemble a conventional desert, but it certainly provides stunning scenery.

The Kalahari Desert (shown in red) and the surrounding Kalahari Basin (in orange)

Banff Hotel

This hotel looks like it has been photoshopped onto the wide Canadian vista.

However it is real enough and this hotel in Banff, Alberta is a veritable resort.

Banff Springs Hotel can be accessed by rail, and must be one of the most spectacularly located hotels imaginable.

Tungurahua volcano

Active volcanoes can provide some of the most spectacular and most dangerous natural phenomena and the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador is no exception

One World Trade Center, view from above

It’s just been finished, the tallest building in the Americas, One World Trade Center.

Comparison of skyscrapers in New York

Sunrise

This has to be the sunrise of all sunrises, photo from NASA.

Baby lemur

A baby crowned lemur has just been born in captivity in Twycross Zoo, UK.

Saturn Storm

A storm on Saturn is like nothing on Earth. This one is about the size of a continent.

Reinvardts tree frog

No wonder it took a long time before it was discovered, Reinvardt’s tree frog is tiny.

Horsehead nebula

The cataclysmic events in the Horsehead Nebula (as photographed by Hubble) make the Milky Way look like a walk in the park.