The Eggishorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps. A cable car station is located on a secondary summit named Fiescherhorli (2,893 m), 500 metres south of the main peak.

Typical haircut of Himba warrior

Dallol is the hottest place year-round on the planet and currently holds the record high average temperature for an inhabited location on Earth. In the region is the highly-active hydrothermal system of Dallol, with numerous springs, terrace systems and fumaroles.

Banaue terraces were built with minimal equipment, largely by hand. The terraces are believed by many to be more than 2,000 years old. These terraces are occasionally called the "Eighth Wonder of the World".

During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, 4446 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of 3822 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day.

The main crater is about two km wide and is considered as the most voluminous known lava lake in recent history. Last eruption was in 2002 where 245 people died from asphyxiation by carbon dioxide and buildings collapsing due to the lava and earthquakes. At least 15% of Goma comprising 4,500 buildings were destroyed, leaving about 120'000 people homeless.

Sunset over old Bagan from Shwesandaw pagoda, the tallest pagoda in Bagan. Hot-air balloon were flying very close to the Pagoda in 2013, what is not allowed anymore now.

The Koe-thaung temple is the largest temple in Mrauk U. The name means "Temple of 90,000 Buddha Images".

Mount Bromo is an active volcano that is almost 2500 meters. It sits in the middle of a plain called the "Sea of Sand".

The Ijen volcano complex is a group of composite volcanoes. It is inside a larger caldera Ijen, which is about 20 kilometres wide.

Komodo is one of the 17,508 islands that comprise the Republic of Indonesia. The island is particularly notable as the habitat of the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard on Earth, which is named after the island. Komodo Island has a human population of over two thousand.

Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic church situated at a height of 2,580 metres. A strenuous ascent is followed by a climb up a vertical rock wall depending entirely on hand grips and foot holds crowned with a walk over a 50 cm wide ledge facing a cliff of 300 metres sheer drop. Pretty impressive.

The U Bein Bridge, on Taungthaman Lake, is a 1209 meters bridge built around 1850. It is believed to be the oldest and (once) longest teakwood bridge in the world. The bridge was built in curved shape in the middle to resist the assault of wind and water.

The term Dallol was coined by the Afar people and means dissolution or disintegration, describing a landscape of green acid ponds and iron oxide, sulfur and salt desert plains.

Bai Tu Long Bay is a smaller, more quite bay than the Hạ Long Bay, located more in the south.

The Afar people mine salt, loading each of their camels with up to thirty salt bricks weighing four kilograms each. It will then take two days to get to the nearest town, with guards watching the camels and guarding them from bandits

Erta Ale is 613 metres high, with one or sometimes two active lava lakes at the summit which occasionally overflow on the south side of the volcano. It is notable for holding the longest-existing lava lake, present since the early years of the twentieth century (1906). Volcanoes with lava lakes are very rare: there are only eight in the world.

Typical untouched ethiopian village in Amhara region

Nyiragongo is an active volcano with an elevation of 3,470 m. Nyiragongo's lava lake has at times been the most voluminous known lava lake in recent history. Whereas most lava flows move rather slowly and rarely pose a danger to human life, Nyiragongo's lava flows may race downhill at up to 100 km/h.

El Sod is a huge deep old volcanic crater with a small lake at the bottom which has been mined for salt for hundreds of years. Diggers are getting very fast completely blind and deaf by digging without any protection in this very salty water.

The Danakil Depression is a vast plain, some 200 by 50 km near the border with Eritrea. It is about 125 m below sea level. The area is often referred to as the cradle of humanity

The Church of Saint George is one of eleven rock-hewn monolithic churches in Lalibela. It was carved downwards from a type of volcanic tuff. It is among the best known and last built of the eleven churches in the Lalibela area, and has been referred to as the "Eighth Wonder of the World".

The Karni Mata Temple in Deshnok, famously known as the “Rat Temple,” is home to thousands of revered rats, believed to be the reincarnations of Karni Mata’s devotees. Pilgrims and visitors walk carefully through the ornate marble temple, seeking blessings from the sacred rodents in this unique and spiritual sanctuary.

Among the Ekonda people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a woman becomes a Walé after her first childbirth, a sacred rite of passage marked by seclusion, learning, and transformation. During this time, she is painted daily with red powder made from the ngola tree, symbolizing protection and spiritual power. After months or years in isolation, she returns to society in a grand ceremony of music, dance, and storytelling, celebrated for her strength, beauty, and new role as a mother.

Gelada (Theropithecus gelada), also called bleeding-heart monkey is an endemic species in Ethiopia.

Komodo (Varanus komodoensis) lizards can grow up to 3 meters. They are living only on a few Islands in Indonesia with a total population of 3000 individuals.

The name "orangutan" is derived from the Indonesian words meaning "man of the forest". Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) are the most arboreal of the great apes and spend most of their time in trees.

With only a thousand individual left, mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) are listed as endangered species.

Lions (Panthera leo) tend to dominate cheetahs and leopards, steal their kills and kill their cubs and even adults when given the chance.

If a new male assumes mastery of a harem, females impregnated by the previous leader have an 80% likelihood of aborting. This phenomenon is known as the Bruce effect.

Although adult lions have no natural predators, evidence suggests most die violently from attacks by humans or other lions.

Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) population had declined 60% from 1978 to 2005. It is the fourth-fastest land animal, after the cheetah (its main predator), pronghorn and springbok.

An infant is carried on its mother's belly for the first five weeks, and thereafter on her back. Infants can move independently at around five months old.

The sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) is a subspecies of asian elephant with an estimated population of less than 3000 wild individuals. Asiatic elephants reach adulthood at 17 years of age in both sexes.

A typical gorilla group contains one dominant silverback, who is the group's undisputed leader; Another subordinate silverback (usually a younger brother, half-brother, or even an adult son of the dominant silverback); one or two blackbacks, who act as sentries; three to four sexually mature females, who are ordinarily bonded to the dominant silverback for life; and from three to six juveniles and infants.

In elephants, dominance depends on the age, size and sexual condition and when in groups, males follow the lead of the dominant bull. Not only in elephants...

Mount Popa is surrounded by hundred of Rhesus Macaque monkeys (Macaca mulatta).

Taken in Vivarium Elapsoidea

Very early in the morning, this lion was climbing down the border of the Ngorongoro crater to enter this wonderful natural arche.

The Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) is an endemic monkey living in Zanzibar island and classified as endangered spiecies.

Flanged males attract oestrous females with their characteristic long calls, which may also suppress development in younger males. Unflanged males wander widely in search of oestrous females and upon finding one, will force copulation on her. While both strategies are successful, females prefer to mate with flanged males and seek their company for protection against unflanged males.

Just woke up and climbed down from his nest, this chimpanzee was waiting his community to join. In the morning, males often drum against the trees to give their identity, their position and the direction they are going.

The gorilla gestation period lasts 8.5 months. Female first give birth at 10 years of age and have four-year interbirth intervals. Infants remain in contact with their mothers for the first five months and mothers stay near the silverback for protection. Infants suckle at least once per hour and sleep with their mothers in the same nest.

Orangutans live a more solitary lifestyle than the other great apes. Adult males and independent adolescents of both sexes tend to live alone

The breeding period can last up to 11 days, and a female usually mates with numerous males during that time. Female macaques first breed when they are four years old, and reach menopause at around 25 years of age

Although previous studies proposed that Komodo dragon saliva contains a variety of highly septic bacteria that would help to bring down prey, research in 2013 suggested that the bacteria in the mouths of Komodo dragons are ordinary and similar to those found in other carnivores. They actually have surprisingly good mouth hygiene. But Komodo dragons possess a venomous bite with two glands in the lower jaw.

Taken in Vivarium Elapsoidea

In primates, showing the teeth, especially teeth held together, is almost always a sign of submission. This expression is unidirectional, given by the subordinate to the dominant and never the other way around. As such, it is an unambiguous marker of the hierarchy.