Images Dated 8th April 2009

Lake Powell - panoramic view onto Lake Powell and canyons and buttes of red sandstone from Alstrom Point on the northern shore of the lake

SAS-1929
Lake Powell - panoramic view onto Lake Powell and canyons and buttes of red sandstone from Alstrom Point on the northern shore of the lake.
The panorama encompasses Padre Bay, with Gunsight Butte in the foreground and Navajo Mountain, Dominguez Butte, the Crossing of the Fathers and Tower Butte in the background - Lake Powell, Utah, USA
Steffen & Alexandra Sailer
Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© Steffen & Alexandra Sailer / ardea.com

Cave houses in Goreme, Cappadocia

Cave houses in Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey.Cappadocia is a historical region of Central Anatolia in Turkey, which covers parts of the provinces of Kayseri, Aksaray, Nigde and Nevsehir. Cappadocia is characterized by a unique geological formation in the world, and its historical and cultural heritage. In 1985, it was included by Unesco in the list of World Heritage.The unique landscape of Cappadocia is the result of the action of natural forces through the millennia. It makes 60 million years the Taurus mountain range was formed, in southern Anatolia, while the alpine chain was formed in Europe. The formation of the mountain range of the Taurus mountains caused numerous gullies and depressions in central Anatolia. Ten million years ago, these depressions were filled by magma and other volcanic features provided by the numerous volcanoes of central Anatolia.Gradually, the depressions were disappearing, transforming the region into a plateau. However, the mineral filled depressions is not very resistant to the action of wind, rain, rivers and temperature differences, so that erosion was sculpting the numerous valleys which Cappadocia is famous

Wild Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) female emerging from undergrowth, Sierra de Andjar Natural Park

Wild Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) female emerging from undergrowth, Sierra de Andjar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jan Province, Andalusia, Spain, April 2009, Critically endangered

Carnivores, Cats, Endangered, Europe, Females, Habitat, Lynx Pardinus, Mammals, Pete Oxford, Reserve, Spain, Vertebrates, Wwe