- Abstract
- More or less artistic pictures - often taken from an unusual angle.
- 143 pictures
- Adventure Sports / Sports
- Pictures showing regular Sports or Adventure Sports such as white water rafting, bungee jumping, parachuting etc
- 86 pictures
- Aerial View
- Pictures (of the ground) taken from planes, helicopters, hot air balloons, high towers etc.
- 143 pictures
- Agricultural Area
- Pictures of farming area.
- 137 pictures
- Autumn
- Pictures including trees (or other vegetation) with autumn leaves.
- 54 pictures
- Beaches
- Photos of beaches. A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water.
- 357 pictures
- Bridges
- Pictures of bridges. A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. Designs of bridges will vary depending on the function of the bridge and the nature of the...
- 162 pictures
- Buildings
- Photos of buildings
- 1981 pictures
- Caves
- Pictures taken inside or at the entrance of natural caves.
- 70 pictures
- Cities
- Photos of cities. Pictures in this category typically shows multiple buildings.
- 1867 pictures
- Coastal Area
- Pictures showing parts of a coastline.
- 910 pictures
- Desert
- Pictures of deserts. In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation - less than 250 mm per year.
- 93 pictures
- Fauna
- Photos of local fauna. Fauna is all of the animal life of any particular region. The corresponding term for plants is flora.
- 269 pictures
- Fjords
- Pictures of fjords. A fjord is a glacially overdeepened valley, usually narrow and steep-sided, extending below sea level and filled with salt water.
- 60 pictures
- Flora
- Pictures of plant life occurring in an area .
- 179 pictures
- Forest/Woodland
- Pictures taken in areas with a high density of trees.
- 259 pictures
- Glaciers
- Pictures of glaciers. A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. A glacier is formed by multi-year ice accretion in sloping terrain.
- 32 pictures
- Government buildings
- Pictures of government buildings.
- 151 pictures
- HDR
- High Dynamic Range photos, made by combining several differently exposed images, then tone mapped into an 8-bit JPEG
- 16 pictures
- Historic Sites
- Photos of historic sites.
- 1318 pictures
- Lakes
- Pictures of lakes. A Lake is a body of water surrounded by land.
- 252 pictures
- Landscapes
- Pictures of sceneries
- 892 pictures
- Lighthouses
- Pictures of lighthouses. An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire.
- 67 pictures
- Locals
- Pictures of local people.
- 463 pictures
- Mountains
- Pictures of mountains. A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally much higher and steeper than a hill, but there is considerable overlap, and usage often depends on local custom....
- 431 pictures
- Night Shot
- Pictures taken during night time.
- 133 pictures
- Ocean
- Pictures taken offshore
- 285 pictures
- Places of Worship
- Pictures of Churches, Temples, Mosques, Synagogues etc.
- 436 pictures
- Rare architecture
- Pictures showing spectacular architecture that are different from its surroundings.
- 466 pictures
- Rivers
- Pictures of rivers.
- 332 pictures
- Rural Area
- Pictures taken in rural areas. Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. Such areas are distinct from more intensively settled urban and suburban areas, and also from unsettled lands such as...
- 432 pictures
- Sculptures & Monuments
- Pictures of sculptures and monuments. These photos are often taken in city parks or squares
- 575 pictures
- Settlement
- Pictures of small groups of houses in a sparsely populated area.
- 112 pictures
- Street Life
- Pictures showing everyday life in town or cities.
- 315 pictures
- Sunrise/Sunset
- Pictures taken when the Sun appears above the horizon in the east, or disappears below the horizon in the west.
- 153 pictures
- Tall ships
- Pictures of sailing ships. A tall ship is a large traditionally rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques.
- 18 pictures
- Trails & tracks
- Hiking trails, biking trails, horseback riding trails etc
- 48 pictures
- Transportation
- Pictures showing means of transport or infrastructures such as railways, roads and canals.
- 443 pictures
- Tropical
- Pictures taken in the tropics. The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer (23° 26' 22" N) in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn (23° 26' 22" S) in...
- 545 pictures
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Pictures of places listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. Photos are taken in one of the places listed at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/
- 647 pictures
- Volcanic/Thermal Area
- Pictures taken in volcanic areas. Volcanoes, geysers, hot springs etc.
- 142 pictures
- Waterfalls
- Pictures of waterfalls. A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation or nickpoint.
- 108 pictures
- Wilderness
- Pictures of wilderness. Wilderness is land that has not been significantly modified by direct or indirect human activity. Biosphere scientists and landscape ecologists consider wilderness areas to be an integral part of the self-sustaining...
- 162 pictures
- Wintry Landscape
- Pictures of snowy landscapes.
- 99 pictures
- World Record
- The world's smallest/biggest/highest etc. This category may apply to both human made structures such as towers and bridges, but also nature; animals, vegetation and geology.
- 23 pictures
