Gavin Hellier / Aerial shot tracking towards Nachisan Seiganto-ji pagoda and Nachi Falls, Kumano Nachi Shrine, Wakayama, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

David Noton / Hot air balloon over the Temples of Bagan at dawn, Myanmar, November 2012.

Inaki Relanzon / Monk standing infront of Shwedagon Paya, the most important buddhist place in all Myanmar, Yangon, Rangun, Myanmar, Burma. September 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Illuminated Shwedagon Paya, the most important buddhist temple in all Myanmar, Yangon Rangun, Myanmar, Burma. September 2009

Derek Galon / Pagoda flower (Clerodendrum paniculatum) growing often wild in Dominica, West Indies. August 2018

Gavin Hellier / People visiting the Kinkaku-ji, otherwise known as the Golden Pavilion, a Zen Buddhist temple, Kyoto, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / View of Kinkaku-ji, otherwise known as the Golden Pavilion, a Zen Buddhist temple, Kyoto, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / People visiting Kiyomizu-dera temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / People visiting Kiyomizu-dera temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / View of Nachisan Seiganto-ji pagoda at Kumano Nachi Shrine, with Nachi Falls in the background, Wakayama, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of the sun rising behind Mount Fuji, with the Chureito Pagoda in the foreground, Arakurayama Sengen Park, Fujiyoshida, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of people visiting the Kinkaku-ji or Golden Pavilion, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, December 2016. Hellier