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A young Bali Aga man dressed up in dried banana leaves and wearing a mask made of coconut, during the sacred ritual of Barong Brutuk in the traditional village of Trunyan, East Bali.

Mentawai shaman Aman Sasali crossing a river in the rainforest of Siberut Island in West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Sunrise over the Kelimutu, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Flores. Kelimutu is famous for its 3 crater lakes, which regularly change colors.

A pod of hippos in the Kavango river, in the Mahango Game Reserve in northern Namibia.

A Mongolian nomad family has just set up their traditional ger, moving from the dry Gobi desert to the plains around Ongiin Khiid, central Mongolia. A distant almost vertical rainbow is a sign that rains will soon provide relief and turn the dried out plains into lush grazing grounds for the family's herds of cattle.

Extraordinary scenery in the Gobi Desert of southern Mongolia.

A herd of giraffes crossing the plains of the Etosha National Park in Namibia, just before sunset.

Two lion brothers in Savuti, Botswana.

A mother cheetah searching for prey over the plains of the Etosha National Park in Namibia.

A herd of desert-adapted elephants enduring a sandstorm in the dry Hoanib riverbed, deep within the Namib Desert of Namibia's remote Kunene region.

Sunset over the red sand dunes of the Namib desert at Sossusvlei, Namibia.

Sunset over the Khongoryn Els sand dunes in Mongolia's Gobi desert.

Sunset over Telmen Lake in Central Mongolia.

A young male orang utan in the rain forest of the Gunung Leuser National Park in Aceh, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

The Tengger is a volcanic complex, consisting of 4 active and 1 dormant volcano, formed in an ancient caldera. The caldera lies adjacent to the active Semeru volcano, the highest peak on the Indonesian island of Java.