April 12, 2013
‘An aerial view of the brine pools and processing areas of the Soquimich lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat, the world’s second largest salt flat, in the Atacama desert of northern Chile, on January 10, 2013.’ (Reuters/Ivan Alvarado)

‘An aerial view of the brine pools and processing areas of the Soquimich lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat, the world’s second largest salt flat, in the Atacama desert of northern Chile, on January 10, 2013.’ (Reuters/Ivan Alvarado)

December 3, 2012
Skin, Vrindavan

Skin, Vrindavan

September 4, 2012
Colorful Gables, Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab
Aerial photography by Klaus Leidorf

Colorful Gables, Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab

Aerial photography by Klaus Leidorf

August 8, 2012
Residents wade through floodwaters as another looks down from a rooftop in Marikina City, Metro Manila, on August 7, 2012. Rescuers rushed to reach trapped residents across the Philippine capital on Tuesday, as torrential rains triggered severe flooding. Flood waters reached up to two meters (6.5 feet) in the village of Tumana in Marikina City, an eastern suburb of metropolitan Manila, where some residents were stranded in their homes. (Reuters/Cheryl Ravelo) | more

Residents wade through floodwaters as another looks down from a rooftop in Marikina City, Metro Manila, on August 7, 2012. Rescuers rushed to reach trapped residents across the Philippine capital on Tuesday, as torrential rains triggered severe flooding. Flood waters reached up to two meters (6.5 feet) in the village of Tumana in Marikina City, an eastern suburb of metropolitan Manila, where some residents were stranded in their homes. (Reuters/Cheryl Ravelo) | more

July 20, 2012
Connective tissue cells co-transduced with five fluorescent proteins, by Dr. Daniela Malide, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. (Olympus BioScapes) 
Life Under the Microscope

Connective tissue cells co-transduced with five fluorescent proteins, by Dr. Daniela Malide, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. (Olympus BioScapes)

Life Under the Microscope

June 5, 2012
The Gloriana leads the manpowered craft towards Westminster Bridge during Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames, on June 3, 2012. (Reuters/Stefan Wermuth)  InFocus: Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee

The Gloriana leads the manpowered craft towards Westminster Bridge during Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames, on June 3, 2012. (Reuters/Stefan Wermuth)  InFocus: Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee

March 28, 2012
Hermanus

Hermanus

February 4, 2012
Newly-graduated Afghan border police officers take an oath during a graduation ceremony at the border police headquarter in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 31, 2012. Fewer than 25 percent of Afghans say the national police are now strong enough to handle security without international forces’ help, but three-quarters believe they will be ready by the 2014 NATO handover, according to a U.N. survey. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) #img 21 The Atlantic

Newly-graduated Afghan border police officers take an oath during a graduation ceremony at the border police headquarter in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 31, 2012. Fewer than 25 percent of Afghans say the national police are now strong enough to handle security without international forces’ help, but three-quarters believe they will be ready by the 2014 NATO handover, according to a U.N. survey. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) #img 21 The Atlantic

January 24, 2012

Versace Couture Spring 2012

January 24, 2012

Versace Couture Spring 2012