Jack Dykinga / Cenote Noh-Moson, is ringed with ficus trees with ten meter long roots reaching toward the blue water below, state of Yucatan, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Woman swimming in Cenote Noh-Moson with Ficus tree roots, ten meters long, reaching toward the blue wate,r Yucatan, Mexico. No release available.

Shibai Xiao / Preserved root of Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis) used in traditional Chinese medicine, Henan Province, China, March 2010. No release available.

Shibai Xiao / Mangrove forest (Sonneratia hainanensis) respiratory roots with man standing up in small boat, Guangxi Province, China. No releases available.

Luis Quinta / Looking up root system and tree trunk in Amazon forest, Rio Negro, Brazil, December 2009.

Konrad Wothe / Estuarine / Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) amongst mangrove roots, Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Strangler Fig Tree (Ficus virens) beside water in rainforest, Lake Eacham NP, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October 2010

Konrad Wothe / Looking up the roots of a Strangler / Curtain Fig Tree (Ficus virens) rainforest, Curtain Fig Tree NP, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October

Nick Garbutt / Buttress roots of Shorea sp. within lowland rainforest. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Kirkendall-Spring / Larch trees in autumn colour at Larch Lake in the Chiwaukum Mountain Range of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington, USA, October 2009

Georgette Douwma / Soft coral and other invertebrates growing on mangrove roots (Rhizophora sp.) on the edge of coral reef. Raja Ampat, Indonesia.