David Woodfall / Lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) in magnesium mine, Shropshire, England, UK, April.

Eric Baccega / Afar men mining salt at Lake Assale. Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Sven Zacek / 'Piusa Caves', man-made sand mines. Southern Estonia, Europe, April.

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Alluvial Gold Mine in the rainforest, Guyana , December 2009

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Alluvial Gold Mine in the rainforest, Guyana, December 2009

Angelo Gandolfi / Las Medulas, Cordillera Cantabrica, Castilla y Leon, Spain. The landscape, now a natural reserve, is man-made: the rock formations are the result of iron mining since Roman times and the wood is culti...

Jose B. Ruiz / Fig leaf in water from the Ro Tinto, or Red River, very acidic and coloured deep red by iron dissolved in the water that drains from the local Riotinto mines causing severe environmental problems. Hue...

Jose B. Ruiz / Ro Tinto, or Red River, very acidic and coloured deep red by iron dissolved in the water that drains from the local Riotinto mines causing severe environmental problems. Huelva, Spain .

Jose B. Ruiz / Water from the Ro Tinto, or Red River, very acidic and coloured by minerals dissolved in the water that drains from the local Riotinto mines causing severe environmental problems. Huelva, Spain

Nigel Cattlin / Horse chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella) larval damage to Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) leaves. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Leaf miner damage to Apple (Malus domestica) leaf. Round mines of Micromoth (Phyllonorycter sp) and long mines of Micromoth (Lyonetia sp).

David Woodfall / Lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) in magnesium mine, Shropshire, England, UK, April.