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Landscape of the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). An ancient
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). An ancient Miocene sedimentary basin (- 8Ma) at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. The arid climate of the Tabernas makes it Europe's only desert, expanding as a result of the increasing drought in southern Spain.
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Landscape of the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). An ancient Miocene sedimentary basin (- 8Ma) at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. The arid climate
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). An ancient Miocene sedimentary basin (- 8Ma) at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. The arid climate of the Tabernas makes it Europe's only desert, expanding as a result of the increasing drought in southern Spain.
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Flysch in the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). Barranco del infierno - Alternating sandstones and marls deposited in the Miocene ( - 8 Ma) in a
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Flysch in the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). Barranco del infierno - Alternating sandstones and marls deposited in the Miocene ( - 8 Ma) in a sedimentary basin at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, then folded and straightened by recent tectonics. The arid climate of the Tabernas makes it Europe's only desert, expanding as a result of the increasing drought in southern Spain.
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Flysch in the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). Barranco del
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Flysch in the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). Barranco del infierno - Alternating sandstones and marls deposited in the Miocene ( - 8 Ma) in a sedimentary basin at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, then folded and straightened by recent tectonics. The arid climate of the Tabernas makes it Europe's only desert, expanding as a result of the increasing drought in southern Spain.
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Flysch in the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). Barranco del infierno - Alternating sandstones and marls deposited in the Miocene ( - 8 Ma) in a
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Flysch in the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). Barranco del infierno - Alternating sandstones and marls deposited in the Miocene ( - 8 Ma) in a sedimentary basin at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, then folded and straightened by recent tectonics. The arid climate of the Tabernas makes it Europe's only desert, expanding as a result of the increasing drought in southern Spain.
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Flysch in the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). Barranco del infierno - Alternating sandstones and marls deposited in the Miocene ( - 8 Ma) in a
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Flysch in the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). Barranco del infierno - Alternating sandstones and marls deposited in the Miocene ( - 8 Ma) in a sedimentary basin at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, then folded and straightened by recent tectonics. The arid climate of the Tabernas makes it Europe's only desert, expanding as a result of the increasing drought in southern Spain.
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Flysch in the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). Alternating
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Flysch in the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). Alternating sandstones and marls deposited in the Miocene (- 8 Ma) in a sedimentary basin at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, then folded and straightened by recent tectonics. The arid climate of the Tabernas makes it Europe's only desert, expanding as a result of the increasing drought in southern Spain.
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Flysch in the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). Alternating
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Flysch in the Tabernas Desert, Andalusia (Spain). Alternating sandstones and marls deposited in the Miocene (- 8 Ma) in a sedimentary basin at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, then folded and straightened by recent tectonics. The arid climate of the Tabernas makes it Europe's only desert, expanding as a result of the increasing drought in southern Spain.
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Seismites in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Galera and Castilléjar seismites: seismic waves transform sediments into a kind of quicksand. The water in
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Seismites in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Galera and Castilléjar seismites: seismic waves transform sediments into a kind of quicksand. The water in the sediment's pores is expelled, separating the grains and transforming the material into a viscous fluid (liquefaction) that congeals into thousands of concentric structures throughout the sedimentary stratum.
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Seismites in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Galera and Castilléjar
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Seismites in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Galera and Castilléjar seismites: seismic waves transform sediments into a kind of quicksand. The water in the sediment's pores is expelled, separating the grains and transforming the material into a viscous fluid (liquefaction) that congeals into thousands of concentric structures throughout the sedimentary stratum.
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Seismites in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Galera and Castilléjar
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Seismites in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Galera and Castilléjar seismites: seismic waves transform sediments into a kind of quicksand. The water in the sediment's pores is expelled, separating the grains and transforming the material into a viscous fluid (liquefaction) that congeals into thousands of concentric structures throughout the sedimentary stratum.
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Orange trees in Andalusia. Costa Tropical, between Malaga and Almeria - Climate favorable to the cultivation of many semi-tropical species such as
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Orange trees in Andalusia. Costa Tropical, between Malaga and Almeria - Climate favorable to the cultivation of many semi-tropical species such as orange, lemon and avocado trees. Spain
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Olive trees in the middle of badlands in Andalusia. Badlands at the foot of the Mencal. Olive and almond trees are the main crops in this arid region. Guadix region -
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Olive trees in the middle of badlands in Andalusia. Badlands at the foot of the Mencal. Olive and almond trees are the main crops in this arid region. Guadix region - Granada Geopark - Spain
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Sandstone densely covered with lichens in Spain. Saxicolous
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Sandstone densely covered with lichens in Spain. Saxicolous crustaceous lichens - Malaga region, Andalusia
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Sandstone densely covered with lichens in Spain. Saxicolous crustaceous lichens - Malaga region, Andalusia
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Sandstone densely covered with lichens in Spain. Saxicolous crustaceous lichens - Malaga region, Andalusia
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Lichens and gypsum macrocrystals from the Sorbas Karst in Andalusia. The Sorbas gypsum karst is unique in Europe. The aridity of the region, close to
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Lichens and gypsum macrocrystals from the Sorbas Karst in Andalusia. The Sorbas gypsum karst is unique in Europe. The aridity of the region, close to the Tabernas desert, means that layers of gypsum, carved out by erosion into karst like limestone, remain on the surface. This gypsum was formed when the Mediterranean dried up during the Messinian crisis in the Miocene (-6 Ma), leaving behind huge evaporite deposits.
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Lichens and gypsum macrocrystals from the Sorbas Karst in Andalusia. The Sorbas gypsum karst is unique in Europe. The aridity of the region, close to
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Lichens and gypsum macrocrystals from the Sorbas Karst in Andalusia. The Sorbas gypsum karst is unique in Europe. The aridity of the region, close to the Tabernas desert, means that layers of gypsum, carved out by erosion into karst like limestone, remain on the surface. This gypsum was formed when the Mediterranean dried up during the Messinian crisis in the Miocene (-6 Ma), leaving behind huge evaporite deposits.
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Lichens and gypsum macrocrystals from the Sorbas Karst in Andalusia. The Sorbas gypsum karst is unique in Europe. The aridity of the region, close to
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Lichens and gypsum macrocrystals from the Sorbas Karst in Andalusia. The Sorbas gypsum karst is unique in Europe. The aridity of the region, close to the Tabernas desert, means that layers of gypsum, carved out by erosion into karst like limestone, remain on the surface. This gypsum was formed when the Mediterranean dried up during the Messinian crisis in the Miocene (-6 Ma), leaving behind huge evaporite deposits.
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Clay and gypsum crystals in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Andalusia
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Clay and gypsum crystals in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Andalusia
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Rock engraving in a rock shelter in Andalusia. Las Piedras de Cabrera complex north of Malaga - Early Chalcolithic period, between 2600 and 2300 B.C.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Rock engraving in a rock shelter in Andalusia. Las Piedras de Cabrera complex north of Malaga - Early Chalcolithic period, between 2600 and 2300 B.C. - Spain
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Cynomorium scarlet, (Cynomorium coccineum ) in the Tabernas desert (Andalusia - Spain). Parasitic species of tamarix, salsola and limonium, appearing
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Cynomorium scarlet, (Cynomorium coccineum ) in the Tabernas desert (Andalusia - Spain). Parasitic species of tamarix, salsola and limonium, appearing only at flowering as a dense spike inflorescence. An ancient Miocene sedimentary basin (- 8Ma) at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. The arid climate of the Tabernas makes it Europe's only desert, expanding as a result of the increasing drought in southern Spain. In the foreground, lichens of the Diploschistes genus cover the clay soil.
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Dwarf doum palms in Cabo de Gata, Andalusia (Spain). Dwarf or doum palms (Chamaerops humilis), one of Europe's two native palms, indicative of the
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Dwarf doum palms in Cabo de Gata, Andalusia (Spain). Dwarf or doum palms (Chamaerops humilis), one of Europe's two native palms, indicative of the semi-arid Mediterranean vegetation zone. Cabo de Gata Natural Park / Geopark in Andalusia
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Dwarf doum palms in Cabo de Gata, Andalusia (Spain). Dwarf or doum palms (Chamaerops humilis), one of Europe's two native palms, indicative of the
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Dwarf doum palms in Cabo de Gata, Andalusia (Spain). Dwarf or doum palms (Chamaerops humilis), one of Europe's two native palms, indicative of the semi-arid Mediterranean vegetation zone. Cabo de Gata Natural Park / Geopark in Andalusia
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Wind-swept dune at Cabo de Gata in Andalusia. Huge crescent-shaped dune at Playa de Monsul - Cabo de Gata Geopark
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Wind-swept dune at Cabo de Gata in Andalusia. Huge crescent-shaped dune at Playa de Monsul - Cabo de Gata Geopark
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Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance, but very different nature and formation, on the surface of a large dome. Cabo de Gata volcanic complex (Geopark)
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Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance, but very different nature and formation, on the surface of a large dome. Cabo de Gata volcanic complex (Geopark)
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Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance, but very different nature and formation, on the surface of a large dome. Cabo de Gata volcanic complex (Geopark)
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White Ignimbrites from Cala Rajada, in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Welded pumice and lapilli from pyroclastic flows (approx. 10 Ma). In the
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
White Ignimbrites from Cala Rajada, in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Welded pumice and lapilli from pyroclastic flows (approx. 10 Ma). In the background, Cerro de la Vela Blanca and Arrecife del Dedo are formed of manganese-rich dark andesite. Cabo de Gata volcanic complex (Geopark)
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Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance, but very different nature and formation, on the surface of a large dome. Cabo de Gata volcanic complex (Geopark)
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Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance, but very different nature and formation, on the surface of a large dome. Cabo de Gata volcanic complex (Geopark)
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Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance, but very different nature and formation, on the surface of a large dome. Cabo de Gata volcanic complex (Geopark)
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Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance, but very different nature and formation, on the surface of a large dome. Cabo de Gata volcanic complex (Geopark)
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Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Andesite columns in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Andesites with columnar disjunction in the Punta Baja dome. Basaltic organ-like appearance, but very different nature and formation, on the surface of a large dome. Cabo de Gata volcanic complex (Geopark)
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Calcarenite cliffs in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Bioclastic deposits of around 6 Ma - Rodalquilar sector, Cabo de Gata Geopark, southern
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Calcarenite cliffs in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Bioclastic deposits of around 6 Ma - Rodalquilar sector, Cabo de Gata Geopark, southern Spain
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Calcarenite cliffs in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Bioclastic deposits of around 6 Ma - Rodalquilar sector, Cabo de Gata Geopark, southern
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Calcarenite cliffs in the Cabo de Gata Geopark, Andalusia. Bioclastic deposits of around 6 Ma - Rodalquilar sector, Cabo de Gata Geopark, southern Spain
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White village on the edge of badlands in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Beas de Guadix. Alluvial deposits of late Miocene conglomerates and clays,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
White village on the edge of badlands in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Beas de Guadix. Alluvial deposits of late Miocene conglomerates and clays, eroded into spectacular badlands. Andalusia
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Badlands in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Beas de Guadix region. Alluvial deposits of late Miocene conglomerates and clays, eroded into spectacular
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Badlands in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Beas de Guadix region. Alluvial deposits of late Miocene conglomerates and clays, eroded into spectacular badlands. Andalusia
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Badlands in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Gorafe region: alluvial deposits of late Miocene conglomerates and clays, eroded into spectacular badlands.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Badlands in the Granada Geopark, Spain. Gorafe region: alluvial deposits of late Miocene conglomerates and clays, eroded into spectacular badlands. Andalusia
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Lemon tree and bench in the "white village" of Ojen, near Marbella. The famous white villages of Andalusia are a series of picturesque villages
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Lemon tree and bench in the "white village" of Ojen, near Marbella. The famous white villages of Andalusia are a series of picturesque villages perched on the hills and mountains of the region, characterized by their whitewashed houses and narrow streets, and whose architecture is inherited from the Arab period.
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Lemon tree and bench in the "white village" of Ojen, near
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Lemon tree and bench in the "white village" of Ojen, near Marbella. The famous white villages of Andalusia are a series of picturesque villages perched on the hills and mountains of the region, characterized by their whitewashed houses and narrow streets, and whose architecture is inherited from the Arab period.
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Lemon tree and bench in the "white village" of Ojen, near Marbella. The famous white villages of Andalusia are a series of picturesque villages
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Lemon tree and bench in the "white village" of Ojen, near Marbella. The famous white villages of Andalusia are a series of picturesque villages perched on the hills and mountains of the region, characterized by their whitewashed houses and narrow streets, and whose architecture is inherited from the Arab period.
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Almond trees in bloom in Andalusia. Guadix region - Granada Geopark - Spain
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Almond trees in bloom in Andalusia. Guadix region - Granada Geopark - Spain
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Almond trees in bloom in Andalusia. Guadix region - Granada Geopark - Spain
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Almond trees in bloom in Andalusia. Guadix region - Granada Geopark - Spain
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Almond trees in bloom in Andalusia. Guadix region - Granada Geopark - Spain
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Almond trees in bloom in Andalusia. Guadix region - Granada Geopark - Spain
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Fields, almond blossoms and olive trees in Andalusia. Guadix region - Granada Geopark - Spain
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Fields, almond blossoms and olive trees in Andalusia. Guadix region - Granada Geopark - Spain
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Almond trees in bloom in Andalusia. Guadix region - Granada Geopark - Spain
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Almond trees in bloom in Andalusia. Guadix region - Granada Geopark - Spain
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White villages of the Alpujarras in Andalusia's Sierra Nevada. Capileira, 1,436 m above sea level on the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada. On the
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
White villages of the Alpujarras in Andalusia's Sierra Nevada. Capileira, 1,436 m above sea level on the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada. On the right, the village of Bubion. Spain
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Galleries of bark beetle larvae (Ips typographus) under the bark of a spruce tree in the French Alps. Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) -
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Galleries of bark beetle larvae (Ips typographus) under the bark of a spruce tree in the French Alps. Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) - Intimate Landscape Winner - A Network of Life and Death
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The Aiguille de Tré-la-Tête (3920 m) in the Mont Blanc massif (seen from the Petit Saint Bernard road in Italy).
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The Aiguille de Tré-la-Tête (3920 m) in the Mont Blanc massif (seen from the Petit Saint Bernard road in Italy).