A torii is a traditional Japanese gate found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred. Photograph Scarborough Beach

Scarborough Beach

A creek in a moss and lichen filled gully in a cool temperate forest

A cargo ships stevedore monitors a crane lifting shipping containers

The textured and folded wall of a towering Cathedral termite mound

A torii is a traditional Japanese gate found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred. Photograph Scarborough BeachA torii is a traditional Japanese gate found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred. Meiji Shrine, Shinto Shrine, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.