Seed pods of an ancient 4000 year old cypress tree protected in a small village between Yadz and Shiraz. Parasitic Dog kennels outside the hut

Dog kennels outside the hut of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton

A Balinese long-tailed macaque greets the dawn on an old stone wall

Cradle Mountain's forests of deciduous beech reflected in Dove Lake

A Dwarf Bearded Dragon poised on a log sun basking

Door knockers on a weathered bright red door leading to a Buddhist monastery

Seed pods of an ancient 4000 year old cypress tree protected in a small village between Yadz and Shiraz. Parasitic Dog kennels outside the hutSeed pods of an ancient 4000 year old cypress tree protected in a small village between Yadz and Shiraz. The Cypress of Abarkuh, Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Islamic Republic of Iran.