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

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Angelo Gandolfi / Forest fire in the Cerrado during dry season. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Goias, Brazil. September 2010.

Jabruson Motion / Stockpiles of African elephant ivory burning, set on fire by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 30th April 2016.

Jabruson / Piles of African elephant ivory set on fire by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This burn included over 105 tons of elephant ivory, worth over $150 million. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 30th April 2...

Jabruson / Piles of African elephant ivory set on fire by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This burn included over 105 tons of elephant ivory, worth over $150 million. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 30th April 2...

Jabruson / Piles of African elephant ivory set on fire by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This burn included over 105 tons of elephant ivory, worth over $150 million. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 30th April 2...

Jabruson / Piles of African elephant ivory set on fire by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This burn included over 105 tons of elephant ivory, worth over $150 million. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 30th April 2...

Jabruson / Piles of African elephant ivory set on fire by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This burn included over 105 tons of elephant ivory, worth over $150 million. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 30th April 2...

Tom Gilks / Nyiragongo volcano lava lake, Virungas National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo February 2015.

Denis-Huot / Masai giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), at sunrise, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. March.

Angelo Gandolfi / Scorched vegetation and rocks after fires during the peak of the dry season, Vale de Lua, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil. Fires at the peak of the dry season, Septe...

Tui De Roy / People watching the Fissure eruption of Chico volcano into 9km diameter caldera. Sierra Negra volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. October 2005.

Ingo Arndt / Burned trees in front of Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, September 2011.

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) walking in grass burnt in bushfire, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Felicity Lanchester,Felicity Lanchester / Fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis) catching insects fleeing from a grassland fire, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

David Tipling / Bush fire near Charter Towers in Queensland, Northern Australia, October

David Tipling / Aftermath of a bush fire near Charter Towers, Queensland, Australia

Denis-Huot / Bush fire at dusk, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya, October 2012

Denis-Huot / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) tusks being burnt after confiscation from poachers. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 1990.

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

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Cooking in a cabin without electricity in a small village, Bassari country, east Senegal. The Bassari, Fula and Bedik people keep alive their ancient traditions and customs, and UNESCO declared a Wo...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Cooking in a cabin without electricity in a small village, Bassari country, east Senegal. This area became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012, for cultural landscape and traditions kept by the the B...

Mark Taylor / Forest fire at night with silhouetted trees, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Kerstin Hinze / Bush fire at night near Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, October 2006

Roy Mangersnes / Storm over the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, lightning sstrikes are the predominant cause of bush fires, Botswana, November

Roy Mangersnes / Bushfire and dust devils in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana, November

Jack Dykinga / Charred remains of Aspen-fir forest near Hannagan's Meadow, at sunset with fireweeds growing in profusion amidst felled trees, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona, USA September 2011

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Volunteers clearing and burning vegetation, Vange Marsh RSPB reserve, Essex, England, UK, November.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Recently burnt heathland, showing new Bracken growth (Pteridium aquilinum), Caesar's Camp, Fleet, Hampshire, England, UK, May.

Sandesh Kadur / An elderly Toda woman sits inside her hut preparing a meal of raagi on a traditional wood-burning stove. Todas are strict vegetarians and their diet consists largely of plant and milk products. Wester...

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Thunderstorm and bushfire at night. Kalahari, Botswana, November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Thunderstorm and bushfire at night. Kalahari, Botswana, November.

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photo of grassland fire, Western Cape, South Africa, August 2009

Grzegorz Lesniewski / Common Reed (Phragmites australis) on fire. Biebrza National Park, Biebrza marshes, Poland, July.

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Fire-damaged landscape with new fern growth, near Lochinver, Highland, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Rob Tilley / River of lava flowing from the Pacaya volcano, Los Pocitos, Guatemala, Central America, June 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 / 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.

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.