Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Granite rocks with lichen and Milky Way, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Theo Bosboom / Crashing waves at large basalt wall, Arnarstapi, Snaefellsnes, Iceland. May 2013

Nick Hawkins / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) basking on volcanic rock at coast. Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Theo Bosboom / Giants Causeway at night, lit by full moon. County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Winner of the Landscapes Category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017.

Jack Dykinga / Granite Boulders in canyon, Little Dragoon Mountains in background in sunset light, Texas, USA, August.

Floris van Breugel / The first rays of sunshine above the Sierra Crest, illuminating granite, Mitre Basin, Sierra Nevada, Sequoia National Park, California, USA, August

Niall Benvie / Cliff at Vik beach, light by torchlight, Iceland, March 2015.

Graham Eaton / Coastal hexagonal columns of Basalt lava, Reynisdrangar, Iceland, March 2015.

Pete Oxford / Three granite peaks of Paine mountain range, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Juergen Freund / Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) at Devils Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia.

Ross Hoddinott / Basalt columns at Vik, the southernmost village in Iceland. February 2014.

Floris van Breugel / The granite mountains of the high sierra, with clouds at sunset. Royce Lakes seen from Feather Peak, John Muir Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, California, September 2009

Sergey Gorshkov / Tolbachik Volcano erupting with lava flowing down the mountain side. Kamchatka, Russia. November 29th 2013. Winner of the Wildscapes category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY competitio...

Theo Bosboom / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) above snowy lava beach near Djupivogur in the East of Iceland, March

Norbert Wu / Granite Island and Coconut Palms, unique idyllic islands, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Espen Bergersen / Basalt cliff and waves. Arnarstapi, Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland. October 2017.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Volcanic rock on coast. Mosteiros, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Rock pool in volcanic rock. Sea stacks and island in background. Mosteiros, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Rock pool in volcanic rock. Sea stacks and island in background. Mosteiros, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Michel Roggo / Verzasca River flowing through banded Gneiss rock, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Lavertezzo, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. May 2019.

Michel Roggo / Verzasca River flowing through banded Gneiss rock, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Lavertezzo, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. May 2019.

Steven David Miller / Granite boulder in morning light. Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia. 2017.

Steven David Miller / Granite boulders in morning light. Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia. 2017.

Steven David Miller / Granite boulders in morning light. Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia. 2017.

Cyril Ruoso / Granite Mountain, Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar.

Cyril Ruoso / Rocks and granite mountain, Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar. 2018.

Cyril Ruoso / Ringed-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), two juveniles playing on granite rock, on foggy morning. Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar.

Cyril Ruoso / Ringed-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) sunbathing on rock in early morning, granite mountain in background. Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar. 2018.

Cyril Ruoso / Ringed-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) group including babies siting on rock with granite mountain in background. Madagascar 2018.

Cyril Ruoso / Ringed-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) group sitting on rock. Granite mountain, Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar.

Cyril Ruoso / Ringed-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) group sleeping on granite rock spur at night. Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar.

Cyril Ruoso / Woman sitting in cave in Anja Community Reserve. During colonial repression the local people hid in these caves, this lady was born on this 'nest' of rice hay surrounded by stones. Granite mou...

Cyril Ruoso / Ringed-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) group drinking from puddle in rock. Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar.

Cyril Ruoso / Ringed-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) female with baby clambering across steep rockface. Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar.

Theo Bosboom / Granite rocks with algae and limpets at the wild Atlantic coast of Brittany near Quiberon, France. August 2017

Marie Lochman / Banks Rock - granite outcrop, Western Australia, September 2016

Marie Lochman / Banks Rock - granite outcrop in the Great Western Woodlands, Western Australia, September 2016

Nick Hawkins / Lava / Galapagos heron (Butorides sundevalli) with Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) in background. Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Nick Hawkins / Lava / Galapagos heron (Butorides sundevalli) standing amongst volcanic rocks. Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Nick Hawkins / Red billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) in flight over volcanic rock. San Cristobal Island, Galapagos.

Nick Hawkins / Swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) perched on volcanic rock. San Cristobal Island, Galapagos.

Mike Read / Corsican pine (Pinus nigra laricio) with peaks of Aiguilles de Bavella in background. Col de Bavella, Corsica, France. July 2018

Mike Read / Tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta) basking on rock. Restonica Valley, Regional Natural Park of Corsica, France. July.

Steven David Miller / Mareeba rock wallaby (Petrogale mareeba), female feeding on leaf. Granite Gorge Nature Park, near Mareeba, North Queensland, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Mareeba rock wallaby (Petrogale mareeba) female with joey in pouch. Granite Gorge Nature Park, near Mareeba, North Queensland, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Mareeba rock wallaby (Petrogale mareeba) with joey in pouch. Granite Gorge Nature Park, near Mareeba, North Queensland, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Mareeba rock wallaby (Petrogale mareeba) resting in shade. Granite Gorge Nature Park, near Mareeba, North Queensland, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Mareeba rock wallaby (Petrogale mareeba), joey exploring granite plateau. Granite Gorge Nature Park, near Mareeba, North Queensland, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Mareeba rock wallaby (Petrogale mareeba) resting in shade. Granite Gorge Nature Park, near Mareeba, North Queensland, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Mareeba rock wallaby (Petrogale mareeba), two sitting in shade. Granite Gorge Nature Park, near Mareeba, North Queensland, Australia.

Chris Gomersall / Sea cliffs on the Shiant Isles, showing basalt columns. The Minch, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. July 2016.

Alex Mustard / Tourist explores a lava tube beneath Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Islands. Model released.

David Allemand / Litlanesfoss waterfall and basalt rocks, Iceland, October 2013.

David Allemand / Svartifoss waterfall, Skaftafell National Park, Iceland,February.

Jeff Vanuga / Devil's Tower National Monument, laccolithic butte composed of igneous rock. Bear Lodge Mountains, Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming, USA. September 2017.

Ashley Cooper / China Clay workings, near St Austell, in Cornwall, England, UK, April.

Graham Eaton / The granite outcrop of Great Staple Tor, Princetown, Dartmoor, Devon, UK, May

Guy Edwardes / Pordenack Point, Cornwall, England, UK. September 2017.

Guy Edwardes / Cot Valley, Cornwall, England, UK. March 2011.

Ernie Janes / Waves on the shore, with lichen covered granite, Bay of Fires, east coast Tasmania, Australia.

Ernie Janes / The Bay of Fires, granite rock covered in lichens, east coast Tasmania, Australia. January.

Ernie Janes / The Bay of Fires, east coast Tasmania, Australia. January.

Ernie Janes / Hazards beach in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia?. January 2018.

Ernie Janes / Close up of boulder at hazards beach in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia?. January 2018.

Ernie Janes / Hazards beach in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia. January 2018.

Sergey Gorshkov / Frozen waterfall and basalt cliffs, Putoransky State Nature Reserve, Putorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia

Sergey Gorshkov / Photographer standing at the base of waterfall which is starting to freeze over. Putoransky State Nature Reserve, Putorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia

Sergey Gorshkov / Helicopter at waterfall in Putoransky State Nature Reserve, Putorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia

Sergey Gorshkov / Waterfall and basalt cliffs and remnants of ice in summer, Putoransky State Nature Reserve, Putorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia, July 2016.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Rhyolite mountains with fields of shiny black basalt boulders, Landmannalaugar, Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Polygons of massive basalt columns in cliffs, Reynisdrangar, Iceland

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Massive basalt columns in cliffs, Reynisdrangar, Iceland

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Massive basalt columns in cliffs, Reynisdrangar, Iceland

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Massive basalt columns in cliffs, Reynisdrangar, Iceland

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Massive basalt columns in cliffs, Reynisdrangar, Iceland

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Basalt columns, Iceland

Jouan Rius / Volcanic basalt coast cliffs, Dyrholaey, southern Iceland, February 2015

Claudio Contreras / Granite formation and Sonoran Desert, Catavi, Valle de los Cirios Biosphere Reserve, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, March

Claudio Contreras / Granite rock formations and Sonoran Desert, Catavi-a, Valle de los Cirios Biosphere Reserve, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, May

Claudio Contreras / Boojum tree (Fouquieria columnaris), Valle de los Cirios Biosphere Reserve, Sonoran Desert, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, May

Claudio Contreras / Granite rock formation and Sonoran Desert, Catavi, Valle de los Cirios Biosphere Reserve, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, May

Nick Upton / Tiny stream flowing down the bare monzonite granite Barranco de las Penitas gorge with the tiny pilgrimage chapel of Nuestra Senora de la Pena (Our Lady of the Rock) in the background, Vega de Rio Pal...

Jen Guyton / Tiny cactus growing in a hollow in a bare granite rock face, Tayrona National Park, Colombia.

Jen Guyton / Tiny cactus growing in a hollow in a bare granite rock face, Tayrona National Park, Colombia.

Floris van Breugel / Piece of obsidian, sprayed with water from the Pacific ocean (right) and with high mineral content water from Mono Lake (left) . Mono lake is three times saltier than the Pacific Ocean, and highly...

Paul Williams / Glacial pock marks on a builder. On the Western Plataeu of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, May 2013.

Paul Williams / Sub-alpine vegetation on the granite rock close to the summit of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo.

Paul Williams / Tunku Abdul Rahman Peak (3948 m) as seen from Sayat-Sayat checkpoint on the slope to the summit. Eastern plateau of Mt Kinabalu, Borneo.

Paul Williams / Tunku Abdul Rahman Peak (3948 m) as seen from Sayat-Sayat checkpoint on the slope to the summit. Eastern plateau of Mt Kinabalu, Borneo. May 2013.

Paul Williams / Sayat-Sayat checkpoint, below the summit of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, May 2013.

Paul Williams / Sayat-Sayat checkpoint, below the summit of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, May 2013.

Paul Williams / Camera operator Richard Kirby filming on the summit of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, May 2013.

Martin Willis / Granite boulder in desert, Spitzkoppe, Damaraland, Namibia

Jeff Foott / Glacial granite rock and deciduous forest in autumn, Bubble Rock, Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, Maine

Jeff Foott / Glacial granite rock above deciduous forest and pond in autumn, Jordan Pond, Bubble Rock, Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, Maine

Jeff Foott / Glacial granite rock and deciduous forest in autumn, Bubble Rock, Jordon Pond, Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, Maine