THE WILD BEAUTY OF MEXICO The wild beauty of Mexico

• By Kara Segedin

28 August 2015

To celebrate the launch of our BBC Earth channel across Latin America, our latestEarth Capture challenge is ‘Wild Mexico’.

Resplendent quetzal, cloud forest El Triunfo (credit: Patricio Robles Gil / NPL).

We're seeking your stunning photos and inspiring short films of the wonderful world of Mexico. We will then help share your world, with the world, in front of a BBC Earth audience of millions.

Cenote Samula with the roots of a Fig tree (Ficus sp) (credit: Jack Dykinga / NPL).

Interpret the challenge however you wish. Show us your skills, experiences and celebrate life in this incredible part of the world. It's up to you.

Chac Mool Cenote, Quintana Roo (credit: Alex Mustard / NPL).

We will share the best contributions on the BBC Earth website and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, where you can share and comment on each other's work using the hashtag #EarthCapture.

Don’t forget to add your name and a caption to your upload.

How to do it

You can join by using the entry form above, which will allow you to upload photographs and films taken on any digital camera.

Or you can join by downloading the BBC Earth Capture app for smartphones.

To download the app for Android phones click this link: BBC Earth Capture for Android.

To download the app for Apple phones click this link: BBC Earth Capture for Apple.

IMPORTANT: Please do not endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or break any laws when creating content you may share with the BBC.

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The entry form above is supported by Internet Explorer 10 and above, Chrome, Firefox and Safari.

If you experience any technical difficulties using the Earth Capture smartphone app and web entry form, please email Seenit athelp@seenit.io

Kemp's ridley turtles (Lepidochelys kempii), Gulf of Mexico (credit: Doug Perrine / NPL).

Sand verbena and Creosote bushes, Sonoran desert (credit: Jack Dykinga / NPL).

Copper Canyon at dawn, Chihuahua (credit: Jack Dykinga / NPL).

The Sierra Hornaday mountains (credit: Jack Dykinga / NPL).

Lava and pepple beach, Baja California Sur (credit: Jack Dykinga / NPL).

Racing porpoising Clymene dolphins {Stenella clymene} (credit: Todd Pusser / NPL).

Sailboats anchored in the bay of Isla San Francisco (credit: Onne van der Wal / NPL).

Cardon cactus (Pachycereus pringlei) on the Sea of Cortez (credit: Neil Rabinowitz).

Kemp's ridley turtles, La Pesca Beach (credit: Claudio Contreras / NPL).

Ancient cave paintings, Sierra de San Francisco (credit: Patricio Robles Gil / NPL).

Horned guan, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve (credit: Patricio Robles Gil / NPL).

Flat-tailed Horn Lizard, Sonoran desert (credit: Claudio Contreras / NPL).

Aguacero Waterfalls, Chiapas (credit: Floris van Breugel).

Sinkhole in Quintana Roo, Yucatan (credit: Michel Roggo / NPL).

Mobula ray (Mobula thurstoni), Sea of Cortez (credit: Mark Carwardine / NPL).

The Axolotl is critically endangered in the wild (credit: John Cancalosi / NPL).

American Flamingos, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (credit: Claudio Contreras / NPL).

Calcehtok cavern, Yucatan (credit: Jack Dykinga / NPL).

Cardon cactus, Baja California (credit: Jurgen Freund / NPL).

Boojum tree and a Cardon cactus (credit: Jack Dykinga / NPL).

Kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis), Chihuahua (credit: Krista Schlyer / NPL).

Cascadas de Aguacero, Chiapas (credit: Floris van Breugel / NPL).

Boats in Rosarito, Baja California (credit: Patricio Robles Gil / NPL).

Cloud of Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus), Michoacan (credit: Ingo Arndt / NPL).