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Tree roots cling tightly to the rock, providing both physical support and access to scarce resources. Beyond anchoring the tree, roots explore the substrate for water and nutrients, allowing vegetation to survive even in challenging environments. — Holding on to the rock Antonio Jordán

Snow-capped cone volcano at dawn releasing a plume of grey and pink-lit gas, seen from above dark snow-dusted rocky ridges under a pale blue sky. — Popocatépetl at dawn Lorna Dumbleton

Tall rock pinnacle shaped like a thumb rising from a snow-covered ridge into thick grey cloud, its rock brown, grey and yellowish. — La Peña - Towards the summit of Iztaccíhuatl Lorna Dumbleton

Close-up of dark red porous volcanic rock almost entirely covered by a carpet of small bright green liverworts with rounded lobes. — Liverworts covering a tezontle rock in Uruapan (Mexico) Antonio Jordán

Orchard of avocado trees with twisting moss-green trunks and spreading branches above green grass and leaf litter. — Avocado cultivation field near Tancítaro (Mexico) Antonio Jordán

Cone-shaped volcano glowing pinkish red in low evening light against a grey cloudy sky, with dark forested hills in silhouette in the foreground. — Sunset Illumination of Volcán de Colima, Mexico Andreas Brotzer

Full disc of Earth on black showing the Americas and swirling white clouds, with a circular zoomed inset of a tiny spot glinting red, yellow and blue, a heading reading 4th July 2018 and a web address below. — Ice clouds create festive sparkle on the US national holiday Alfonso Delgado Bonal

Full disc of Earth on black showing North and South America, swirling white clouds and a tiny coloured glint over Mexico, with a heading reading 4th July 2018 and a web address below. — Ice clouds sparkle on US national holiday Alfonso Delgado Bonal

Large group of people in casual clothes and caps posing on bare dry ground under a blue sky, beside a heap of earth and a low wooden structure, with wooded hills behind. — Students of the II International Course on Soil Science (Univ. Michoacana - Univ. of Seville) Antonio Jordán

Low wooden shelter of grey planks built into an earth mound, with a narrow channel of brownish water running out of it through dry grass, under a blue sky. — Prehispanic salt extraction in Michoacan (Mexico) Antonio Jordán

Seen from above, about eight dark grey spiny-tailed iguanas with yellowish patches and banded tails, sprawled over one another on a pale rock and sandy ground. — Don't touch our rock! Antonio Jordán

Aerial view of a grey ash-covered volcanic cone with a summit crater giving off faint blue smoke, above forested hills cut by a pale winding ravine filled with deposits. — From crater to channel, Volcán de Colima Velio Coviello

Muddy grey lahar flowing down a rocky channel through dense green jungle, with a distant volcano sending up a dark ash plume into a pale sky. — Lahar in the jungle, Mexico Velio Coviello

Dark cave wall densely hung with clusters of white, grey and orange stalactites of many sizes, some forming curtains along a sloping ledge. — Amazing stalactites in Chonta cavern, Mexico Stefan Doerr

Aerial view of a large spotted whale shark swimming just below the surface of green water, with two snorkellers in fins swimming beside it. — A big fish lost in the Sea of Cortez David Mencin

Rainbow arching over a stepped stone pyramid with a temple on top and a staircase up its side, lit by sun against dark storm clouds and white cumulus. — The nature surrounding the man Félix Rodrigo Rodríguez Cardozo

Small clumps of spiky salt grass with green and yellowing leaves growing through a white, crumbly salt crust on the ground. — Salt grass Elizabeth Chavez Garcia

Close-up of a white salt crust broken into curled, cracked plates over loose grey soil. — Salt crust Elizabeth Chavez Garcia

Dark grey whale tail fluke with pale spots rising out of a calm blue lagoon amid white splash, with a low flat shore on the horizon. — Perfect moment Cinthya Nava Fernandez

Fiery orange sunrise over a sea of clouds seen from high up, with the dark silhouette of a distant volcanic peak rising above them. — Iztacihuatl Sunrise Cinthya Nava Fernandez

White steam pouring from a horizontal fissure in a rusty orange and yellow volcanic rock face under a pale sky, the picture rotated on its side. — Steaming Socorro Jamie Farquharson

Close-up of rough reddish-brown limestone with dark grey bands of black chert and a fingertip for scale. Caption reads Black chert in limestone, Huepac Chert, Sonora. — Black chert Hugo Beraldi

Close-up of a knobbly grey and brown crust with rounded bulbous lumps rimmed in yellow and small beads below. Caption reads Sinter and sulfur/sulfides. — Sulfur-rich coating on a newly-formed siliceous sinter Hugo Beraldi

Clear green steaming pool rimmed by pale rock pitted with round hollows, set in grass with stones around. Caption reads Apaseo hydrothermal pools. — Hot Spring Hugo Beraldi

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