Wild Wonders of Europe / Ruiz / Pine cone on Moss surrounded by Fungi, Brtnicky Hradek, Ceske Svycarsko / Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ruiz / Norway spruce (Picea abies) cone on moss, Brtnicky Hradek, Ceske Svycarsko / Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic, September 2008 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION

Jack Dykinga / Snow covered Pinyon Pines (Pinus edulus) with pine cones, overlooking the West Rim, Grandview Point, Grand Canyon NP, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) pine cone and needles in the snow, South Rim, Grand Canyon NP, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Ponderosa pine cones {Pinus ponderosa} and drift wood amid canyon wall reflections in Death Hollow, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Utah, USA

Jack Dykinga / Looking down into the leaves of an Agave plant {Agave utahensis} with Pinyon pine cone {Pinus edulis}, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Arizona, USA

Anup Shah / Aerial view of Ol Doinyo Lengai Crater (The Mountain of God) Rift Valley, Tanzania. Note- small cones on crater floor formed by previous eruptions of lava, still active.

Geoff Simpson / European larch tree {Larix decidua} cones on branch, UK

WILLIAM OSBORN / Redpoll male feeding in Larch tree (Larix decidua) UK

Duncan Mcewan / Larch - old cones with lichen and emerging spring leaves {Larix sp} Scotland, UK

Geoff Simpson / European larch cone with new leaf growth {Larix decidua} Derbyshire, Peak District NP, UK

Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of rootless cones or pseudocraters, formed by steam explosions as flowing hot lava crosses over a wet surface, South Iceland, August 2018.