In this picture taken on September 5, 2023, students practice contortionism at the Flower Studio in Ulaanbaatar. Mongolian circus performers fly through the air of a cavernous hall inspectors have warned could collapse at any time, one of the few places left to train if they hope to travel the world with their country's spectacular big top shows. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo)

Tip Toland is a sculptor and instructor living in the Seattle, Washington area. Her current focus is figurative ceramic sculpture. Tip is represented by the Nancy Margolis Gallery in New York City.

Photo: “Letter to God”, 2011. Stoneware, paint, chalk pastel, hair. (Photo by Tip Toland/Marie-Andrée Côté)

“The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (NATO reporting name: Condor) is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It was designed by the Soviet Union's Antonov design bureau. It is the world's largest ever serially-manufactured cargo airplane and world's second largest operating cargo aircraft. During development it was known as Izdeliye 400 in house, and An-40 in the West. First flown in 1982, civil certification was issued on 30 December 1992”. – Wikipedia

Photo: The new metro called “Bombardier MOVIA” with 22,50 meters long and 3,2 meters wide is load on a Antonow An-124 plane for transport to India on February 25, 2009 in Parchim, Germany. (Photo Handout Bombardier Transportation via Getty Images)

Italian rider Eva Lechner competes in the women's elite race of the “Hotondcross” cyclocross, the competition's fourth stage of the DVV Trofee Cyclocross in Ronse, on December 14, 2019. (Photo by David Stockman/BELGA/AFP Photo)

Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan from the T-Mobile Team is chased by eccentric german inventor Didi Senft dressed as the red devil during the stage 16 of the 92nd Tour de France between Mourenx and Pau on July 19, 2005, France. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Animal rights activists from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in dinosaur costumes hold placards urging people to go vegan, ahead of Earth Day celebration, in Manila, Philippines, April 21, 2022. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)

A participant with a demon mask brandishes a stick with fireworks among revellers during the traditional Correfoc (fire-run) festival in Palma de Mallorca on January 29, 2023. The Correfoc is a night of revelry in which participants dress up as demons and devils, and run through the streets scaring people with fire and fireworks. (Photo by Jaime Reina/AFP Photo)

2016 Rio Olympics, Rugby, Women's Semifinals Britain vs New Zealand, Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 8, 2016. Portia Woodman (NZL) of New Zealand tackles Claire Allan (GBR) of United Kingdom. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)