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 Village and farmland at the

Village and farmland at the foot of the Virunga Mountains

Ephalophus grimmia foot prints in forest mud

An eastern snake-necked turtle hatchling peering out of pond water

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

ancient valley

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 Village and farmland at theA 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.