Doug Perrine / Bioluminescence from glowing plankton in sea tide line on beach, with stars above and ship lights on horizon, Vaadhoo Island, Raa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October 2010

Martin Dohrn / Group of lions (Panthera leo) at night, Masai Mara, Kenya. Photographed using 'Starlight Camera' technology without artificial lighting.

Andy Rouse / Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) hunting in reeds, Bulgaria. Horizontal version of 01609394. Highly honoured in the Bird Category of the Nature's Best Photography Competition 2019.

Guy Edwardes / Milky Way above Durdle Door rock arch. Jurasic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. August 2019. Composite image.

Guy Edwardes / Aurora borealis above sea stacks, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. 2019.

Yashpal Rathore / Small tree frog (Rhacophorus lateralis) at night under starry sky, Western Ghats. India. Endangered and endemic to Western Ghats.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Granite rocks with lichen and Milky Way, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Starfish (Uniophora granifera) on seagrass, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

Jeff Foott / Turret Arch and the Milky Way, Arches National Park, Utah

Andy Rouse / Little bittern, (Ixobrychus minutus), hunting in reeds, Bulgaria, June. This is a crop of 1637244. Highly honoured in the Bird Category of the Nature's Best Photography Competition 2019.

Andy Rouse / Little bittern, (Ixobrychus minutus), hunting in reeds, Bulgaria, June.

Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with recently caught fish prey in beak. Suffolk, UK. November.