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Couroupita guianensis, whose common names include Ayahuma and the Cannonball Tree, is an evergreen tree allied to the Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa), and is native to tropical northern South America and to the southern Caribbean. In India it has been growing for the past two or three thousand years at least, as attested by textual records; hence it is possible that it is native to India also. It's part the family Lecythidaceae and grows up to 25m (82ft) in height...

In a Mozambican village Madamba locals are catching and selling rats on the side a road. A stick with 6-7 fried rats costs about 30 cents. Every rat-catcher can earn up to 3 dollars a day which are a lot money in this African country. Rat-catching is the occupation catching rats as a form pest control. While no longer a pression in developed countries, there are still rat-catchers in India and other developing countries...

The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is a railway tunnel beneath the Alps in Switzerland. With a length 57 km (35.4 mi) and a total 151.84 km (94.3 mi) tunnels, shafts and passages, it is the world's longest rail tunnel, surpassing the undersea Seikan Tunnel in Japan. The project consists two single track tunnels. It's part the AlpTransit project, also known as the New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA), which also includes the Lötschberg Base Tunnel between the cantons Bern and Valais...

William Neill has produced stunning images the American Landscape for over thirty years. His images are available as Limited Edition fine art photographs at a number fine art galleries. His work has been published in books, magazines, calendars and posters. William licenses his images for stock photography usage, including for advertising, corporate, editorial and other uses. In 1995, the Sierra Club awarded Neill the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography...