David Shale / Launching CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) water sampling equipment from research boat GO Sars. Atlantic ocean deep sea research

Tim MacMillan / John Downer Pr / Multiple exposure of flying Paradise tree snake showing how it forms a loop for maximum thrust as it lauches itself into air (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv seri...

Tony Wu / Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) male calf launching partially out of the water with his mouth open while playing together with mother. Vava'u, Tonga, Pacific Ocean.

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite alates in launching pads of colony, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite alates in launching pad of colony, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Ashley Cooper / Boat launching ramp high above the water levels during the drought which lasted from 1996-2011. Victoria, Australia, February 2010.

Tony Wu / Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) launching itself out of the water. Sri Lanka.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Fishermen launching boat into sea at the edge of the Banc d'Arguin National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mauritania.

Rob Cousins / Man launching sailing dinghy at Lympstone harbour, Exe Estuary, Devon, UK, July 2013.

Rob Cousins / Sailing dinghies launching, Lympstone harbour, Exe Estuary, Devon, UK, July 2013.

Rob Cousins / Man launching sailing dinghy at Lympstone harbour, Exe Estuary, Devon, UK, July 2013.

Franco Banfi / Tractor towing t zodiac to the water for whale watching encounter, Puerto Piramides, Golfo Nuevo, UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina, October 2007