Jonathan Kingston | Overview

An underwater view of an elephant and his mahout swiming in the Andaman Sea, India.

Rainbow scorpionfish, Scorpaenodes xyris.

A lone skin diver plys the waters of the Andaman Sea, India.

Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica, resembles sea anemones, but are more closely related to stony corals. The strawberry anemone is found in water deeper than ten feet around in the subsea city of the Channel Islands National Park, California.

Mustache competition, Rajasthan, India.

A young woman pierces her tung and cheek during a fire walking festival, Tamil Nadu, India.

Village elders carry the village gods on their heads in Tamil Nadu, India.

A adult man winces from smoke getting in his eyes while making a ravanatha instrument for tourists at the Pushkar mela, Rajasthan, India.

Rock climber, Yangshuo, China.

A surfer catches a wave in Santa Barbara, California.

Rock climber, Yangshuo, China.

A man jumps his mountain bike off a water storage tower near Santa Barbara, California.

The Mauna Loa Solar Observatory and the air sampling tower at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii.

Material evidence from an excavation site in the laboratory of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command or JPAC, Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command is located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The command was activated on Oct. 1, 2003, created from the merger of the 30-year-old U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, and the 11-year-old Joint Task Force - Full Accounting. The mission of JPAC is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of the nation's past conflicts. On average, JPAC identifies about six MIAs each month. To date, the U.S. government has identified over 1,400 individuals.

The Lidar laser and air sampling tower at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii. Lidar is used for long term monitoring of the stratospheric aerosol layer and can detect changes of airborne particulate matter such as airborne volcanic ash. Stratospheric aerosols cool the earth by reflecting light back into space.

A shadowgraph of a bullet being fired through piano wire and the resulting bullet bow shockwave.