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Smooth, curving walls of a narrow sandstone slot canyon glowing orange, red and violet, with fine wavy layering and a deep black shadow on the right. — Through rocks, water, and time Daniele Penna

The Guardian of the Desert Maela Baldan

Large pale limestone sea stack with orange streaks rising sheer from a calm blue sea, beside a smaller pillar with a narrow arch at its base and two small boats nearby. — Scoglio Pan di Zucchero Roberto Pompili

Close-up of a soil face of crumbly brown earth with pale greenish grey fragments of weathered rock, with a pale blue lighter for scale. — (Weathered) rock the casbah Antonio Jordán

Flat, light brown sandstone slab covered in fine parallel grooves running across it, cut by a few thin cracks, on a white surface above a pink ruler marked to 15 centimetres. — Whispers across the Mediterranean Sea Antonio Jordán

Close-up of a granite surface covered with grey crusty lichens with dark edges above a thick carpet of yellow-green moss dotted with tiny round leaves. — Lichens and mosses covering the surface of a granite rock in a cork oak forest Antonio Jordán

Tall dark layered sea cliffs topped with green grass stretching into the distance, with white surf at their base and a sea stack, seen past wildflowers on a grassy edge under grey clouds. — Majestic Cliffs of Moher: A Geological Wonder Mohamed Nedal

Aerial view of a large tongue of grey rock debris curving down a snowy mountain valley, its surface lined with ridges and furrows, between dark rocky peaks and slopes with scattered conifers. — Flowing Rock and Ice Jack Park

Close-up of a patch of bright yellow lichen on a grey rock, its gaps forming two eyes and a wide grin like a smiley face. — Smiling lichen on a coastal rock Jenny Ullgren

Composite of a desert valley from night to dawn: dark ground on the left and sunlit pale cliffs on the right, under a sky shading from orange at the horizon to deep blue. — Sunrise in the desert Jonathan D. Müller

Aerial view of long, parallel ridges of streamlined yellow rock standing in rows on a dark, flat desert plain, fading into hazy distance. — Yardangs in the Gobi desert Jonathan D. Müller

Cave passage with wet glistening walls and a stony floor, lit by the bright wavering light trail of a moving headlamp beneath pale curtain-like formations. — Walking light in the Luxmore Caves Marcus Schiedung

Rocky shore of dark grey jagged rock ridges thickly coated in bright green algae, giving a soft mossy look like a miniature mountain range. — Into the mossy mountains Franziska Staudt

Close-up of a weathered grey rock surface split into many small blocks by a network of cracks, with tufts of green and red grass growing out of the cracks. — Weathering of Rock - Soil Formation Alwyn Biju

Large blocky tan boulder perched alone on a rocky mountain ridge, with reddish tundra plants, lichen-covered stones and patches of snow in front under a deep blue sky with white clouds. — The Things Glaciers Leave Behind Masamichi Ohba

Volcanic landscape at dawn: a dark ash cone and a steaming crater rim rising from a sea of white fog, a tall pointed volcano behind under a pink and violet sky. — Mt. Bromo, East Java, Indonesia. Exploring Remote Spaces Matteo Basilici

Red and silver remotely operated underwater vehicle being lifted out of a dark blue sea, water pouring from it, with a sampling arm holding a brown chimney fragment. — Find from another world: Chimney! Marie Heidenreich

Hillside town of stone houses and a bell tower lit by warm orange street lights at night, beneath a dark sky with the moon glowing through patchy clouds. — The night on the rocks Andrea Libertino

Hilltop town of pale stone houses with a tall bell tower built along the edge of a steep green gorge, a winding road below and rocky cliffs across the valley under a blue sky. — Between the river and the sky Andrea Libertino

Rooftops of an old stone town at sunrise with mist drifting through the valley, a large rock outcrop topped by a cross on the right and a single bird flying in the pale sky. — Rocks beyond the fog Andrea Libertino

Looking out through a huge tall opening in a mountain, its dark rock walls framing a grey sky, with a tiny silhouetted person standing on the snowy, rock-strewn floor. — Isostatic rebound and a hole in a mountain Andreas Kaiser

Vast canyon of layered red and pink rock buttes and ridges fading into haze, with a dark rocky outcrop in the foreground. — Martian Lands Within Our Grasp Sergio Pérez

Crowd of people at a viewpoint on the edge of a deep canyon, beside a tall layered rock pillar, with pink and orange rock ridges stretching away. — Great Depths Below Us Sergio Pérez

Deep canyon with flat-topped buttes of layered red and purple rock under a pale sky, a pale rocky rim and dry shrubs in the foreground. — A Thousand Layers of Red Sergio Pérez

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