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Colourful hydrothermal pools and mineral deposits in the Dallol geothermal area of the Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia. The vivid yellow, orange, red and green surfaces reflect the unusual mineral-rich hydrothermal environment created by geother — Colourful hydrothermal pools at Dallol, Ethiopia Alex Coleman

Tall waterfall plunging in two white streams over a dark, layered basalt cliff, with dense green tropical forest above and around it. — Tropical Drop in Volcanic Island Rebecca Bruschetta

Silhouette of a person standing at a crater edge at night against bright orange lava fountains and glowing spatter, with the moon above in a black sky. — Looking into the Fournaise Stéphanie Barde-Cabusson

Giraffe stretching its neck up into the branches of a lone flat-topped tree on a dry golden grass plain, with a small antelope nearby and dark storm clouds behind. — Desperately seeking cover Stan Schouten

Thin-section micrograph in polarised light of ocean jasper: a rosette of large quartz crystals in orange, lilac, green and pink, shaped like an embracing couple, within a blue and green fibrous background. — The Embrace (of Ocean Jasper) Bernardo Cesare

Dawn sky glowing yellow at the horizon with fan-shaped pink, orange and purple rays spreading into blue, above silhouetted trees, a calm river and a sandy bank with dark bushes. — Dawn in Tsavo East, Kenya, Africa Dina Pirone

Bright rainbow arcing down onto a green forested slope under grey cloud, above a grassy plain with acacia trees where a few dark buffalo graze. — Pot of Gold: Ngorongoro Crater Jack Park

Aerial view of dry brown savanna with clusters of round dark patches of old livestock enclosures, a few still fenced, dotted with small bushes and crossed by a dirt road. — livestock enclosures in East Africa (boma, kraal) Matti Barthel

Aerial view of pale dry grassland with a cluster of round dark brown enclosure patches, a few white vehicles or huts above, scattered bushes and a dirt road below. — livestock enclosures in East Africa (boma, kraal) Matti Barthel

View from green bushy hilltop over a wide flat valley floor with low hills and a long escarpment in the distance, under a broad cloudy sky. — Rift Valley in Kenya Claudia Schuette

Looking down at a person's bare feet and lower legs thickly caked in brown mud, standing on dry cracked earth. — When the 2 by 5 is the only way to access the mangroves Peter Gitau

Aerial view of green grassland dotted with dozens of round reddish-brown and purple bare patches in clusters, with a few small huts and the shadow of a cloud across the top. — Circles of life and safety Lutz Merbold

Panoramic view from a green escarpment over a wide, flat plain of dry grassland, with rain falling from dark clouds onto the distant plain and mountains on the horizon. — The long rains bring life Lutz Merbold

Green savanna with bushes and a flat-topped acacia tree in the foreground, with a city skyline of tall towers and skyscrapers rising behind it under a cloudy sky. — Human interference with nature Lutz Merbold

Video of a coastline seen from a dark rocky hillside: green bush and scattered houses run down to a black lava shore beside a blue sea with white breaking waves. — Magnificence of the ocean in Comoros Gregoire Darras

Fountain of glowing orange lava spattering from a dark volcanic cone at dawn, with a plume of grey smoke and a tiny person in orange standing on the black ground below. — Sunrise at Piton de la Fournaise Delphine Smittarello

Person in a silver heat-protective suit and hood with a gold visor carrying a long metal pole across rough black lava, with a glowing orange lava flow on the slope behind. — Scientist and lava flows. Delphine Smittarello

Glowing orange lines of lava and lit-up smoke on a dark volcano slope at dusk, under a deep blue sky with low dark clouds along the horizon. — Sunrise on an erupting volcano Delphine Smittarello

Rounded grey boulders standing in calm, misty water, each with a horizontal band of yellow-green and pale stains near the waterline, under a pale pink sky with a small boat far off. — Lake Malawi Rocks Showing Lake Level Drop Bruce D Malamud

Family of elephants, two adults and two calves, walking away through tall golden grass towards a lone flat-topped tree, under an orange and pink sky. — Walking Into The Dusk Björn Weeser

Granite mountain with steep ribbed rock faces glowing orange in low sunlight under purple and golden clouds, above a plain with scattered trees, boulders and green shrubs. — Cloudy sunset before the rain Katleen Wils

Granite dome surface coated in orange, red and yellow lichens in the foreground, overlooking a wide landscape of wooded rocky hills and bald granite domes. — Multi-colored lichens at Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe Giovanni Mastrolonardo

Bare eroded hills of red and ochre soil among green shrubs and trees, sloping down towards a calm blue sea under a pale sky. — Contrasted island in the Mozambic Canal Jean Roger

Vast field of sharp grey limestone pinnacles stretching to a low green hill, with dry shrubs in the foreground under a blue sky with thin clouds. — A sea of sharpened rocks Jean Roger

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