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The Bulkley River approaches its confluence with the Skeena River at Hazelton, British Columbia, as viewed from the Wet'suwet'en village of Hagwilget
Zorita de los Canes is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 98 inhabitants. There is a castle located in the municipality.
The castle was given to Alfonso VIII in 1174 and was in the possession of the Dukes of Pastrana until 1723, when ownership was given to the Counts of San Rafael.
In the vicinity is to be found the Visigoth Archeological Site of Recopolis.
Huge waves roll ashore on January 24, 2014 for the Mavericks Invitational surf contest on a beautiful day at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, California.
Taken at Giants Causeway, a World Heritage Site in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. This is part of the path that leads onto the top of the cliffs.
Grant "Twiggy" Baker smiles after catching a huge wave on January 24, 2014 during the finals of the Mavericks Invitational surf contest on a beautiful day at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, California. Twiggy scored a 10 on this wave leading to his victory in the contest.
Camel Rock at the interception of the wash known as Pathway of the Dead (movie site for the original Mummy movie) and Cinema Flat (movie site for The Big Country). Hagen Canyon in Red Rock Canyon State Park, California. Date: 2012-04-01.
The sun rises at The Wave, a very unique rock formation in the Coyotte Buttes area on the border of Utah and Arizona.
The Poulnabrone Dolmen is a late Stone Age burial chamber featuring a capstone sitting on several 1.8m (6ft) high portal stones rising up from limestone bedrock. Below this, the tomb is a 9m (30ft) low cairn: the name Poulnabrone actually means ‘the hole of the sorrows’.
It is the burial place of Neolithic farming people. Carbon testing of bones excavated in the 1980s dates the Dolmen at around 3800 to 3200 BC.
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Zuma Rock, outside the town of Zuma, about 30-45 minutes' drive from Abuja, Nigeria's capital.
Unfortunately it was a rainy day and clouds kept covering the rock. Still, it's a very large and impressive natural feature. But the only way to see it is from the highway, as there's no park around it or parking lot
Grant "Twiggy" Baker celebrates his victory on January 24, 2014 during the Mavericks Invitational surf contest on a beautiful day at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, California.
A lion cub wanders with her mother on a private game reserve, near Kruger National Park in South Africa. (4640)
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The Bulkley River approaches its confluence with the Skeena River at Hazelton, British Columbia, as viewed from the Wet'suwet'en village of Hagwilget
A SUP boarder takes a fall on January 24, 2014 during a break in the Mavericks Invitational surf contest on a beautiful day at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, California.
The sun rises at The Wave, a very unique rock formation in the Coyotte Buttes area on the border of Utah and Arizona.
Ryan Augustine takes off on a huge wave during the first semifinal heat on January 24, 2014 for the Mavericks Invitational surf contest on a beautiful day at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, California.
Mount Edgecumbe viewed across the calm waters of Sitka Sound with a sea otter in the fore on a sunny day in Sitka, Alaska.
A huge chunk of ice the size of an apartment building falls from the South Sawyer glacier in Alaska's Tracy Arm Fjord as a small group watches from their RHIB.
Grant "Twiggy" Baker rides to the contestant boat on the back of Jeff Clark's jet ski after winning the final on January 24, 2014 during the Mavericks Invitational surf contest on a beautiful day at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, California.
On my recent trip to the Southwest, I took the time to travel to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.....mainly because I heard that only 10% of the Canyon visitors see that side. I want to be one of the 10%!!
I spent the last 3 hours of daylight watching the splendor from Bright Angel Point. This is one of the images I captured there.