Denis-Huot / Sossusvlei dunes, wind in rainy season, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namib desert, Namibia, April 2008

Florian Möllers / Arctic expedition cruiseship M/S Stockholm in heavy sea and gale winds at Sarkapp (South Cape), Svalbard, Norway, July 2012

Ross Hoddinott / Vehicle tracks in field of ripe Barley, farmland, late evening light, near Putford, Devon, UK. August 2012.

David Pattyn / Stormy coastal landscape with heavy rainfall approaching the coast in very windy conditions with cacti at the edge of the beach, Marao peninsula, Bahia, Brazil, August 2010

Erlend Haarberg / House on cliff top on a windy day, Arnarstapi, Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland, March 2011

Erlend Haarberg / Eight Rock ptarmigans (Lagopus muta) with snow blowing in wind, Norway, February

Benoit Stichelbaut / Anthony Marchand on Figaro yacht "Espoir Region Bretagne". Port la Foret, Brittany, March 2010.

Brent Stephenson / A rough and windy day in the Drake Passage with Force 9+ beaufort scale conditions. Drake Passage, South Atlantic, January.

Chadden Hunter / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick creche enduring harsh weather, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) in snowstorm. Spitsbergen, Norway. Non-excusive.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Workers cleaning beach of spilt oil from cargo boat "TK Bremen", beached by heavy winds. Erdeven, Brittany, France, December 16th 2011.

Ernie Janes / Storm clouds building up off coasts of Norfolk, Weybourne Cliffs, Norfolk, UK, November

Lynn M. Stone / Florida sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis pratensis) displaying in characteristic dance as part of courtship, Sarasota, Florida, USA (non-ex)

Lynn M. Stone / Florida sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis pratensis) foraging in shallow water at lake edge, Sarasota, Florida, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Florida sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pratensis), Lakeland, Florida, USA, January

LYNN M. STONE / Florida sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pratensis), Lakeland, Florida, USA, January, non-ex

LYNN M. STONE / Florida sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pratensis) vocalising, Lakeland, Florida, USA, January

LYNN M. STONE / Florida sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pratensis) vocalising, Lakeland, Florida, USA, January

LYNN M. STONE / Florida sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis pratensis) vocalizing, Lakeland, Florida, USA, January

LYNN M. STONE / Non-migratory Florida Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pratensis) foraging in shallows of Myakka Lake (accompanied by American Coot, Felicia americana); the coots are foraging in the water disturbed by...

LYNN M. STONE / Florida Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pratensis), stretching a wing and a leg in shallow water. Sarasota County, Florida, USA, April.

LYNN M. STONE / Florida Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pratensis) in shallow water with White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorynchos) in the background. Sarasota County, Florida, USA, April.

LYNN M. STONE / Florida Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis pratensis) foraging in lake shallows. Sarasota County, Florida, USA, April.

LYNN M. STONE / Florida Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pratensis) Lakeland, Florida, USA