Carcass Island, Falkland Islands --- Lichen-covered rocks on the coast of Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands. --- Image by © Frans Lanting/Corbis
Carcass Island, Falkland Islands --- Lichen-covered rocks on the coast of Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands. --- Image by © Frans Lanting/Corbis
Frozen waterfall in the Rocky Mountains, Banff National Park, Icefields Parkway, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada.
Saudi Arabia --- View of rocky mountain with rock formation against cloudy sky in Ha'il Province at Saudi Arabia --- Image by © Still Works/arabianEye/Corbis
Al Hufuf, Saudi Arabia --- Rock formations against blue sky in Al Hufuf, Saudi Arabia --- Image by © Still Works/arabianEye/Corbis
15 Jun 2010, Skaftafell National Park, Iceland --- View of Svartifoss waterfall forming a creek along plants and rocks in southern Iceland --- Image by © Torbjörn Arvidson/Matton Collection/Corbis
12 Jul 2012, Sichuan Province, China --- Distinctive orange lichen grows on rocks in the Dagu Glacier park --- Image by © Sean Gallagher/National Geographic Creative/Corbis
11 Jul 2013, Spitsbergen, Norway --- Meltwater draining from a glacier at Alkefjellet in northern Svalbard. All of Svalbards glaciers are retreating, even in the north of the archiapelago despite only being around 600 miles from the North Pole. --- Image by © Ashley Cooper/Corbis
Lichen-covered cliffs, Antarctica
Lichen-covered cliffs, Penguin Island, Antarctica.
New Zealand --- Dew on blades of grass --- Image by © Jason Hosking/Corbis
Lichen-covered cliffs, Antarctica
Lichen-covered cliffs, Half Moon Island, Antarctica.
Winter Scenic of Cademario in Switzerland --- Image by © 2/Panoramic images/Ocean/Corbis
11 Mar 2009, Italy --- Panoramic shot of misty mountains with alpine snowstorm --- Image by © Björn Andrén/Matton Collection/Corbis
26 Feb 2012, Nepal --- Trekkers look out at the awesome view of Ganesh Himal mountain range --- Image by © Alex Treadway/National Geographic Creative/Corbis
600-02885932 © Koolstock Model Release: No Property Release: No Highway, Mt Cook, South Island, New Zealand
26 Feb 2012, Nepal --- Trekkers look out at the awesome view of Ganesh Himal mountain range --- Image by © Alex Treadway/National Geographic Creative/Corbis
Alpenglow, dusk over Lake Pukaki from Burnett Mountains, Mount Cook National Park. --- Image by © Colin Monteath/age fotostock Spain S.L./Corbis
Winter Landscape --- Image by © 145/Jeremy Walker/Ocean/Corbis
Winter panoramic view of Rannoch Moor showing lone whitewashed cottage on the bank of a river, dwarfed by snow-covered mountains, Rannoch Moor, near Fort William, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
Ireland --- Irish Snow Scenes, Co Down - The View From, Aughrim Hill, --- Image by © */Design Pics/Corbis
Original caption: Lichen, grass and moss growing on rocks along the western Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean. --- Image by © Steven Kazlowski/Science Faction/Corbis
25 Feb 2006 --- Lichen-covered cliffs, Melchior Island, Antarctica --- Image by © Frans Lanting/Corbis
Saudi Arabia --- Reflection of rock formation in water, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia --- Image by © Still Works/arabianEye/Corbis
Sarakiniko white tuff formations, Milos, Greece. Emplaced in a submarine environment and subsequently uplifted by volcano-tectonic processes. Image shows mushroom shaped rock formed by protection of tuff from weathering by harder rock deposited above.
10 Jun 2010, Iceland --- Close-up of basalt cliffs and rock stack in Iceland --- Image by © Torbjörn Arvidson/Matton Collection/Corbis
08 Nov 2010, Sweden --- Water inlet at rock landscape --- Image by © Anders Nils Nilsson/Matton Collection/Corbis
29 Dec 2012, Nepal --- A frozen waterfall on the lower slopes of Machapuchare or the holy, Fish Tail Peak in the Annapurna Himalayas, Nepal. --- Image by © Ashley Cooper/Corbis
29 Dec 2010 --- Leaves frozen in layer of ice --- Image by © dotdotred/cultura/Corbis
05 Nov 2013, Half Moon Island, Antarctica --- Lichen-covered cliffs, Half Moon Island, Antarctica. --- Image by © PASIEKA/Science Photo Library/Corbis
24 Jun 2012, Faroe Islands --- Sea stack Dunnesdranger and cliffs of Uttridingshagi --- Image by © Jonathan Andrew/Corbis
600-02348870 ? F. Lukasseck Model Release: No Property Release: No Panoramic View of Hornsund Ice Remains, Norway
Waterfall over snow-covered cliffs --- Image by © Thorsten Henn/cultura/Corbis
South Island, New Zealand --- Blue Lake reflections of clay cliffs after winter storm and snowfall, St Bathans, Central Otago, New Zealand. --- Image by © Colin Monteath/age fotostock Spain S.L./Corbis
Snowdonia National Park, Wales, UK --- Panoramic landscape of Snowdonia National Park, north Wales, UK --- Image by © Philip Lee Harvey/Corbis
26 Feb 2012, Nepal --- Trekkers look out at the awesome view of Ganesh Himal mountain range --- Image by © Alex Treadway/National Geographic Creative/Corbis
08 Apr 2009, Chamonix, France, France --- Panoramic shot of ski touring against cloudy sky --- Image by © Björn Andrén/Matton Collection/Corbis
Panoramic view of Olympic Mountain Range --- Image by © 145/Guy Crittenden/Ocean/Corbis
2006, Deqin, Yunnan Province, China --- Baima Snow Mountain is a component of the Three Parallel Rivers, a UNESCO World Heritage site chosen for its outstanding biodiversity. The Three Parallel Rivers refer to a section of the Hengduan Mountain Ranges where three great rivers, the Yangtze (Jinsha), the Mekong (Lancang) and the Salween (Nu) run roughly parallel to each other. --- Image by © (C) Liu Jian Ming / Redlink/Redlink/Corbis
600-03836440 © Atli Mar Hafsteinsson Model Release: No Property Release: No Lava Field and Mountains from Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Northwest Region, Iceland
Panorama of Himlayas, Nuptse, Lhotse and Mount Everest --- Image by © Jenny Kennard/Image Source/Corbis