Juergen Freund / Umbrella and other human waste thrown out into the coastal waters, settling on the ground becoming marine life habitat, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia, December 2009

Georgette Douwma / Blue-girdled angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus) on the wreck "Kasi Maru", a Japanese merchant ship sunk in fifty feet of water off Munda in Ironbottom Sound during a World War II bombing raid July 1943...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzón / Pico Viejo volcano (2,909m) viewed from Montaa Samara at sunset, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December 2008

Warwick Sloss / Plant {Chrysactinium sp} flowering in volcanic rock Villarica volcano, Chile

Ashley Cooper / Coconut (Cocos nucifera) sprouting on beach, Fiji.

Kirkendall-Spring / Ama'u fern (Sadleria cyatheoides) is the first plant to return to a lava field, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. December 2016.

Cyril Ruoso / Woodland scene from above with Holly (Ilex aquilfolium) colonizing meadow, Alberes Mountains, Pyrenees, France, October 2011.

Cyril Ruoso / Woodland scene from above with Holly (Ilex aquilfolium) the first species to colonize the adjacent meadow, Alberes Mountains, Pyrenees, France, October 2011.

Cyril Ruoso / Holly (Ilex aquilfolium) colonizing meadow adjacent to woodland, Alberes Mountains, Pyrenees, France, March 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Herero woman in traditional dress - influenced by Victorian missionaries, Kaokoland, Namibia. February 2005

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver exploring Viana wreck, the hull is covered with spiral Tube-worm (Sabella spallanzani). Propeller of Viana wreck, a vessel set on fire in the Horta harbour. In attempt to contain the fire,...

Orsolya Haarberg / Birch trees growing on lava formations created by an eruption approximately 2,000 years ago, Dimmuborgir, Iceland, April 2010