Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, ash and smoke exploding into the air, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Morley Read / Reventador Volcano erupting at dawn, Ecuador, 2017. The mountain has been in a constant state of eruption since 2002.

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) male on a branch feeding on Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) berries, Leon, Spain, February.

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) male on a branch feeding on Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) berries, Leon, Spain, February.

Pedro Narra / Scientists observing lava and ash plume erupting from Fogo Volcano, Fogo Island, Cape Verde, 29th November 2014.

Kerstin Hinze / Juvenile Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) on a Rowan ash (Sorbus aucuparia) branch, with berries, Captive, occurs in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

Sergey Gorshkov / Plume of volcanic ash lit by a basaltic lava flow from the Tolbachik volcano complex, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, eruption lasted from December 22nd 2012 through to January 2nd 2013

Sergey Gorshkov / Plume of volcanic ash lit by a basaltic lava flow from the Tolbachik volcano complex, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, eruption lasted from December 22nd 2012 through to January 2nd 2013

John Waters / Ancient ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior), Oxwich Bay Nature Reserve, Gower Peninsula, Wales, UK, October.

Alex Hyde / Ash tree leaves (Fraxinus excelsior) photographed in mobile field studio against a white background. Derbyshire, UK. September.

Alex Hyde / Ash Tree (Fraxinus excelsior) growing in a field. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.

Sergey Gorshkov / Tolbachik Volcano erupting with lava flowing down the mountain side. Kamchatka, Russia. November 29th 2013. Winner of the Wildscapes category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY competitio...

Pascal Tordeux / Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) covered in frosted, Picardy, Laon, France

Sergey Gorshkov / Plume of volcanic ash lit by a basaltic lava flow from the Tolbachik volcano complex, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, eruption lasted from December 22nd 2012 through to January 2nd 2013.

Sergey Gorshkov / Ash and lava erupting from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 15 December 2012

Sergey Gorshkov / Red hot lava flow from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 15 December 2012

Sergey Gorshkov / Lava and ash erupting from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 15 December 2012

Sergey Gorshkov / Ash plume and lava erupting from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 5 December 2012

Colin Varndell / Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) fresh leaf in spring, Dorset, UK April

Erlend Haarberg / Volcanic eruption at Eyjafjallajokull with ash and lava exploding into the air at night, Iceland, May 2010

Erlend Haarberg / Volcanic eruption at Eyjafjallajokull with lightning in the ash plume, Iceland, April 2010

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Mixed woodland of ash alder, oak beech in autumn colours. Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park, Perthshire, Scotland, Novermber 2011.

Erlend Haarberg / Ash plume and lava erupting from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, Iceland, May 2010

Erlend Haarberg / Ash plume and lava erupting from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, Iceland, May 2010

Erlend Haarberg / Subglacial volcanic eruption under the Eyjafjallajokull ice cap with northern lights above the ash plume at night, Iceland, April 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Ash plume from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull ice cap, coloured red by the rising Sun, Iceland, 7 May 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Ash plume, white cloud and snowy ridge at the subglacial volcanic eruption under the Eyjafjallajokull ice cap in Iceland, April 2010. Second place in Landscape category of the GDT 2011 competition

Orsolya Haarberg / Patterns of sand, ice and volcanic ash on the slope of the Reykjafjoll mountain, Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland, sunset, August 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Volcanic ash and lava eruption from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull ice cap, steam rises as the flowing lava interacts with glacier ice, Iceland, May 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Lightning effects in the ash plume from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption, Iceland, May 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Snow covered landscape with Vik church in the background, the large stones in the foreground have been covered with volcanic ash from the Eyafjallajokull volcano, Iceland, April 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Ash plume and lava eruption from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano at night, Iceland, April 2010. Honourably mentioned in the Wild Habitat of the Por el Planeta (For the Planet) competition 2015.

Orsolya Haarberg / Ash plume from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption, Iceland, April 2010

Inaki Relanzon / Volcanic eruption, Eyjafjallajokull, near the Myrdalsjokull glacier, South Iceland, april 2010.

Inaki Relanzon / Volcanic eruption, Eyjafjallajokull, near the Myrdalsjokull glacier, South Iceland, april 2010.

Inaki Relanzon / Volcanic eruption, Eyjafjallajokull, near the Myrdalsjokull glacier, South Iceland, april 2010.

Inaki Relanzon / Volcanic eruption, Eyjafjallajokull, near the Myrdalsjokull glacier, South Iceland, april 2010.

Colin Varndell / Mature Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) with leaves in autumn colours, Mark Ash Wood, New Forest, England, UK, October

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / View up an Ash (Fraxinus sp) tree, in a forest, near Mužilovcica village, Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, Sisack-Moslavina county, Slavonia region, Posavina area, Croatia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Slavonian / Common oak (Quercus robur) and Ash (Fraxinus sp) forest, near Mužilovcica village, Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, Sisack-Moslavina county, Slavonia region, Posavina area, Croatia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Ash trees (probably Fraxinus angustifolia) in flood water along the Trebizat River, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Flowering birtworth (Aristolochia clematitis) by Ash trees (probably Fraxinus angustifolia) in riparian forest along the Trebizat River, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Ash tree (probably Fraxinus angustifolia) reflected in flood water in a forest along the Trebizat River, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009

Laurie Campbell / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) leaping through Ash Tree in deciduous woodland, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, February

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Rowan tree / Mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia) leaves, Kuhmo, Finland, September 2008

Igor Shpilenok / Karymsky volcano, one of the most active volcanoes on Kamchatka, it is constantly belching smoke and sometimes lava and ash, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Owen Newman / Old nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania. Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from i...

Laurent Geslin / Young Benna woman looking after cattle and showing the scars on her back, these are inflicted on teenage girls by their brothers and are considered a mark of beauty and bravery, the girls provoke thei...