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

Ashley Cooper / Wind turbine with stacks of coal fired power station in Amsterdam, Netherlands. May 2013

Vincent Grafhorst / Minden / Crater of active volcano at twilight, Erta Ale, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

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

Vincent Grafhorst / Lava in volcanic crater, Mount Nyiragongo, Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bence Mate / Grass fire at night in Pantanal, Brazil.

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...

Gerry Ellis / Burned rainforest, cleared for oil palm agriculture, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. October, 2015

Gerry Ellis / Smoking fire, set by humans to clear rainforest to plant oil palms, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. October, 2015

Pal Hermansen / Dead, polluted Larch (Larix) forest, with power station behind, Norilsk, Russia.

Kevin Schafer / Oil refinery with Mount Baker behind, seen from Fidalgo Bay, Anacortes, Washington

Kevin Schafer / Oil refinery at sunrise spewing gas effluence out of smoke stacks, Anacortes, Washington

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

Denis-Huot / Bushfires in dry season on the Isuria escarpment, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. October 2007.

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.

Mark Taylor / Tabby cat, Max, 5 months, with smoke black kitten.

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

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...

Orsolya Haarberg / Ash plume and lava eruption from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano at night, Iceland, April 2010

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

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tree burnt by eruption of Mount Etna, Taormina, Italy, October 2007

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

Sergey Gorshkov / Tolbachik Volcano erupting, Kamchatka, Russia

Jabruson / Ba'Aka Pygmies forest fire sends smoke into the canopy of Gilbertiodendron / Bemba (Gilbertiodendron deweurei) forest, Central African Republic.

Sergey Gorshkov / Red hot lava flow 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

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

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

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

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

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / ENCE Company Paper mill at night, Navia, Asturias Spain, April 2006 No release available.

Shibai Xiao / State-owned forestry plant with workers lifting logs early in the morning, Heilongjiang Provinc, China, January 2010. No release available

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

Erlend Haarberg / Ash plume and lava erupting from the Eyjafjallajkull 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

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

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Birdwatchers in foreground with Kemsley Paper Mill in background, Kent, UK, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gas flare at a Gazprom oil production facility near Noviy Urengoy. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Matthew Maran / A hiker building a fire at his campsite. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released.

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.

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 from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption, Iceland, April 2010

Kristel Richard / Traditionally dressed Berber warriors, mounted on Barb and Arab Barb horses, galloping into battle firing their guns down during the Fantasia in Dar Es Salam, Morocco, June 2010

Billy Black / Steam over boiled Lobsters (Homarus americanus). Gilkey Harbour, Islesboro, Maine, USA.

Guy Edwardes / View of pipework and Geothermal power plant, Reykjanesvirkjun, South West Iceland, July 2009

Guy Edwardes / View of pipework and Geothermal power plant, Reykjanesvirkjun, South West Iceland, July 2009

Jouan & Rius / Smoke from bush fire in Pilbara region, Western Australia. August 2009

Bence Mate / Grass fire at night in Pantanal, Brazil. WINNER: Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 5/6 - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Stephen Dalton / Shotgun discharge, multiflash sequence of eight images

Aflo / N-22304 Slash and Burn. Burning rainforest to clear land for agriculture. Brazil.

Richard Du Toit / Fire in dry season burning agricultural fields, Western Cape, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Fire in dry season, Western Cape, South Africa

Jerry Monkman / Man stoking the fire in the sap evaporator of the sugar house at Sugarbush Farm in Woodstock, Vermont, USA, April 2008.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Eyjafjallajkull volcano erupting, Fimmvruhls area, Iceland, 5th of April 2010

Juan Carlos Munoz / People watching and photographing the Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupting, Fimmvörðuháls area, Iceland, 7th of April 2010

Michel Poinsignon / Cooling towers of Nuclear power station with farmland and straw bales in the foreground, Cattenom, France

Michel Poinsignon / Electricity wires in front of cooling towers of Nuclear power station, Cattenom, France

John Cancalosi / Smoke rising from a forest fire, Zion National Park, Utah, USA

Martin Gabriel / Arenal Volcano at sunset, clouds mixing with smoke, Costa Rica, February 2009

Mark Bowler / Aerial view of rainforest clearance for agriculture, small-scale deforestation slash and burn, Amazon rainforest, Peru

Wild Wonders of Europe / Grunewald / Eruption on Stromboli Volcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy, May 2009

Jouan & Rius / Bush fire during dry season, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Bush fire during dry season, Northern Territory, Australia

Inaki Relanzon / Dense smoke surrounds aeroplane dropping water / fire retardant on forest fire, Coll de Lilla, Tarragon, Spain, April 2004

Igor Shpilenok / First snow on the smoking Karymsky volcano and lake in October, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia.

Igor Shpilenok / Black smoke belching from the Karymsky volcano, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

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

Anup Shah / Aerial view of bush fire in woodland savanna during dry season, Katavi National Park, Tanzania

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Fire in grassland started by farmer, Emas NP, Goias, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Fire in fields and cerrado vegetation, Emas NP, Goias, Brazil

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Smokestacks spewing smoke, Navajo generating station near Page, Arizona

Gerry Ellis / Gas effluence pouring out of smoke stacks at nuclear power plant, upper Ohio River, Ohio

Pete Oxford / Chagra cowboys herding cattle and burning the hillsides to keep cattle on the move and rejuvenate the pasture at a hacienda during the annual overnight cattle round-up, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Slash and burn rainforest destruction, Madagascar

Jim Brandenburg / Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum) blowing in the wind, North America

Michael Quinton / Yellowstone fire, burning forest, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Jim Brandenburg / Prairie burn in Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Oklahoma

Pete Oxford / Deforestation - smoke from fires in Amazon rainforest along river bank, Ecuador, South America

Anup Shah / White stork hunts for insects escaping from savanna fire {Ciconia ciconia} Serengeti NP, Tanzania, East Africa

Anup Shah / Indian rhinoceros {Rhinoceros unicornis} with controlled fire to maintain grassland habitat behind. Kaziranga, India

David Gallan / Eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) drinking from bird bath as a bushfire burns in the surrounding forest. Sky reddened by ash and smoke. Tathra, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / Remains of a building after a bushfire in Cobargo, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / House photographed during a bushfire in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia. The photograph was taken at noon but ash and smoke from the fire darkened the sky and created night time conditions. Badja F...

David Gallan / Farmland in the wake of a bushfire near Cobargo, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / The remains of the main street after a bushfire in Cobargo, NSW, Australia. Two people perished on New Years Eve 2019, and one later died in hospital. January 2020.

David Gallan / DUPLICATE-BG DELETE-BG The photographer's house at noon (mid-summer) captured under night time conditions as ash and smoke from the Badja Fire north of the Bega River darkened the sky. A steel buc...

David Gallan / Desperately thirsty eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) drink from a bird bath following a bushfire in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia. Water holes had dried up due to drought and food was...

David Gallan / Bushfire in forest, New South Wales, Australia. The photograph was taken during the day but ash and smoke from the fire darkened the sky and created night time conditions. Badja Fire north of the Bega...