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Rocky hillside scattered with pale boulders and low green shrubs, with several cork oaks whose lower trunks are blackened, under a cloudy sky. — From the ashes, a hillside reborn Antonio Jordán

Close-up from above of a heather shrub with bright green needle-like shoots growing between pale sandstone rocks, charred wood and dark burnt debris on bare soil. — A green shoot in a burnt land Antonio Jordán

Close-up of a charred tree trunk whose surface is cracked into black, glossy blocks like crocodile skin, with patches of reddish wood showing through. — Charred eucalyptus trunk from the 2009 Canberra bushfire Antonio Jordán

River winding between bare brown hills dotted with regrowing green shrubs and young trees, with forested ridges and low cloud on mountains behind. — Cotter River: from fire to flow Antonio Jordán

Pale granite slab crossed by a grid of eroded cracks, with scattered boulders on top, pine trees along the slope and a domed granite peak in the distance under a blue sky. — Eroded cooling joints Silvia Favaro

Video of a flat salt plain covered in a thin sheet of water that mirrors white clouds and blue sky, with a pattern of polygonal salt ridges in front and low mountains on the horizon. — Flying above the Salar de Uyuni Fabien Darrouzet

Bright orange and red mats spreading along the edge of a hot spring, fringed with yellow, beside steaming turquoise and deep blue water with dark forest beyond. — Colours of the Grand Prismatic Spring Ioannis Daglis

Dark rocky mountain cirque streaked with patches of snow, perfectly mirrored in the calm water of a lake in the foreground, with a white cloud in a blue sky also reflected. — Early Summer morning reflections (Rabuons, France) Marc Hässig

Sepia-toned view of a rural valley with fields, trees and a winding road with wooden fences, leading to rounded and flat-topped hills under a lightly clouded sky. — A fallen giant sleeps (La Bourboule, France) Marc Hässig

View from the bow of a red-hulled ship with a white mast and people on deck, heading through a narrow channel of glassy water with ice floes between snowy peaks. — The sound of Silence Ben Moat

Aerial view of a wide valley where many braided meltwater channels spread across grey sediment towards the sea, between dark snow-streaked mountains. — The path of the water Giuliana Rossi

Dense forest of cork oaks with twisting, rough-barked trunks and spreading branches under a green canopy, with shrubs and fallen branches on the forest floor. — Cork oak forest (El Tiradero, Alcornocales N.P., SW Spain) Antonio Jordán

Dark layered coastal cliff ending in a natural rock arch over turquoise sea, shaped like an elephant dipping its trunk into the water, with white flowers and dry grass in the foreground. — Elephant cape, Pantelleria Anita Di Chiara

Video of white clouds and blue sky reflected in a thin layer of water over a flat salt surface, with faint polygonal salt ridges visible beneath the reflection. — Reflection in the Salar de Uyuni Fabien Darrouzet

Dead tree with a bleached white trunk and several upward-pointing bare branches like fingers of a hand, behind a wooden fence in a misty forest. — Take care when you pass there Sladjana Jovic

Wall of bluish ice: long hanging icicles on the left and in the middle, and clumps of white frosted ice shaped like cauliflower heads on the right. — Different shapes of ice Sylvia Riechelmann

View from a red rocky rim with low shrubs and dead branches into a deep forested basin of steep green ridges, with clouds spilling over the cliffs and the sea in the distance. — Caldera de Taburiente Sylvia Riechelmann

Aerial view of a small red twin-engine plane flying over a vast, featureless white snow surface, its shadow cast on the snow below and to the right. — Shadow over the glacier Claudio Bravo Lechuga

Steep riverside cliff of tightly folded rock layers in rust, grey and cream, bending in curved arches, with grassy patches and scree at its foot beside a dark, calm river under a white sky. — Waves, Silovayaha River, Pay-Khoy Sergey Kotov

Black-and-white view of a snow-covered mountain ridge sculpted into smooth waves, scoops and sharp-edged crests, bright against a dark sky, with another snowy summit behind. — Snow shaped from strong continuous winds Harald Schellander

Tall cliff of grey and white salt with vertical streaked layers rising high above a person standing at its foot among fallen blocks, showing the great scale. — Vertical salt layers, Mount Sodom Neta Wechsler

Wall of bright orange flames and grey smoke engulfing a line of green shrubs, with more flames roaring across the dry ground in the foreground, the blur of heat giving it a painted look. — The art of Fire in soil system Victoria Arcenegui

Snow-covered volcanic mountain under a clear blue sky, seen across golden tussock grass with dark green shrubs and pale, bare dead branches in front. — Mount Tongariro, New Zealand Rolf Sander

Broad green valley with steep sides and a two-tiered waterfall falling into a dark, stony river that winds across the flat floor, under a partly cloudy sky. — Islandic valley created during a volcanic eruption Manuel Queisser

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