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
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