860-291341 - Dead acacia tree on the background of sand dunes and stripes of morning fog. A very rare natural phenomenon for these places. Stunning light, color and shape. Sossusvlei. Deadvlei. Namib-Naukluft National Park. Landscapes of Namibia. Africa.
860-290700 - An African elephant at a waterhole, Loxodonta africana, in the background a bushfire on the hills surrounding the Savuti Marsh. Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana
832-268360 - Fungus on a dead spruce infested by bark beetles on Mt Lusen in the Bavarian Forest National Park near Spiegelau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
832-136109 - Pine trees killed by an outbreak of mountain pine beetles which killed millions of acres of pine trees in the American west; scientists expect the problem to worsen due to global warming, because very cold weather is needed to kill the beetles, Grand Lake
832-128379 - Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-128376 - Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-128374 - Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-128378 - Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-128380 - Dead spruce (Picea abies), Mt. Feldberg, Black Forest, Black Forest, Landkreis Hochschwarzwald county, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
975-81 - New Shoots on the forest bed, bright green in the evening sun. The trees- dead or dying, picking up the orange of the sunlight on their trunks. The Interior, Alaska, USA
979-6923 - Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for dying sockeye salmon at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean
911-5884 - Red gum trees in the Barmah forest, the largest stand of red gums in the world, along the banks of the Murray River, Victoria, Australia, Pacific
911-4161 - Chinese trying to combat desertification by planting millions of trees, but sadly many die as the ground is now just too dry to support them, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia
911-4160 - Chinese trying to combat desertification by planting millions of trees, but sadly many die as the ground is now just too dry to support them, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia
911-4162 - Chinese trying to combat desertification by planting millions of trees, but sadly many die as the ground is now just too dry to support them, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia