David Pattyn / Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) carpet under Beech woodland (Gagus sylvatica) with dawn sunlight, Haller Forest, Halle, Belgium, April 2010

Chien Lee / Lowland rainforest with sunrays cutting through mist, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

Alex Mustard / Male Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) with sunrays, Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

Bernard Castelein / Sunrays through Beech woodland {Fagus sylvatica} Belgium

Ross Hoddinott / Rays of sunlight penetrating woodland, Rhinefield, The New Forest, Hampshire, UK. November 2012.

Georgette Douwma / Table top corals (Acropora hyacinthus) sun dapple on shallow reef top, Maldives, Indian Ocean

Matthias Breiter / Sunrays filtering through clouds, Fivemile Island, Alaska

Pete Oxford / Sunrays coming through cumulus cloud, Extremadura, Spain

Murray Cooper / Sunrays coming through the mist, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Sunrays coming through the mist, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Sunrays coming through the mist, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Tim Laman / Sunlight at sunrise shining through morning mist in the lowland rainforest, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo.

Tim Laman / Sunlight at sunrise shining through morning mist in the lowland rainforest, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo.

Aflo / N-22708 Sun rays shining from behind clouds, Myokogen, Shikuoka, Japan

Aflo / Y-2906 Sun shining and clouds

Aflo / Y-3104 Sun shining behind clouds

Aflo / Y-3006 Sun shining behind clouds

Aflo / Y-3004 Sun shining behind clouds

Aflo / Y-2902 Sun shining in blue sky

Aflo / Y-3101 Sun shining behind clouds

Aflo / Y-10101 Bright sun in orange sky

Aflo / Y-10106 Bright sun setting in evening

Aflo / Y10201 Bright sun setting in evening above ridge

Aflo / Y-2706 Sun shining above cumulus clouds in blue sky

Aflo / Y-2802 Sun shining above single cloud in blue sky

Aflo / Y-9502 Sun shining above cloud layer in evening

Aflo / Y-7701 Bright sunlight through clouds, Chilisan, South Korea

Aflo / Y-7504 Sun shining above clouds at sunset

Aflo / Y-7501 Sun above clouds at sunset

Aflo / Y-9204 Sun shining above cloud level

Aflo / Y-8902 Looking down onto cloud layer with bright sun shining

Aflo / Y-9902 Bright sun rays above cloud line, Hawaii, USA

Aflo / Y-10202 Bright sun shining from behind clouds

Aflo / Y-9901 Bright sun setting in evening above clouds

Aflo / Y-2907 Sun shining in blue sky with cumulus clouds

Aflo / Y-2702 Intense sunlight with clouds in blue sky

Aflo / Y-2804 Cumulonimbus clouds over Pacific Sea, Hawaii, USA

David Noton / Shafts oflight through clouds wih distant figures on the beach, Inch Strand, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Republic of Ireland

Theo Allofs / Sunrays filtering through tree and fog at sunrise, Rio Negro, Pantanal, Brazil

Bernard Castelein / First sunrays on Dhaulagiri, Lower Mustang, Nepal

Sue Flood / Parhelia sun effect, Arctic bay, Nunavut, Baffin Island, Canada

David Noton / Sunburst over rolling farmland near Brecon Beacons NP, Wales, UK

Bernard Castelein / Rays of sunlight in Beech woodland, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Autumnal sunrays fall on frosty ferns in woodland, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, Europe

Jan Vermeer / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest with sunrays streaming through trees in early morning, Europe

Christoph Becker / Bavarian Forest NP, in the early morning light. Germany. Sunrays through the trees.

Juergen Freund / Coral reef with rays of sun penetrating water, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Bernard Castelein / Sunrays piercing the canopy of a European beech woodland {Fagus sylvatica}, Peerdsbos Brasschaat, Belgium