"The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth."

Gaia

Photo by <n>Sébastien Montaz-Rosset</n>.

<n>Alone</n> by photographer <n>Ruairidh McGlynn</n>.

From the documentary film <n>Sacred Fear</n>, directed by <n>Petr Horký</n>.

A mountain expedition scene from <n>Moncler</n>.

<n>An Elephant in Sheep's Clothing</n> by photographer <n>Marina Cano</n> in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

An arctic wolf on Ellesmere Island, Canada, photographed by <n>Jim Brandenburg</n> in 1987.

<n>Piz Palü</n>, a 1946 photograph by <n>Ernst A. Heiniger</n>.

<n>Yareta</n> (Azorella compacta), a cushion plant native to the Andes Mountains.

The <n>Altiplano</n>, captured by drone at 4,700 meters. Photo by <n>JUSTIN DYBKA</n>.

A drawing by Chinese artist <n>Liu Jiyou</n>.

<n>Fuerteventura</n> captured by photographer <n>Kevin Daubner</n>.

Temples on the peak of <n>Fanjingshan</n> in Guizhou, China. Photo by <n>Long-Nong Huang</n>.

<n>Dina Bova</n>'s "Penguins on an Iceberg," a finalist in the <n>11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest</n>.

The erupting <n>Llaima Volcano</n> in Chile.

A photograph by adventure photographer <n>Karl Ndieli</n>.

A baby <n>mountain goat</n> jumps over its sibling on <n>Mount Evans</n>, Colorado. Photo by <n>Verdon Tomajko</n>.

A still of volcanologist <n>Katia Krafft</n> from the 2022 documentary <n>Fire of Love</n>.

An untitled <n>Land Art</n> sculpture by <n>Andy Goldsworthy</n> made with powdered red earth and sand.

The <n>Blue Nile</n> river canyon in Ethiopia, 1970.

A <n>Jeep Wrangler</n> drives through the landscape of Utah.

<n>Mount Semeru</n> and <n>Mount Bromo</n> in Java, Indonesia. Photo by <n>Dan Brooks</n> for <n>National Geographic</n>.

<n>Community gathering</n>, an aerial photograph of Fiumefreddo, Sicily, by <n>Andrea Caruso</n>.

A tree struck by lightning in Gundiah, Queensland. Photo by <n>Suzanne</n>.

An aerial photograph of two surfers by <n>Tim Burgess</n>.

<n>Mount Semeru</n> and <n>Mount Bromo</n> in Indonesia, 1989. Photo by <n>Charles O’Rear</n>.

<n>The dragon eye</n>, a volcanic crater in the highlands of Iceland. Photo by <n>Bjorn Steinbekk</n>.