The #lizard in its natural habitat... Featuring: A Spiky-tailed Iguana in Mexico; a Green Iguana in Belize; a Land Monitor in Mihintale, Sri Lanka; & a Green Garden Lizard in Sinharaja Forest, Sri Lanka. #photooftheday #wildlifephotography #reptiles #NaturePhotography #PHOTOS

Sights from the Holy City of Anuradhapura, #SriLanka... This is an ancient city with dagobas (the dome below is one) & temples over 2,200 years old. The vivacity & profundity of the #spirituality in this place is palpable. #PhotoOfTheWeek #travelphotography #History #SriLankan

More #travelphotography from the #SriLankan city of Anuradhapura: giant statues of the #Buddha abound along with enormous 'Dagoba's (the biggest was 2nd in size only to the Great Pyramid of Giza in the #ancientworld). #photooftheday #AncientCities #Buddhist #SriLanka #PHOTOS

Wandering amongst the stonework of #Anuradhapura: a city of the #ancientworld in #SriLanka... This ruin-strewn city was founded millennia ago & more than a hint of #ancient majesty certainly remains. #photooftheday #travelphotography #HistoryMatters #History #SriLankan #PHOTOS

Color and the Sacred in #SriLanka... Featuring: a Dagoba on Lake Tissamaharama; the #buddha & dagoba at Mihintale monastery at #sunset; the Aukana Buddha; "Pilgrims' Progress" - worshippers in Anuradhapura. #photooftheday #travelphotography #ancientworld #PHOTOS #traveltheworld

The vibrant color, reflections, & beauty of Lake Tissamaharama in south central #SriLanka... The lake is home to crocodiles, varied birdlife, and an immense number of Giant Fruit Bats (pictured below). #photooftheday #landscapephotography #lake #travelphotography #NatureBeauty

Tea Country is in the higher altitudes of the central #SriLankan highlands and is a maze of cold and dreary terraced hills, trees, and haunting vistas. The property of the big Western tea companies is endless. #photooftheday #SriLanka #travelphotography #landscapephotography

Sri Lankans hard at work... Featuring: fishermen with their nets in Negombo; tea-pickers near Ella; drying the catch in the Negombo Fish Market; having a bone to pick with a potential customer. #photooftheday #travelphotography #streetphotography #SriLanka #urbanphotography

The stonework of #Borobudur #Temple in Yogyakarta, which took 120 years to build & carve, is structured vertically on 9 levels. It is built to resemble a #buddhist #mandala as seen from a birds-eye view. #photooftheday #travelphotography #ancient #Buddhism #indonesian #Indonesia

Odds & Ends in #indonesia: 1. Smiling #Buddha greets the dawn. 2. Schoolchildren in the shadow of #Prambanam. 3. Funny stonemason details at #Borobudur temple. 4. Leaving #Selogriyo temple's threshold. #PhotoOfTheWeek #travelphotography #wanderlust #Photos #TravelTheWorld #art

The vibrant beauty of the #sacred... Featured: a shrine to #Buddha in Kataragama, #SriLanka; a Hindu shrine in Matale, Sri Lanka; traces of the Majapahit in #indonesia; dawn at the Sri Maha Bodhi, Sri Lanka. #photooftheday #travelphotography #spirituality #TravelInspiration

The rituals & spontaneity of #worshiping... In #SriLanka: a #traveler at a monastery's #Buddha; prayer in the Sri Maha Bodhi; pilgrims at a Dagoba; & worshippers again in the Sri Maha Bodhi - all in Anuradhapura. #photooftheday #travelphotography #spirituality #prayer #prayers

The stunning variety of #landscapes (and a #seascape) in #SriLanka... Featuring: Ramboda Falls near Ella; Lake Tissamaharama; the Indian Ocean crashes ashore; & Sinharaja rainforest. #photooftheday #landscapephotography #travelphotography #NaturePhotography #photographylovers

Some #Alpine #blackandwhitephotography of #mountains in the #Squamish area in BC... “Nothing lives long; Only the earth and mountains.” - Dee Brown Panoptikon Photography #photooftheday #blackandwhitephoto #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #landscapephotography #Monochrome

The Grand Wall of the Stawamus Chief monolith in #Squamish, BC... The Grand Wall is but a part of the 700-meter high Chief which is the 2nd biggest monolith in the world behind El Capitan in Yosemite. #photooftheday #landscapephotography #thechief #chief #seatosky #mountain

Trees hold great primal importance for us as a species. Think Yggdrasil, the 'World Tree', of Norse myth structuring the cosmos or the Bodhi tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment among other examples. #trees #tree #photooftheday #travelphotography #NaturePhotography

I am at the very beginning of a trip in #Ecuador and am currently in #Quito. The first day has been amazing. A few shots… Panoptikon Photography #photooftheday #travelphotography #Church #TravelTheWorld #Wanderlust

A day spent imbibing the Spirit of #Catholicism in #Ecuador is a day spent in transcendent splendour… Panoptikon Photography #CatholicChurch #Quito #CatholicTwitter #Church #photooftheday #travelphotography #TravelTheWorld #TravelInspiration #architecture

Quito’s Old City channels a human flood through its narrow cobblestone roads past Spanish Colonial architecture & a string of centuries-old churches. Its charm is the juxtaposition of Old World and New. #photooftheday #travelphotography #quito #Ecuador #TravelInspiration #PHOTOS

A little #Quito #nightlife… This city and its vibe & aesthetic along with the people’s spirit of devotion and pride in heritage really made an impression on me. #photooftheday #NightPhotography #urbanphotography #streetphotography #Ecuador #travelphotography