Arctic plants, Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

A Crown-of-Thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on a badly damaged section of a coral reef in Gaaful Dhaalu atoll, in the faer south of the Maldives.

Burned forest area taken over by young Aspen trees in fall colors east of Greenland Lake, Grand Canyon North Rim, Arizona, United States of America

Tamarix aphylla wood at the edge of the palm grove of Zagora, Draa River valley, Province of Zagora, Region Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco

Fern (nephrolepis abrupta) and boehmeria (boehmeria penduliflora), Le Grand Brule, Reunion

Burned trees on a Volcanic cinder rim in Coconino National Forest, Arizona, USA

Burned trees on a Volcanic cinder rim in Coconino National Forest, Arizona, USA

Burned trees on a Volcanic cinder rim in Coconino National Forest, Arizona, USA

Volcanic landscape with small plants in the Timanfaya national park in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain