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Large boulders of obsidian streaked with glossy black, grey and rusty orange bands, beside a bright green shrub, a fig tree and a dry stone wall under a hazy sky. — Obsidian rocks, Lipari, Aeolian Islands Michael Grund

Microscope close-up of a smooth pinkish white foraminifera shell with two dark square laser pits on its surface, and a scale bar reading 250 µm. — Ablated Lachlanella (foraminifera) Danna Titelboim

Microscope close-up of a pink, finely pitted foraminifera shell with rounded chambers, three of which have a dark square laser pit, on a black background with a scale bar reading 100 µm. — Ablated Pararotalia calcariformata (foraminifera) Danna Titelboim

Close-up of beach sediment made of rounded quartz grains shaped like rice, mostly milky white and translucent with scattered pink, orange, green and grey grains. — The beach of rice grains Giovanni Randazzo

Ruined square stone tower on a low rocky point surrounded by calm blue sea, with a rugged granite mountain glowing orange in the evening light on the far shore. — the sunset on the Sardinia Island Giovanni Randazzo

Aerial view of a deep blue bay with a small rocky island linked by sand to the shore, steep green hillsides with towns perched on cliffs, and a snow-capped volcano in the distance. — The pearl of Sicily Island Giovanni Randazzo

Close-up of a small opening in grey volcanic ground crusted with bright yellow and pale green sulphur crystals around its dark mouth, among scattered grey stones. — A slightly different fissure Laura Czekay

Close-up of a red ladybird with black spots on a rough grey lump of porous volcanic rock, with dark ash blurred in the background. — Small red dots in ashes Laura Czekay

Two people in helmets silhouetted on a dark volcanic ridge, facing a cone wreathed in billowing smoke lit golden by the low sun, with tents in the foreground. — In top of Stromboli in the evening Laura Czekay

Silhouette of a person in a helmet on a ship deck beside a hanging cable, looking out over a calm sea as the sun sits on the horizon in an orange sky. — Early morning CTD-rosette on board R/V Pourquoi Pas? Cecile Guieu

Two pinkish-red sandstone boulders pitted all over with honeycomb hollows and thin ridges, partly covered in pale lichen, lying in grass under shrubs and dry branches. — Whatering sandstone by Pere Crespi. Menorca. Crespi Salom

Sunset with the sun setting behind dark island silhouettes on the sea horizon under bands of red and orange cloud, one conical island trailing a small plume. — Sunset behind Eolie Islands Valentino Mannarino

Close-up underwater view of a large milky white jellyfish against deep blue water, its dome edged with purple and thick frilly lace-patterned arms hanging below. — "Blue Beauty" Erika Mioni

Two grey and white dolphins with a dark side stripe surfacing side by side through deep blue water, throwing up a sparkling spray of droplets. — Curious dolphins in the Ligurian Sea Erika Mioni

Low-angle view along a small, steep sand cliff a few centimetres high at the edge of a beach, with fine grey sand in front and a bright hazy sky. — Scale is everything Cenk Yaltırak

Underwater view of rounded rocks thickly covered in shaggy olive-green and brown algae, resting on a pale sandy seabed with rippled light patterns. — Coastal zone Konstantinos Kourtidis

Underwater view of murky green water full of floating plant debris, leaf fragments and fuzzy red clumps of algae drifting above a pale sandy bottom. — Life in the surf zone Konstantinos Kourtidis

Underwater view of clusters of dark blue mussels among fine filamentous algae on a sandy seabed in front of a yellowish, algae-covered rock wall. — The surf zone Konstantinos Kourtidis

Natural arch of honeycombed, pitted golden sandstone framing a dark sand beach, white-capped waves and a boulder in the sea, under a partly cloudy sky. — Escullos Alicia Morugán

Tall dark rock stack rising from shallow turquoise water at a rocky cove, its tilted top shaped like a dragon's head, with a choppy blue sea and clear sky behind. — Dragon Head Alicia Morugán

Close-up of a dense mat of thousands of thin, pale tubes of pogonophore worms covering the sea floor, curving in every direction. — Pogonophores in the Mediterranean Sea MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences

Underwater close-up of three pale, ringed worm tubes rising from the sediment, one with a feathery pink and white crown spread open at its tip. — Pogonophores in the Mediterranean Sea MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences

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