Jack Dykinga / Navajo Sandstone formations with striated lines of mineral deposits. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

Michael Hutchinson / Money spider (Tenuiphantes sp) tiptoeing behaviour on daisy. Spiders can stand on tiptoes and produced silk to 'balloon' and travel with the airflow. In this image the silk dragline and feinte...

Guy Edwardes / Rock formations at Kimmeridge Bay with Clavell Tower in background, Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Rocky shore at Kimmeridge Bay with Clavell Tower in background, Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Rocky shore at Kimmeridge Bay with Clavell Tower in background, Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Warbeth Beach, Stromness, Orkney with view to Hoy. Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK. August 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Warbeth Beach, Stromness, Orkney with view to Hoy. Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK. August 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Portland Bill Lighthouse at night, Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, UK. September 2016.

Guy Edwardes / Rock formations at Kimmeridge Bay, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK. October 2011.

Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadult with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.

Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadults courting, one with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.

Tui De Roy / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) on nest, with fish hook in throat, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos.

Denis-Huot / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) two silhouetted at sunrise, Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Three Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) pups waiting for their parents to return, Ethiopia.

Solvin Zankl / Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia physalis) close up of tentacles, Sargasso Sea, Bermuda

Danny Green / Japanese cranes (Grus japonensis) displaying in snow, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Erlend Haarberg / Stoat (Mustela erminea) in white winter coat, trying to steal fish (trout) hanging on transparent fishing line. Vauldalen, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, April

John Cancalosi / Cross-Section of Utah Septarian Nodule, Utah. A type of geode, Utah Septarian Nodules are found about 15 miles east of Zion National park. They were formed in an ancient sea floor during the Cretaceou...

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisae) on telegraph lines, near a small village on the Reykjanes peninsula in the south west of Iceland, June

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) flying over the water to rest on plant stem, in a fen, Hondeven, Holland, July

David Tipling / Tribal performers from the Anglimp District in Waghi Province, performing at a Sing-sing - Hagen Show, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, August 2011

Juergen Freund / Aerial of sand dunes of Simpson Desert Regional Reserve. South Australia, June 2011

Paul D Stewart / Copperplate engraving of a Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus), with hand colouring possibly by Donovan himself. While most plates were thinly coloured to tint the interstices of the lines of the engraving b...

Philippe Clement / Vapour trails from aircrafts among clouds in a blue sky, France

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of fruit trees covered with nets and poplar trees planted to protect them against the wind, Camargue, Southern France, May 2009

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male perched. Scotland, UK, December. Did you know? Some local names for Yellowhammers include 'scribbler' and 'writing lark' referring to the dark squiggly lines on...

Loic Poidevin / Row of Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) perched on wire. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, November.

Kirkendall-Spring / Rows of pine trees in Pine forest plantation along Highway 203, Applin County, Georgia, USA, November 2008

Kirkendall-Spring / Rows of pine trees in Pine forest plantation along Highway 203, Applin County, Georgia, USA, November 2008

Sandesh Kadur / Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) roosting on electric lines along Highway 77, Brownsville, Texas, USA. March

Ernie Janes / Combine harvester harvesting Barley field, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Two people cycling down the drive at Holkham Park, Norfolk, UK

Ole Jorgen Liodden / King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking in line in snow storm, South Georgia, November, Specially commended, ANIMALS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT, 2011 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION an...

Ernie Janes / Rows of lettuces growing in field in the Fens, Cambridgeshire, UK, Summer

Ernie Janes / Large crop of Carrots growing in field with stack of round straw bales, Norfolk, UK, November

Ernie Janes / Large field of Celery growing in rows on fenland, Cambridgeshire, UK

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Line of mountain walkers in winter, Lochain Mountains, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February 2010. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Line of Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking on sea ice. Flutter Rookery, East Antarctica.

Jerry Monkman / Rows of organic Cabbage plants (Brassica oleracea capitata) growing at the Harlow Farm in Westminster, Connecticut River Valley, Vermont, USA. August 2007

Floris van Breugel / Lines adorn the fractured sandstone rocks along the Barnacle (Cirripedia) and Sea snail inhabitated shores of Palos Verdes peninsula, California, USA

Jack Dykinga / Concretion balls lining fracture lines in petrified sand dune formation, with lichen scaring calcification marks, Colorado Plateau, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Striated sandstone patterns in petrified sand dunes caused by erosion, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Bands of red and yellow strata in petrified sand dunes, sunset, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Petrified sandstone formation with bold striated patterns and lichen covered stones, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cllffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Eroded striated sandstone (petrified sand dunes) Vermilion Cliffs National Monumant, Colorado Plateau, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Eroded striated sandstone (petrified sand dunes), Vermilion Cliffs National Monumant, Colorado Plateau, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Eroded sandstone (petrified sand dunes) in banded striated patterns at sunset, Colorado Plateau, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Eroded sandstone (petrified sand dunes) in banded striated patterns at sunset, Colorado Plateau, Arizona, USA

Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Close-up of stone with white lines on it, Alentejo, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) trunks, Pollino National Park, Basilicata, Italy, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / O Haarberg / Boiling mudpool, volcanic activity, Hverir, Nmafjall, Iceland, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / O Haarberg / Boiling mudpool, volcanic activity, Hverir, Nmafjall, Iceland, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / O Haarberg / Boiling mudpool, volcanic activity, Hverir, Nmafjall, Iceland, July 2008

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Lone hiker walking along the base of a sandstone butte strong pattern of wavy lines in petrified sand dunes are exposed by erosion, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Lone hiker walking along the base of a sandstone butte strong pattern of wavy lines in petrified sand dunes are exposed by erosion, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Lone hiker walking on colorful sandstone strong pattern of wavy lines in petrified sand dunes are exposed by erosion, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Small sandstone canyon carved by water, exposes strong pattern of parallel lines, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Colorful sandstone patterns of lines, ridges and ripples, carved by erosion, are reflected in rainwater pool, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer migrating across winter landscape with full moon {Rangifer tarandus} Reinsjofell, Norway

Bence Mate / Silhouette of an African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) snarling, Mkuze, South Africa. September. 'White Fang' - this leopard bared its fangs to the hyenas threatening his prey. Eventually the leopa...

Ann & Steve Toon / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) walking through water with fishing line caught on tusk, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Sergio Hanquet / Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) above sea floor, several fish in background. El Hierro, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), two tangled in nylon fishing line, one dead, the other rescued alive. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) calf with fetal lines characteristic of newborn specimens, with pod. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

David Hall / Blackfoot firefish (Parapterois heterurus), blue stripes on pectoral fin when threatened, on gravel. Pantar, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.

David Hall / Blackfoot firefish (Parapterois heterura), blue striped pectoral fins displayed as a response to threat. Pantar Island, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Oak (Quercus sp) trees coming into leaf in field, tractor tracks in grassland, aerial view. La Gandara, Alto Ason, Soba Valley, Cantabria, Spain. May 2019.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cut agricultural field with scattered trees, aerial view. Hornillastra, Merindad de Sotoscueva, Burgos, Castile and Leon, Spain. June 2019.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cut agricultural field with scattered trees, aerial view. Hornillastra, Merindad de Sotoscueva, Burgos, Castile and Leon, Spain. June 2019.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Haymaking, aerial view. Hay bales in one field, rows of recently cut grass in other. La Gandara, Soba Valley, Valles Pasiegos, Cantabria, Spain. May 2019.

Oliver Wright / Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata), close up of thorax, abdomen and wings, covered in early morning dew. Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus s...

Ingo Arndt / Snow blowing in wind, over cracks in the clear ice of Lake Baikal. Siberia, Russia. February.

Ingo Arndt / Ice structures on surface of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. February.

Ingo Arndt / Cracks in the clear ice of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. February.

Ingo Arndt / Cracks in ice. Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. February.

Ingo Arndt / Full moon. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Mike Read / Wave-cut platform on beach. Folded sandstone and shale beds of Bude Formation. Bude, Cornwall, England, UK. August 2018.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Gorreana tea plantations, people walking through plantation in distance. Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Gorreana tea plantations, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Gorreana tea plantations, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Chris Mattison / Treble lines moth (Charanyca trigrammica) on bark, Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK May.

Chris Mattison / Treble lines moth (Charanyca trigrammica) on white background. Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Chris Mattison / Double pylon supporting Prince of Wales Bridge, suspension bridge carrying M4 motorway across River Severn between Monmouthshire, Wales and Gloucestershire, England, UK. 2018.

Cyril Ruoso / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck leaping in field. Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. April.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Santona, Victoria and Joyel Marshes Natural Park. Aerial view of estuary. Cantabria, Spain. March 2019.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Santona, Victoria and Joyel Marshes Natural Park. Aerial view of estuary. Cantabria, Spain. March 2019.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Fields in Red Lands landscape. Dongchuan, Yunnan Province, China. 2016

Juan Carlos Munoz / Fields in Red Lands landscape. Dongchuan, Yunnan Province, China. 2016

Juan Carlos Munoz / Fields in Red Lands landscape. Dongchuan, Yunnan Province, China. 2016

Michel Roggo / Ice with cracks on Lake Baikal, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Near Khuzhir, Olchon Island, Irkutsk Oblast and Buryat Republic, Siberia, Russia. February 2019.

Michel Roggo / Ice with cracks on Lake Baikal, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Near Khuzhir, Olchon Island, Irkutsk Oblast and Buryat Republic, Siberia, Russia. February 2019.

Michel Roggo / Black ice with cracks on Lake Baikal, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Near Khuzhir, Olchon Island, Irkutsk Oblast and Buryat Republic, Siberia, Russia. February 2019.

Michel Roggo / Ice with cracks on Lake Baikal, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Near Khuzhir, Olchon Island, Irkutsk Oblast and Buryat Republic, Siberia, Russia. February 2019.

Michel Roggo / Transparent black ice with cracks on Lake Baikal, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Near Khuzhir, Olchon Island, Irkutsk Oblast and Buryat Republic, Siberia, Russia. Febru...

Michel Roggo / Ice with cracks on Lake Baikal, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Near Khuzhir, Olchon Island, Irkutsk Oblast and Buryat Republic, Siberia, Russia. February 2019.