Beautiful night

• Beautiful night

Some feel comfortable in the light of the day, but others prefer the dark. For all the "owls", and just to all lovers of night shooting to present you this collection of photographs taken at different times and in different places but united by one theme - the beautiful and delicate night.

December 26, 2005, exactly one year after the Indian Ocean tsunami on Pak Meng beach, Thailand at a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the launch of the lanterns. Thousands of locals and foreigners gathered in southern Thailand to commemorate the victims. The number of tsunami victims of December 26, 2004 amounted to 5395 people. When eto47 settlements located along the coast of the Andaman Sea, were razed to the ground.

Snow on Times Square in New York during an unexpected spring snowstorm April 5, 2006.

In the twilight of May 24, 2006 a small Nigerian runs along the river bank in uebeschi near the Nigerian capital of Lagos. Nigeria ranked eighth in the world in terms of crude oil exports, and its revenues have increased due to high oil prices, which are stored in the global markets that helped raise $ 36 billion in foreign exchange reserves. However, Nigeria is also one of the poorest countries in the world, as most of its 140 million population lives on less than one dollar a day.

Fireworks on background of the moon after the ceremony in Valencia July 8, 2006. The ceremony was held under the chairmanship of Pope Benedict XVI during the fifth World Meeting of families. Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the country to proclaim the importance of traditional family values in Spain, where the government has been heavily criticized by the Catholic Church for legalizing gay marriage.

A visitor with a paper lantern on the background of the illuminated bamboo grove near the temple Shorenin in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, 13 November 2006.

People at Djemaa el-Fnaa in Marrakech 21 February 2007. Djemaa el Fna is a market in the old town of Marrakech, where every day are the jugglers, storytellers, snake charmers, musicians and acrobats.

Lanterns hanging above the street on the eve of the lunar new year in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, February 21, 2007.

The aircraft on the background of the moon landing at Heathrow Airport in west London May 30, 2007.

A number of statues on Easter Island in October 2003.

Children playing on the background of bright balloons during a corporate Christmas party in Hamburg in Northern Germany December 7, 2004.

The Bulgarian children play with fire during the celebration Mesni Zagovezni (Shrovetide) in the village of Lozen near Sofia, 26 February 2006. It is believed that the rituals associated with fire Pancake pomagajut scare away evil spirits from the house.

Performance artists at the opening race for the World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates March 25, 2006.

Chinese boy playing at the time of the full moon in Shanghai October 17, 2005.

A view of the beach in the resort town of Cancun, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, during the approach of Hurricane Wilma October 19, 2005. Classified by meteorologists as potentially extremely dangerous Hurricane Wilma brought heavy rains on the coast of Honduras, and was the cause of squalls, which speed reached 280 km / h. Authorities began evacuating 10,000 people living in the Mexican coastal state of Quintana Roo.

Delray Beach, Florida, September 6, 2004, after the passage of Hurricane Frances. Due to Hurricane Frances, which was assigned to the second category, and that brought a proline rain and heavy wind, hundreds of thousands of Florida residents were left without eletkroenergii.

People pass in front of the monument of Vittorio Emanuele during the so-called White Nights, night extravaganza in Rome September 19, 2004. Two million people gathered in the streets of the Italian capital, near the monuments and landmarks during the celebration of the second White Night in Rome.