Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of an open mine pit and process plant in a copper mining and hydrometallurgical process plant complex, near Gerena, Seville, Spain, August 2018.

Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of an open mine pit and process plant in a copper mining and hydrometallurgical process plant complex, near Gerena, Seville, Spain, August 2018.

Eric Baccega / Dallol hot spring with salt concretions coloured by sulphur, potassium and iron, Dallol Volcano, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Dallol hot spring with salt concretions coloured by sulphur, potassium and iron, Dallol Volcano, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Dallol hot spring with salt concretions coloured by sulphur, potassium and iron, Dallol Volcano, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Pascal Kobeh / Giant clam (Tridacna) on 'Lotus' artificial reef, built in 2001 with a steel frame using mild electric currents to encourage coral growth, with diver in the background. Vabbinfaru Island in North Male...

Terry Whittaker / Young Water voles (Arvicola amphibius) on old pump wheel, Kent, UK, October.

Tom Gilks / Basic electric wiring linking homes in a slum with a diesel powered generator, Remba Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya.

Alex Mustard / A fisherman swims down to touch the statue of Christ Of The Abyss (Cristo degli abissi) for good fortune, in the Marine Protected Area of Portofino (Area Marina Protetta, Portofino), Liguria, Italy. M...

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Bacteria - iron and manganese oxidizers and their complementary reducers, in the mud of an empty fish pond, Upper Lusatia Heath and Pond Landscape, Upper Lusatia UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Germany

Claudio Contreras / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with fish catch, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, July

Pal Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Blackbird (Turdus merula) nest with eggs in motor of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, May