Munchausen, surprising artillerymen by arriving in their midst mounted on a cannon ball., From The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe, first published 1785., Chromolithograph from a French edition c1850

Mrs Straker, widow of the murdered trainer, asking Sherlock Holmes and Inspector Gregory if they have found her husband's killer From "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Published in Strand Magazine in 1892 Sidney Paget (1860-1908 English)

Wisps of fog arise from Cerro Gatal dense mountain foliage across the stream Inches from your bedroom window the cloud forest canopy is riotous with early morning bird life Pictured Canopy Lodge

Sightseeing on the lake of the crater of the Kawa Ijan vulcano where a sulphur mine constantly smokes Baluran national park Java Indonesia

Dubai UAE Not far from Dubai the wind molds the sand into beautiful dunes offering a unique natural paradise Local companies offer desert safaris and dune rides Neeza Sharjah Dunes United Arab Emirates

schooling Butterflyfish Puka Maui Dive adventure diving with North Shore Explorers in the rarely dived North Shore of Maui Hawaii USA

Boy rappelling abseiling into canyon in the Gennargentu National Park known world-wide for its limestone cliffs ITALY Sardinia

Wisps of fog arise from Cerro Gatal dense mountain foliage across the stream Inches from your bedroom window the cloud forest canopy is riotous with early morning bird life Pictured Canopy Lodge

ITALY Liguria Riomaggiore Cinque Terre fishing village of Riomaggiore with multicolored houses perched on a cliff facing the sea

Grant Munro getting a cool reception from a neighbor on whom he has called From "The Adventure of the Yellow Face" By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Published in Strand Magazine in 1893 Sidney Paget (1860-1908 English)

A mountaineer exercises on a serac below Shisha Pangma (8013m), the fourth highest mountain in the world. First climbed in 1964, it was the last 8000m peak to be climbed.