Jon Mitchell

EARTH Argentina / Uruguay -- 31 Dec 2004 -- From the flat grasslands of Argentina, known as the Pampas, the terrain of southern South America

EARTH Taklamakan Desert -- 2005 -- The entire Taklamakan Desert is visible in this MODIS image. Covering a large swathe of Central Asia

EARTH Eastern Mediterranean -- 2005 -- Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Syria and Lebanon are featured in this MODIS image -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

EARTH Middle East -- 10 Sep 2000 -- The coast of the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea are visible in this NASA MODIS image

NEPAL Indo-Tibetan (China) Nepali border area -- 27 Sep 2006 -- The scene of the Nepali helicopter tragedy is visible (lower left to lower left-centre) in this undated file photo from taken

EARTH The Moon -- Feb 2006 -- This composite image was obtained by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft. Crater Mayer (63.2° N, 17.3° E)

EARTH Aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery -- 15 Jul 2006 -- Backdropped by a cloud-covered Earth, the International Space Station moves away from Space Shuttle Discovery.

IRAQ -- 07 Jun 2006 -- A still photo made from an armament delivery recording of the air strike on the building housing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and others, shortly before it was bombed.

EARTH Aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery -- 15 Jul 2006 -- Backdropped by a cloud-covered Earth, the International Space Station moves away from Space Shuttle Discovery.

EARTH Aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery -- 15 Jul 2006 -- Backdropped by a cloud-covered Earth, the International Space Station

EARTH Alaska, Aleutian Islands -- 23 May 2006 -- Eruption of Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska is featured in this image photographed by a crewmember

EARTH Aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery -- 15 Jul 2006 -- Backdropped by a cloud-covered Earth, the International Space Station

EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 08 Jul 2006 -- Astronaut Michael E Fossum, STS-121 mission specialist

EARTH Aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery -- 08 Jul 2006 -- Anchored to the Space Shuttle Discovery's Remote Manipulator System/Orbiter Boom

EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- The Space Shuttle Discovery flies a short distance from the International Space Station

EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 08 Jul 2006 -- Astronaut Piers J Sellers, STS-121 mission specialist,

EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 06 Jul 2006 -- The Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station

EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 06 Jul 2006 -- A nadir view of Space Shuttle Discovery's crew cabin

NEPAL Kathmandu -- Nov 2005 -- The celebrated Pashputinath temple in the Kathmandu valley during the festival of light, Tihar

NEPAL Kathmandu -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of the eastern part of the Kathmandu valley.

NEPAL Kathmandu -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of the eastern part of the Kathmandu valley

NEPAL Kathmandu -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of the eastern part of the Kathmandu valley

NEPAL Kathmandu -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of the eastern part of the Kathmandu valley

NEPAL Kathmandu -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of the eastern part of the Kathmandu valley

NEPAL Kathmandu -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of the eastern part of the Kathmandu valley

NEPAL Kathmandu -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of the eastern part of the Kathmandu valley

NEPAL Kathmandu -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of the eastern part of the Kathmandu valley

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields and forest in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Chorten amid forest in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Forest in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Lukla -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of Lukla, the gateway by air to the Solu Khumbu region and Mount Everest.

NEPAL Lukla -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of Lukla, the gateway by air to the Solu Khumbu region and Mount Everest.

NEPAL Lukla -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of the trail north of Lukla (looking west), the gateway by air to the Solu Khumbu region and Mount Everest.

NEPAL Tengboche -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of the famous Tengboche Monastery in the Solu Khumbu region. Situated at almost 4,000m it is the cultural and religious centre of Sherpa culture

NEPAL Tengboche -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of the famous Tengboche Monastery in the Solu Khumbu region. Situated at almost 4,000m it is the cultural and religious centre of Sherpa culture

NEPAL Tengboche -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of the famous Tengboche Monastery in the Solu Khumbu region. Situated at almost 4,000m it is the cultural and religious centre of Sherpa culture

NEPAL Mount Ama Dablam -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial view of Mount Ama Dablam (right, 6,856m), Mount Lhotse (left, 8,414) and on the far left peeping over the Lhotse ridge is Mount Everest itself.

NEPAL Mount Ama Dablam -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial view of Mount Ama Dablam (right, 6,856m), Mount Lhotse (left, 8,414) and on the far left peeping over the Lhotse ridge is Mount Everest itself.

NEPAL Mount Pharilapche -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial view of Mount Pharilpache, 6,017m (left) and Mount Chadoten, 5,065m (right), also the Machermo Glacier

NEPAL Namche Bazaar -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial view of Namche Bazaar - a town in the Everest region situated at 3,400m.

NEPAL Shorong Himal -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of Mount Numbur (top centre, 6,959m), Mount Khatang (top centre right, 6,853m) and Mount Karyolung (top left, 6,511m)

NEPAL Shorong Himal -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of Mount Numbur (top centre, 6,959m), Mount Khatang (top centre right, 6,853m) and Mount Karyolung (top left, 6,511m)

NEPAL Shorong Himal -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of Mount Numbur (top centre, 6,959m), Mount Khatang (top centre right, 6,853m) and Mount Karyolung (top left, 6,511m)

NEPAL Shorong Himal -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of Mount Numbur (top centre, 6,959m) and Mount Khatang (top centre right, 6,853m)

NEPAL Shorong Himal -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of Mount Numbur (top centre, 6,959m), Mount Khatang (top centre right, 6,853m) and Mount Karyolung (top left, 6,511m)

NEPAL Shorong Himal -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of Mount Numbur (top centre, 6,959m), Mount Khatang (top centre right, 6,853m) and Mount Karyolung (top left, 6,511m)

NEPAL Shorong Himal -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of Mount Numbur (right, 6,959m), Mount Khatang (top centre right, 6,853m) and Mount Karyolung (left, 6,511m)

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Forest in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Forest in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Upper Rolwaling Valley -- 16 Apr 2005 -- An aerial photograph of an unidentified group of peaks above the Trakarding Glacier (looking south). Many peaks in Solu Khumbu are unnamed and many also unclimbed

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Upper Rolwaling Valley -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of a detail of a mountain slope in the Upper Rolwaling valley

NEPAL Upper Rolwaling Valley -- 16 Apr 2005 -- An aerial photograph of an unidentified group of peaks above the Trakarding Glacier (looking west). Many peaks in Solu Khumbu are unnamed and many also unclimbed.

NEPAL Upper Rolwaling Valley -- 16 Apr 2005 -- An aerial photograph of an unidentified group of peaks above the Trakarding Glacier (looking south). Many peaks in Solu Khumbu are unnamed and many also unclimbed

NEPAL Kathmandu -- Feb 2005 -- A small market in central Kathmandu. Almost a decade of civil war has ruined the Nepali economy

NEPAL Ramechape -- 16 Apr 2005 -- The Dudh Khosi river (left, the river on the right is the Sun Kosi) runs past terraced fields in the Himalayan foothills

NEPAL Charikot -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial photograph of Charikot