Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) bathing in sun on Mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius "Aureus") leaf in a garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released.

Pete Oxford / Prescribed burn in longleaf pine forest, The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve, Telfair County, Georgia, USA

Robert Thompson / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) resting on flower, Brackagh Moss NNR, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, June

Kevin Schafer / Hunter smoking out cuscus possum in rainforest palm, central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Kalahari bushmen making fire, Makgadikgadi Pans, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

Stephen Dalton / Large Red Damselflies (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) mating. Sussex, UK, May.

Kirkendall-Spring / Two campers watching the sunset from campsight at Little Saganaga Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota, USA, Model released

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 2/2. Did you know? Once airborne a damselfly flaps its wings about 30 times every second.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 1/2

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 2/2

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 1/2

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April, sequence 3/7

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April, sequence 4/7

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Emerald damselfly {Lestes sponsa}, female, mating, Cornwall, UK. June

Loic Poidevin / Aerial view of the crater Erta ale volcano (the smoking mountain) with hot lava, in the Afar desert, Northern Ethiopia, February 2009

Ernie Janes / Silhouette of Oak tree with smog and colour from the industrial fire at the Buncefield oil refinery seen in the background, December 2005

Ernie Janes / Silhouette of Oak tree with smog and colour from the industrial fire at the Buncefield oil refinery seen in the background, ten hours after the explosion 12 miles away, December 2005

Ernie Janes / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) resting on Iris flower, UK

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Mountain stream flowing through fire-damaged landscape, near Lochinver, Coigach / Assynt SWT, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Mountain stream flowing through fire-damaged landscape, near Lochinver, Coigach / Assynt SWT, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Close up of Gorse scorched by fire, near Lochinver, Coigach / Assynt SWT, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Fire-damaged woodland landscape, near Lochinver, Coigach / Assynt SWT, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Gorse tree scorched by fire, near Lochinver, Coigach / Assynt SWT, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Jeff Rotman / Matses Indians burning the hair off the skin of a Two-toed tree sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) caught during a hunt, prior to cooking it for a meal. Feathers used to fan the flames, Amazonia, Peru, Novem...

Jeff Rotman / A Matses Indian family seen inside their hut. The mother cooks with her young baby on her back, while the father works on a hunting weapon, Amazonia, Peru, November 2005.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets woman cooking fish inside her tent at summer fishing camp. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, 2000. 40 BELOW bookplate.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi reindeer herder standing by fire he has made for traditional ritual. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2010. 40 BELOW bookplate.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi reindeer herder using bow drill to make fire during traditional ritual. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2010. 40 BELOW bookplate.

Ernie Janes / Smoke from the Buncefield oil depot fire seen from two miles away, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK, December 2005.

Ernie Janes / Burning reeds on Cley Marsh with windmill and village in background, Norfolk, UK

Ernie Janes / Burning reeds on Cley Marsh with windmill in background, Norfolk, UK

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi reindeer herder putting dried grass into his boots for insulation. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi herder preparing to make fire with traditional fire making device during ritual. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, spring 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi woman trimming wick of oil lamp inside her tent. Chuktskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi reindeer herders sharing a bowl of hot reindeer stew. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, spring 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Young Chukchi herder eating a morning meal of raw frozen reindeer meat. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi herders eating meal of boiled reindeer meat inside their tent. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi herder preparing to make fire with traditional fire making device during ritual. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, spring 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Fire made using bow drill for traditional Chukchi reindeer herders' ritual. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, spring 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Saami herder hanging Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) meat above a fire in his lavo (tent) to smoke it. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway, March 2007.

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) old growth stands clear cut, Hopkins, Belize

Christian Ziegler / Fire sweeping through deforested land close to Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia

Richard Du Toit / Grassland fire, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Blackboy Tree (Xanthorrhoea sp) recovering after bush fire, Western Australia, Australia

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

Juergen Freund / A casserole of rice cooking over charcoal on a terracotta cooker. Green Island, Palawan, Philippines, April 2009.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A gas flame near the gas workers' village of Sabetta in the Tambey gas field, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A welder working in the gas fields at Sabetta near Tambey, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Steve Nicholls / Large red damselflies (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) pair mating, UK, May

Ingo Arndt / Bushfire, Kakadu National Park, Australia

Ingo Arndt / Bushfire, Kakadu National Park, Australia

Juergen Freund / Traditional salt making - brine is boiled in a large open pan over fire of palm fronds for 8hrs, East Timor, August 2010.

Juergen Freund / Traditional salt making - brine is boiled in a large open pan over fire of palm fronds for 8hrs, East Timor, August 2010.

Juergen Freund / Traditional salt making - brine is boiled in a large open pan over fire of palm fronds for 8hrs, East Timor, August 2010.

Juergen Freund / Slash and burn deforestation on Palawan island, Philippines, April 2010. A growing population of migrants to Palawan has made slash-and-burn farming a widespread practice. It involves chopping down fo...

Juergen Freund / Dried acropora / branching corals (Acropora) on the beach. This is collected and dried and fired to extract the lime for betel nut chewing. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.

Juergen Freund / Rinda Melsen cooks crispy sweet potatoes and yam cooked with hot stones from a traditional motu stone oven. Onma Lodge, Kolombangara, Western Province, Solomon Islands, July 2010.

Juergen Freund / Rinda Melsen cooks crispy sweet potatoes and yam cooked with hot stones in a traditional motu stone oven. Onma Lodge, Kolombangara, Western Province, Solomon Islands, July 2010.

Fabio Liverani / A man baking bread in a large oven. Medina quarter of Fes, Morocco, December 2010.

Stephen Dalton / Nymph of Large Red Damelfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula). UK, November.

Stephen Dalton / Nymph of Large Red Damelfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) showing three-pronged tail. UK, November.

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

David Woodfall / Effect of fire on old oak tree (Quercus sp) in wood pasture. Romania, October 2010

Toby Roxburgh / Volunteers and local council staff burning cut branches of Common sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), which spreads rapidly and smothers sensitive dune plant communities, Newton Burrows (a provision...

Charlie Summers / Bison (Bison bison) warming up next to scorched ground, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA

Rob Tilley / Aerial view of a river of lava flowing from the Pacaya volcano, Los Pocitos, Guatemala, Central America, June 2010

Rob Tilley / River of lava flowing at night from the Pacaya volcano, Los Pocitos, Guatemala, Central America, June 2010

Pete Oxford / Cooking cow's feet for food, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, April 2008

Martin Gabriel / St. Martins bonfire, burning at night, Bavaria, Germany, November

Bernard Castelein / Large Red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) portrait at rest on grass stem, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Ladakhi woman cooking on a camp fire, Phyang, Kardung village, Ladakh, India, June 2010

Philippe Clement / Close-up of Common wall lizard (Podarcis / Lacerta muralis) sunning on burned wood, La Brenne, France

Philippe Clement / Common wall lizard (Podarcis / Lacerta muralis) sunning on burned wood, La Brenne, France

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Yak herders cooking meal over open fire at their camp, Ladakh, India, 1986.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Converter aisle in the copper foundry at Norilsk. Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets Reindeer / Caribou herder bending larch planks into sled runners over fire. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1996.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets girl stirring pot of Reindeer stew over open fire inside tent. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Edwin Giesbers / Two Fire ant (Solenopsis sp) workers, one carrying the other in its jaws, with green plant material behind

Edwin Giesbers / Fire ant (Solenopsis sp) worker, standing alone

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Evenk woman cooking Reindeer / Caribou meat over open fire. Evenkiya, Siberia, Russia, 1997.

Floris van Breugel / These burned trees were victims of the arson caused station fire near Los Angeles. Southern California, USA, September 2009.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Sami women at summer fishing camp near Lovozero. Kola Peninsula, Northwest Russia, 2005.

Michel Poinsignon / Hedgerow being scrubbed up and burnt on fire in spring, Lorraine, France, April 2009

Adrian Davies / Gorse (Ulex europaeus) burnt by heathland fire, Frensham Common, Surrey, England, UK. July 2010

Adrian Davies / Exposed roots of Silver Birch (Betula verrucosa) burnt by heathland fire, Frensham Common, Surrey, England, UK. July 2010

Adrian Davies / Aftermath of heathland fire on Frensham Common, Surrey, England, UK. July 2010

Adrian Davies / Heathland fire on Frensham Common, Surrey, England, UK. July 2010

Adrian Davies / Re-growth of Gorse (Ulex europaeus) on burnt Heathland, Frensham Common, Surrey, England, UK. July 2010

Adrian Davies / Regeneration of Silver Birch (Betula verrucosa) after heathland fire, Frensham Common, Surrey, England, UK. July 2010

Adrian Davies / Re-growth of Common Oak (Quercus robur) on burnt Heathland, Frensham Common, Surrey, England, UK. July 2010.

Christophe Courteau / Kalahari bushmen, family sitting round fire in the bush, dry season, Central Kalahari Desert, Botswana, August 2008

Christophe Courteau / Kalahari bushmen, fire cooking plants for food, dry season, Central Kalahari Desert, Botswana, August 2008

Christophe Courteau / Kalahari bushmen, family sitting round fire in the bush, dry season, Central Kalahari Desert, Botswana, August 2008