Iberia, night view

Courtesy of NASA, a dynamic photo taken above the Iberian Peninsular at night, the population centres of the Lisbon, Seville and Madrid being particularly bright.

Seagulls

Seagulls in full flight; they look so comfortable and composed when they are flying, not a care in the world.

Rural Japan

Tea fields, a bamboo grove, pine forests shrouding sharp mountainsides, and clear spring water that has just emerged from the rocks; it can only be rural Japan, and it is only about 15 minutes by car from a major city.

Messines Ridge, Belguim

These former battlefields from the first World War, around Messines Ridge in Belgium, are now used for agriculture, and occasionally enjoy the most wonderful rainbows.