Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, ash and smoke exploding into the air, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Volcanic caldera, Daphne Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Juan Carlos Munoz / People descending into the Thrihnukagigur volcano a dormant volcano, now used for tours, Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Common poppies (Papaver rhoeas) growing in a consevation margin, RSPB Hope Farm reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, May. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Common poppy seeds can lie dormant for u...

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) doe running in a field of barley, Northumberland, England, summer. Although Roe deer mate in August, the fertilised egg is dormant until January, which prevents the fema...

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, hot lava flowing down into the Thorsmork valley, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, hot lava flowing down into the Thorsmork valley, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Uri Golman / Helicopter flying over volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24th March 2010. Volcano previously dormant since 1821.

David Fleetham / View across crater of dormant Haleakala / East Maui Volcano. Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii. March 2016.

David Fleetham / Hawai'i silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense macrocephalum) covered by an unusual snowfall near crater summit of dormant Haleakala / East Maui Volcano. Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii. Feb...

David Fleetham / Pu'u o Pele and Pu'u o Maui cinder cones in Haleakala National Park, Maui's dormant volcano, Hawaii. March 2016.

David Fleetham / An aerial view across Sliding Sands Trail and Haleakala Crater to 'Science City' high altitude observatory at the summit in Haleakala National Park, Maui's dormant volcano, Hawaii, June 2011.

David Fleetham / An aerial view of 'Science City' high altitiude observatory above the clouds in Haleakala National Park, Maui's dormant volcano, Hawaii, June 2011.

David Fleetham / An aerial view across Haleakala Crater showing Ka Lu'u o ka O'o Cone and the last few miles of the road leading to the summit and 'Science City'. Haleakala National Park, Maui's dormant volcano, Hawai...

David Fleetham / Halemaumau Crater in Volcanoes National Park on The Big Island, Hawaii. The volcano became active again in 2011, having since been dormant from 1967.

David Fleetham / Panoramic view from Kalahaku Overlook across Haleakala Crater, Haleakala National Park, Maui's dormant volcano, Hawaii. (Eight vertical images were stitched together in Photoshop to make this large fi...

David Fleetham / View from Kalahaku Overlook, from Haleakala Crater and Ka Lu'u o ka O'o Cone, Haleakala National Park, Maui's dormant volcano, Hawaii. Sliding sands trail can be seen behind the cone.

Jen Guyton / Resurrection bush (Myrothamnus flabellifolius) leaves, Lesotho. This bush is so named because it can remain dormant for long periods of time and green up suddenly with the slightest bit of rain.

Andy Sands / Mason wasp (Ancistrocerus gazella) dormant in flower during cold weather conditions, Surrey, England, UK, June

Nick Upton / Turkish pine tree (Pinus brutia) growing from the long dormant Methana Volcano, Attica, Peloponnese, Greece, August 2013.

Tim Fitzharris / Capulin Volcano cinder code, extinct, Capulin Volcano National Monument, New Mexico

Axel Gebauer / Elbrus summit, a dormant volcano, Kabardino-Balkaria, Northern Caucasus Mountains, Russia, October 2013.

Axel Gebauer / Elbrus summit, a dormant volcano, Kabardino-Balkaria, Northern Caucasus Mountains, Russia, October 2013.

Axel Gebauer / Elbrus twin peak with glaciers, dormant volcano, Kabardino-Balkaria, Northern Caucasus Mountains, Russia, October 2013.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Man walking from the Thrihnukagigur volcano, a dormant volcano now used for tours inside the volcano. Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourists walking away from the Thrihnukagigur volcano, a dormant volcano now used for tours inside. Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourists being lowered into Thrihnukagigur volcano, a dormant volcano now used for tours, by cable lift. Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourists being lowered into Thrihnukagigur volcano, a dormant volcano now used for tours, by cable lift. Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Entrance to Thrihnukagigur volcano, a dormant volcano now used for tours, Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / People about to descent into Thrihnukagigur volcano, a dormant volcano now used for tours, Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourists hiking to the Thrihnukagigur volcano, for a tour of the inside of this now dormant volcano, Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Man taking photograph inside the Thrihnukagigur volcano lit up by floodlight, a dormant volcano which is now used for tours, Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourists hiking to the Thrihnukagigur volcano, for a tour of the inside of this now dormant volcano, Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Inside the Thrihnukagigur volcano with torch light of a tour at the end of a tunnel. This dormant volcano is now used for tours, Iceland, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Inside the Thrihnukagigur volcano with torch light from a tour at the end of a tunnel. This dormant volcano is now used for tours, Iceland, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Man inspecting the rocks inside the Thrihnukagigur volcano a dormant volcano, now used for tours, Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / People descending into the Thrihnukagigur volcano a dormant volcano, now used for tours, Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / People walking inside the Thrihnukagigur volcano a dormant volcano, now used for tours, Iceland, Europe, June 2012

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dusk on Mount Kilimanjaro with Mount Meru in background (4566m), both dormant volcanos, Tanzania

Colin Monteath / Mount Taranaki showing western flanks of dormant volcano above clouds, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Mount Taranaki showing western flanks of dormant volcano above clouds, New Zealand

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24th March 2010. Volcano previously dormant since 1821.

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24th March 2010. Volcano previously dormant since 1821.

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24th March 2010. Volcano previously dormant since 1821.

Doug Allan / Camerman Doug Allan filming Chinstrap penguins for BBC NHU 'The Blue Planet'. Zavodovski Is, South Sandwich Is, with dormant volcano in background, 1997

Anup Shah / Parc du Volcans National Park, Rwanda - natural habitat of the Mountain gorilla

Doug Allan / Aerial view of summit cone of Sangay, dormant volcano, Ecuador

Doug Allan / The green waters of Laguna Verde with extinct Inca volcano Licancabur behind, Andes, Bolivia

Doug Allan / Aerial view of exinct Licancabur volcano, Bolivia

Doug Allan / Huge Chinstrap penguin colony {Pygoscelis antarctica} breeding on the coastline of dormant volcanic island of Zavadowski, South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica

Anup Shah / Dormant volcano in Crater Highlands, Tanzania.

Anup Shah / Dormant volcano in Crater Highlands, Tanzania.

Harley Betts / Star trails around the south celestial pole over Mt Taranaki, also known as Mt Egmont (8,261 feet) a dormant volcano in the southwest corner of the North Island near the Tasman Sea, Egmont National Pa...

Rob Brown / Evening light on Mt Taranaki, also known as Mt Egmont (8,261 feet) a dormant volcano in the southwest corner of the North Island near the Tasman Sea, Egmont National Park, New Zealand

Harley Betts / Star trails around the south celestial pole over Mt Taranaki, also known as Mt Egmont (8,261 feet) a dormant volcano in the southwest corner of the North Island near the Tasman Sea, Egmont National Pa...

Harley Betts / Star trails around the south celestial pole over Mt Taranaki, also known as Mt Egmont (8,261 feet) a dormant volcano in the southwest corner of the North Island near the Tasman Sea, Egmont National Pa...

Tui De Roy / Mt Melbourne, dormant volcano, Transantarctic Mountains, Campbell Glacier, Scott Coast, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Tui De Roy / Cotopaxi Volcano rising 4,897 meters above Andean Plateau, dormant for two centuries but increased temperatures and fumaroles suggest renewed activity, Ecuador

Doug Allan / Summit cone of Sangay, Ecuador. Dormant volcano

Doug Allan / Chinstrap and Macaroni Penguin colony on dormant volcano slopes of Zavodovski Island, South Sandwich group

Doug Allan / Iceberg in front of dormant volcano, Zavodovski Island, South Sandwich Island, Antarctica

Mark Payne-Gill / Triops tadpole shrimps breeding in pool after rains {Triops cancriformis} Bahrain. Eggs lie dormant until it rains when they hatch and breed in short period before pool dries out again.

David Fleetham / Haleakala silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense macrocephalum), endemic to the slopes around Maui's dormant volcano, with horse riders on trail, Hawaii. Model released.

David Fleetham / Horse riders on trail out of Haleakala Crater, Maui's dormant volcano, Hawaii. Model released.

David Fleetham / Horse riders on trail out of Haleakala Crater, Maui's dormant volcano, stopping to look at the endemic Haleakala silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense macrocephalum), Hawaii. Model released.

David Fleetham / Horse riders on trail out of Haleakala Crater, Maui's dormant volcano, Hawaii. Model released.

Colin Monteath / Mount Taranaki showing western flanks of dormant volcano above clouds, New Zealand

Jim Brandenburg / Dormant volcanoes, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii

Doug Allan / Doug Allan filming Chinstrap penguins dormant volcano Zavodovski Is S Sandwich Is

Tui De Roy / Remnants of endemic Scalesia forest near Cerro Paja dormant volcano, Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands. June, 2009.

Tui De Roy / Endemic Lecocarpus (Lecocarpus lecocarpoides) growing on hillside of Cerro Alierri, with Cerro Paja dormant volcano in distance, Floreana Island, Galapagos islands. June. Endangered.

Tui De Roy / Remnants of endemic Scalesia forest near Cerro Paja dormant volcano, Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands. June, 2009.

Tui De Roy / Air plants (Tillandsia insularis), endemic Bromeliad, growing on trees, Cerro Paja dormant volcano, Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands. June.

Tui De Roy / View over Cerro Paja dormant volcano crater, Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands. June, 2009.

Eric Baccega / Coloured rocks inside the magma chamber of the dormant Thrihnukagigur volcano. Yellow is sulfur oxide, grey and black is basalt rock and green is copper. Rust-red coloration is due to the oxidation of...

Eric Baccega / Coloured rocks inside the magma chamber of the dormant Thrihnukagigur volcano. Yellow is sulfur oxide, grey and black is basalt rock and green is copper. Rust-red coloration is due to the oxidation of...

Eric Baccega / Colourful rocks inside the magma chamber of Thrihnukagigur volcano with torch light from an open cable lift. Yellow is sulfur oxide, grey and black is basalt rock and green is copper. Rust-red colorat...

Eric Baccega / Tourist looking at colourful rocks inside the magma chamber of Thrihnukagigur volcano, a dormant volcano now used for tours. Yellow is sulfur oxide, grey and black is basalt rock and green is copper....

Eric Baccega / Tourists looking at colourful rocks inside the magma chamber of Thrihnukagigur volcano, a dormant volcano now used for tours. Yellow is sulfur oxide, grey and black is basalt rock and green is copper....

Eric Baccega / Tourists in the open cable lift descending into Thrihnukagigur volcano, a dormant volcano now used for tours, Iceland. September, 2023. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Eric Baccega / Tourists in the open cable lift preparing for descent into Thrihnukagigur volcano, a dormant volcano now used for tours, Iceland. September, 2023. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Eric Baccega / Tourists in open cable lift descending into Thrihnukagigur volcano, a dormant volcano now used for tours, Iceland. September, 2023. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Eric Baccega / Tourists in open cable lift preparing for descent into Thrihnukagigur volcano, a dormant volcano now used for tours, Iceland. September, 2023. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Eric Baccega / Coloured rocks inside the magma chamber of the dormant Thrihnukagigur volcano. Yellow is sulfur oxide, grey and black is basalt rock and green is copper. Rust-red coloration is due to the oxidation of...

Eric Baccega / Coloured rocks inside the magma chamber of the dormant Thrihnukagigur volcano. Yellow is sulfur oxide, grey and black is basalt rock and green is copper. Rust-red coloration is due to the oxidation of...

David Fleetham / Rare East Maui silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense macrocephalum) growing at 10,000 feet summit of Haleakala, dormant volcano in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Rare snowfall near summit of Haleakala Crater, dormant volcano in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii. Four image files were combined for this panorama.

David Fleetham / Panoramic view over Haleakala Crater, a dormant volcano, in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii. January, 2022.

David Fleetham / Hiker high above the clouds walking along a trail on a dormant volcano, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii. January, 2022. Model released.

Adrian Davies / Resurrection fern (Selaginella lepidophylla) dormant in dry conditions. Controlled conditions.

David Fleetham / View from the summit of Haleakala, a dormant volcano, at sunset. The observatories, collectively known as Science City are on the far left, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii. July, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Dormant Rose of Jericho (Anastatica hierochuntica), Sahara desert, Djebel Ouarkziz. Southern Morocco, Africa.

Jeff Foott / Hikers viewing Fagradalsfjall Volcano eruption. The volcano has been dormant for 6000 years. 7 June-2021

Jeff Foott / Fagradalsfjall Volcano with cooling lava following an eruption after being dormant for 6,000 years. Iceland, 5 June 2021.