Nick Garbutt / Aggregation / bloom / swarm of Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) in the clear waters of Loch Na Keal, off the Isle of Mull, north west Scotland, UK, June, Photographed through the surface.

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

Ross Hoddinott / Colmers Hill in morning mist, near Bridport, Dorset, UK. September 2012.

Alex Mustard / A school of lesser devil rays (Mobula hypostoma) flying through sunbeams as they feed. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Caribbean Sea.

Sandra Bartocha / Scots Pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) in evening sunlight. January. Specially commended, Creative Visions category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year WPY 2012 competition.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) swimming just below surface, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Charlie Summers / Stars draw traces above Naabi Hill acacia trees, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Sandra Bartocha / Forest view of trunks of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Downy European white birch (Betula pubescens) and European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees, Muritz National Park, Germany, November

Sandra Bartocha / Cowslip (Primula veris) and Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis) in flower with light effects, Brandenburger Vorstadt, Potsdam, Germany, April

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Common Toad (Bufo bufo) seen from below against a blue sky. Surrey, England, March. Did you know? It used to be believed that toads had a magical stone in their head; however 'toadstones' which have...

Roy Mangersnes / Aurora Borealis above the Arctic Ocean off the northen coast of Finnmark, Norway, April

Alex Mustard / Underwater scene where light and water interplay on a shallow sand bank, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea, September 2005.

Doug Perrine / Flower Hat Jelly / Jellyfish (Olindias formosa), a rare hydromedusa with fluorescent tentacle tips. Endemic to Brazil, Argentina, and southern Japan.

Sven Zacek / Northern lights far on the horizon in night landscape. Sarek National Park, Sweden, Europe, September.

Sven Zacek / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) pronking away from the photographer. Virumaa, Estonia, Europe, February.

Konrad Wothe / Partial eclipse of the sun, 3rd of March 2005, seen from Upper Bavaria, Germany.

Pascal Tordeux / Oak (Quercus) covered with frost. Picardy, France.

Jeff Wilson / Sun Dog, or Parhelion, caused by refraction of the sun's rays, more commonly seen in Antarctica, above glacier, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Pla...

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) in flight, Svalbard, Norway, July. Highly commended, BIRDS category, GDT 2011 competition. Joint runner up in Creative Visions of Nature Category, Wildlife Photographer...

Marie Read / Tree covered with rime ice standing in snow-covered field, aginst blue sky with clouds, Ithaca, New York, USA. January 2010.

Lassi Rautiainen / Northern lights in moonlit sky, northern Finland, March 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Cliffs and sea-stacks on the coast of "El Hierro" Island. Canary Islands, February 2011.

Juergen Freund / Light streaming into a shallow cave in a dive site called The Passage, with a diver swimming up towards the foliage visible above. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010. Model release...

Alex Mustard / A parasitic isopod attached to a Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques). This species of isopod has an ornately shaped carapace to disguise it on the seadragon. Wool Bay Jetty, Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula...

Mark Taylor / Lenticular cloud. Los Alerces National Park, Argentina.

Jouan & Rius / Reflections in swamp forest, Gunung Mulu NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Inaki Relanzon / Star trails above Baobab trees (Adansonia za) at night, Zombitse National Park, Madagascar, June 2010

Eric Baccega / Early morning mist and autumn colours in Grande Piles Village and St Maurice river. Quebec, Canada, October 2010

David Tipling / Pied wagtails (Motacilla alba yarrellii) silhouetted against the moon, roosting in tree in shopping centre. Kent, UK, December

Floris van Breugel / Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) grove at twilight under a heavy snowfall, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon, USA. December 2009

Floris van Breugel / Giant Red Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) Purple sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) and Sea Anenomes (Anthopleura) underwater, in tide pools along Californian coastline, USA.

Floris van Breugel / An ancient Bristlecone Pine tree (Pinus aristata) under a clear star-lit night sky with star trails, White Mountains, California, USA. July 2007.

Tim Laman / Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Jack Dykinga / Eroded rock formation known as the 'Tres Maries', in the Valle de la Luna. One million year old composition of gravel, clay, salt, gems and quartz, against The Milky Way and Southern Cross in the nigh...

Steve Knell / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) on water, backlit showing swarming midges. Iceland, May

Alex Hyde / Close-up of the extendable silk net of the Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp}, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Claudio Contreras / Pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata) shell detail, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata) shell detail, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January

Oriol Alamany / Solar eclipse 63% on 4 January 2011, seen from Barcelona, Spain

Philippe Clement / Eilean Donan Castle, with flowering Gorse (Ulex) Loch Duich in the Western Highlands of Scotland, UK, May 2010

Alex Hyde / Fingal's Cave, showing basalt columns, Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June 2010

Graham Eaton / Common / Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) swarming in shallow water over kelp, Cardigan Bay, Wales, June. Highly commended in Coast and Marine category, British Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards...

Mary McDonald / Flock of Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis) in roosting trees at dusk, Imba Ndutu, Serengeti NP, Tanzania, East Africa.

Marie Read / Sun beams passing through misty trees, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York, USA. October 2008. Highly Honored in Nature's Best 2010 competition.

Sandra Bartocha / Gespensterwald (ghostly forest) - European Beech forest (Fagus sylvatica), Nienhagen, Germany.

Sandra Bartocha / Gespensterwald (ghostly forest) - European Beech forest (Fagus sylvatica) in snow, Nienhagen, Germany. RUNNER-UP: Creative Visions of Nature - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Aflo / Y-12304 Huge full moon above Emerald Bay at sunset, Lake Tahoe, California USA

Kristel Richard / A Shagya Arab stallion (Equus caballlus) is shown in hand in the courtyard of the Babolna Arabian Stud, Babolna, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary.

Sven Zacek / Starlit sky, and Northern lights, over White Water, river, Sarek National Park, Sweden, Scandinavia

Sven Zacek / Panoramic view of moonrise over Lake Panorama, Estonia, Europe

Peter Cairns / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) pair in winter plumage, Cairngorms NP, Grampian Mountains, Scotland, UK, February.

Peter Cairns / naturepl.com / Trees covered in lichen, Glen Affric, Caledonian Forest Reserve, Scotland, November 2007

David Shale / Deepsea Medusa jellyfish (Colobonema sp), Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

Warwick Sloss / Eggs attached to the underbelly of the male Weedy sea dragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) wild-caught but filmed in captive conditions under licence, from the coast around south Australia

Claudio Contreras / Cushion sea star (Oreaster reticulatus) on Turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, July

Mark Bowler / Fireflies {Lampyridae} in rainforest, Singapore.

Doug Allan / Emperor penguins {Aptenodytes forsteri} diving, Cape Washington, Antarctica. Freeze Frame book plate page 133.

Ian McCarthy / Cracks in winter ice, Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canada

Tony Evans / Full moon over silhouette of English elm tree {Ulmus procera} UK

Martin Dohrn / Maasai herdsman with his cattle. Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, East Africa. Image taken using 'Starlight Camera' technology without artificial lighting.

Martin Dohrn / Night-time in the Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, East Africa. Image taken using 'Starlight Camera' technology with no artificial lighting.

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis colours in night sky, northern Finland, March

Jorma Luhta / Moving belt of aurora borealis colours in night sky. Lapland, northern Finland, winter

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis corona colours in night sky, Lapland, northern Finland, winter

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis storm colours in night sky, northern Finland, winter

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis storm colours in night sky, northern Finland, February 2002, winter

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis colours in night sky, northern Finland, winter

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis colours in night sky over lake, northern Finland

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis colours in night sky over lake, northern Finland (nr Arctic circle), October 2002. Auroras also occur in the southern hemisphere where they are know as Aurora australis.

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis colours in night sky over lake, northern Finland, October 2002

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis lights in night sky and full moon. Northern Finland, January, winter 2002

Jorma Luhta / Person watching Aurora borealis colours in night sky, northern Finland, winter

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis colours, moon and Jupiter in night sky, northern Finland, winter 2002

Jorma Luhta / Green aurora borealis colours in night sky, Lapland, northern Finland, winter. Greeen is the most commonly seen colour in Auroras.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstra / Fir (Abies sp), Beech (Fagus silvatica) and Spruce (Picea abies) old-growth virgin forest in Special Forest Reserve, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia, June 2012

David Noton / A misty morning near Milborne Port, Somerset, UK June 2012

David Noton / A misty morning near Milborne Port, Somerset, UK June 2012

David Noton / A misty morning near Milborne Port, Somerset, UK June 2012

Rick Tomlinson / "Magical" dismasted, Swan European Regatta, Isle of Wight, July 2009.

Angelo Gandolfi / The Galovacki Buk barrier and falls, frozen in winter, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

Angelo Gandolfi / The castle of Bran, said to be Dracula's abode, Brasov, Romania

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dusk on winter day in the forest on Shaman Mountain near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia, 1999.

Floris van Breugel / Dawn casts reflected pink light on snow covered, frozen trees, Drake Peak, Warner Range, Oregon, USA. January 2010.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Sundog / Parhelion (circle of light around the sun), formed by ice crystals in the atmosphere, above icebergs, Northwest Greenland, 1998.

Michel Poinsignon / Pasque flowers (Pulsatilla vulgaris) in rain, Lorraine, France, April. 3rd Prize in the Other Nature Topics category of Melvita Nature Images Awards 2013.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Sundog / Parhelion, circle of light around the sun, formed by ice crystals in the atmosphere, above icebergs, Northwest Greenland, 1998.

Philippe Clement / Eilean Donan Castle in Loch Duich in the Western Highlands of Scotland, UK, May 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Northern Lights wiith rare red band. Skarsvag, North Norway, 1990.

Angelo Gandolfi / A floodlit night view of Pitigliano, a typical Italian medieval village of Etruscan origins, Tuscany, Italy. March 2009

Aflo / Y-10501 Northern lights / Aurora borealis above coniferous forest Alaska, USA.

Aflo / Y-10504 Northern lights / Aurora borealis, above Brooks Range, Alaska, USA

Aflo / Y-11906 Hale-Bopp comet in night sky

Aflo / Y-10602 Northern lights / Aurora borealis over mountains, Honningsvag, Norway, Europe

Aflo / Y-10603 Northern lights / Aurora borealis over houses, Brooks Range, Alaska USA