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Two adult elephants and a calf walking across a dry sandy plain among reddish boulders, with rocky hills and mountains behind. — Desert elephants on the move Samira Ellmer

Panorama of a city spreading from a blue bay to the foot of a steep flat-topped mountain on the right, with a green hill and winding paths in the foreground and clouds over the summit. — Cape Town with Table Mountain Martin Wegmann

Scorpion glowing bright greenish blue under ultraviolet light on dark leaf litter and twigs, surrounded by deep violet and black darkness. — A scorpion under UV light Jianhao Zhang

Dead, blackened trees standing on a flat white cracked clay pan in front of a huge orange sand dune under a deep blue sky. — White sand and withered tree in Sossusvlei Jianhao Zhang

Sharp crest of an orange sand dune with sand blowing off it in a haze, rippled footprints along the ridge and a pale desert plain with scattered trees below a blue sky. — Flying sand in Namib Desert Jianhao Zhang

Wide flat desert plain where lines of grass tussocks trace winding channels, seen from a red sand dune with dry grass, with rocky mountains and scattered clouds beyond. — Plants indicate water in dry environments János Balogh

Pointed rocky peak and a rounded grassy hill above a town of white houses and tall buildings, seen across a reedy stream that reflects the clouds in golden evening light. — The marvellous Lion Sphinx Florian Heine

Desert mountain whose flank is split into pale white and dark brown rock bands, rising behind an orange sandy plain with two small green acacia trees in the foreground under a clear blue sky. — The home of the Mountain Zebra Florian Heine

Small sapling with a pale trunk and a few green leaves growing out of a crack near the top of a large orange speckled granite boulder, seen from below against a blue sky. — I've got no roots on the ground Florian Heine

Silhouetted savanna trees and bushes against a fiery orange sky, the sun setting behind the bare branches of a small tree with a larger trunk in front. — Sunset at Kruger National Park, South Africa Giovanni Mastrolonardo

Three-toed dinosaur footprint pressed into reddish-orange rock, framed by a rounded crack in the stone surface around it. — A track from the past Simona Gabrielli

Crest of a bright orange-red sand dune with a cloud of sand blowing off its sharp ridge into a pale sky, a single thin stick poking out of the sand near the top. — Something sticks out Sophie von Fromm

Rocky mountain ridge wrapped in drifting golden cloud in low evening light, with green slopes falling to a curving coastline and the sea beyond. — The lost world: Table mountain James Moore

Low view of the long bare legs and feathery body of an ostrich walking on grass, with a second ostrich behind it and a blue sea with a breaking wave in the background. — New perspective on Good Hope Janina Bösken

Aerial view of long orange-red sand dunes with dark shadowed flanks, the sandy ground between them pock-marked with hundreds of small round bare patches known as fairy circles. — The mysterious fairy circles. Hezi Yizhaq

View down from a high cliff onto a rocky coastline of brown ridges and a sandy cove, with white surf and turquoise to deep blue sea, green bush on the left and a few tiny people on the beach. — Knysna Heads: a view from above Elizaveta Kovaleva

High coastal view from orange lichen-covered cliffs over a turquoise sea with white surf, towards a long sandy beach bar linking the shore to a small rocky island. — Robberg Peninsula - a home of seals Elizaveta Kovaleva

Flat-topped mountain rising behind a city strip across a choppy green bay, seen from a dark rocky shore, with gulls flying in a blue sky with a long white cloud. — Table Mountain: with the eyes of first discoverers Elizaveta Kovaleva

City lights spreading across a wide plain at dusk, with high-rise buildings in front and a dark mountain silhouette rising on the right under a pale violet sky. — Table Mountain and Cape Town at night Elizaveta Kovaleva

Wide sandy beach covered in footprints leading out to a low, rocky, scrub-covered island, with turquoise sea and breaking waves on the left, a lone person walking on the sand and a heavy grey sky. — Robberg Peninsula Nature Reserve, South Africa. "The island" Elizaveta Kovaleva

Thin-section micrograph in crossed polarised light of a round impact spherule with radiating blue, purple and orange crystals around a grey heart-shaped centre. — Emoji from meteorites; impact spherule Seda Özdemir

Person walking along a busy city road carrying a child in a green sling on their back, beside a billboard reading Get to BP and win a Volkswagen Tiguan and a sign to the Headache Clinic, with cars and tall buildings. — Worlds apart in Johannesburg. Aleksandra J. Heer

Large waves curling and breaking into white foam under a dark grey stormy sky, seen beyond a line of orange lichen-covered rocks and a strip of green coastal scrub. — South Africa: The Storm Rider Aleksandra J. Heer

Carcass of a cow lying on patchy grass: dried brown hide with a horn still attached, and white bones scattered on the bare soil around it. — Drought in rangelands of South Africa Alexandra Dr. Sandhage-Hofmann

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