Kevin Schafer / Larch (Larix sp) trees in autumn below Mount Assiniboine with Sunburst Lake, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Chien Lee / Rainforest with sun rays cutting through the mist, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Todd Pusser / Hector's dolphins below surface {Cephalorhynchus hectori} Kaikoura, New Zealand Pacific

Mitsuaki Iwago / Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) pair with clearing storm at sunset, Sturt National Park, Australia

Flip Nicklin / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus), Channel Islands National Park, California

Jim Brandenburg / Coniferous forest backlit at dawn, Minnesota

Alex Mustard / Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) male swims infront of a sunburst, near a coral reef. Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Jeff Foott / Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum) flowering, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Richard Robinson / Hawk Anthias (Serranocirrhitus latus) at Vatoa Island also known as Turtle Island by Captain Cook, Lau Island Group, Fiji.

Juergen Freund / Sunburst against a large Purple crown jellyfish (Netrostoma setouchina) in the shallow waters, Nukubati Island Resort, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific

Alex Mustard / Grey seal (Haichaoerus grypus) silhouetted as it swims at the surface with a sunburst, Lundy Island, Devon, UK, Bristol Channel, August

Alex Mustard / Grey seal (Haichaoerus grypus) large female silhouetted as it swims at the surface with a sunburst, Lundy Island, Devon, UK, Bristol Channel, August

Alex Mustard / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) silhoutted on the surface with a sunburst, Lundy Island, Devon, UK, Bristol Channel, August

Konrad Wothe / Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina) in forest, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Chris Mattison / Elegant sunburst lichen (Xanthoria elegans) Baguales Valley, Chile.

Chris Mattison / Elegant sunburst lichen (Xanthoria elegans) Baguales Valley, Chile.

Chris Mattison / Yellow sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) growing on a headstone, Fetlar, Shetlands, Scotland, UK, June.

Chris Mattison / Colony of lichens on granite rock, including Elegant sunburst lichen (Xanthoria elegans) - orange, Xanthoria candelaria - yellow, Rock posy, (Rhizoplace sp) - grey, and several others. Chile.

Tim Fitzharris / Marsh and trees at sunrise, Saint Joseph Peninsula, Florida

Tim Fitzharris / Trail through forest, Lake Sequoyah, Arkansas

Sean Crane / Sunrise on the Remarkable Rocks, Kangaroo Island, Australia

Fred Bavendam / Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi) feeding on plankton, Nusa Penida, Indonesia

Petr Hlavacek / Ice cave and sunburst, Franz Josef Glacier, Westland National Park, New Zealand

Cyril Ruoso / Backlit leaves in tropical rainforest, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Kirkendall-Spring / 'Druid Arch' rock formation in the Needles District. Canyonlands National Park, Utah, October 2012.

Kevin Schafer / Western Larch (Larix occidentalis) below Sunburst Peak, reflected in Sunburst Lake. Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, September 2012.

Kevin Schafer / Larch (Larix sp) trees in autumn below Mount Assiniboine with Sunburst Lake, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Norbert Wu / Sunlight streaming through morning fog along coast, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Norbert Wu / Pacific Jack Mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus) school, Guadalupe Island, Mexico

Norbert Wu / Sunlight shining through water, Caribbean Sea, Dominica

Juergen Freund / Sunburst / Klein's butterflyfish (Chaetodon Kleinii) feeding on coral polyps. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Sunburst Turtle (Heosemys spinosa) on forest floor, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) group swimming in fast current during spawning run, Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Suzi Eszterhas / Sunburst / Marbled diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus) swimming underwater with air bubble, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sunburst / Marbled diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus) swimming underwater, with air bubble, Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sunburst / Marbled diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus) underwater, with air bubble, Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Edwin Giesbers / Maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) on rock, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Aflo / Y-2906 Sun shining and clouds

Aflo / Y-3104 Sun shining behind clouds

Aflo / Y-2902 Sun shining in blue sky

Aflo / Y-3101 Sun shining behind clouds

Vincent Grafhorst / Sunset over the Drakensberg Mountains, Rugged Glen Nature Reserve, South Africa

ZSSD / Sunburst Diving Beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus) underwater, native to North America

ZSSD / Sunburst Diving Beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus) underwater with air bubble, native to North America

Suzi Eszterhas / Sunburst Diving Beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus), Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Fred Bavendam / Klein's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) group feeding on polyps of soft coral, Ambon, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Klein's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii), Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Heike Odermatt / Ray of sunlight coming through frost-covered trees, Leende, Netherlands

Ingo Arndt / Garlic (Allium sp) growth in forest, Hessen, Germany

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Tim Fitzharris / Sunset over Miette Range and Talbot Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Alan James / Underwater view of Jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii), surface sunburst, UK

David Noton / Sunburst over rolling farmland near Brecon Beacons NP, Wales, UK

Konrad Wothe / Sun shining over icefield, Antarctica

Norbert Wu / Sunlight shafting through blue water, Pacific Ocean

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) swimming out to feeding shallows at low tide, Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) playful pups cavorting in undersea grotto, James Bay, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) flying, approaching nesting cliff, Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Michio Hoshino / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) at waters edge with sun breaking through clouds, Alaska

Fred Bavendam / Klein's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) resting in a Sponge at night showing nocturnal coloration, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Konrad Wothe / Rhododendron (Rhododendron hirustum) with sun shining through leaves, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Sunlight illuminating mist and frost Loisach River, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Jaymi Heimbuch / Western Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) flower, Forest Park, Newport, Oregon

Konrad Wothe / Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina), Upper Bavaria, Germany

Tim Fitzharris / Sunburst and autumn Cottonwood (Populus sp) trees, Kebbler Pass, Colorado

David Fleetham / Sunburst / Hawk anthias (Serranocirrhitus latus), Fiji.

Daniel J. Cox / Coniferous trees in winter, Targhee National Forest, Idaho

Scott Leslie / Fragrant Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata) group, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jasper Doest / Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) at sunset, George West, Texas

Nature Production / Sunburst Anthias {Serranocirrhitus latus} Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan, October

Claus Meyer / Sunburst and mountain range with Atlantic Forest ecosystem, Brazil

Jim Brandenburg / Sunburst after storm over Loch Ness, Scotland

Shin Yoshino / Sun shining through storm cloud, Montana

Jeff Foott / Small Camas (Camassia quamash) flowering in meadow, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

David Hall / RF - Coral reef scene with Gorgonian sea fan (Melithaea sp.), Feather stars (Crinoidea), Saddle grouper (Cephalopholis sexmaculata) and Blacklip butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii). Also present are se...

Alex Mustard / Hard coral colony (Pocillopora sp.) on a coral reef with sunburst Tubbataha Atolls, Palawan, Philippines, Sulu Sea.

Alex Mustard / RF - Philippines chromis (Chromis scotochiloptera) shoal swimming in water column above hard coral (Acropora sp.) with evening sunburst, Tubbataha Atolls, Palawan, Philippines, Sulu Sea. (This image m...

Will Watson / Jelly ear fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on Elder (Sambucus nigra) tree branch with Maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina), Stocking Meadow Nature Reserve, Herefordshire, England,...

Alex Mustard / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) female, swimming over coral reef with sunburst, Tubbataha Atolls, Palawan, Philippines, Sulu Sea. Endangered.

Alex Mustard / RF - Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) male, silhouetted in Snell's window with sunburst, Tubbataha Atolls, Palawan, Philippines, Sulu Sea. Endangered. (This image may be licensed either as rights ma...

Robert Thompson / Lichens (Parmelia sulcata) and (Xanthoria parietina) growing on apple twigs, Peatlands and Annagarriff wood National Nature Reserve, Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) growing on limestone cliff tops at Stackpole Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, August.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Sunburst peacock cichlid (Aulonocara sp.) portrait, Medicine Park Aquarium and Natural Sciences Center. Captive, occurs in Lake Malawi.

Adrian Davies / Lichen (Xanthoria parietina) growing on gravestone in churchyard, Tintagel, Cornwall. May.

Russell Laman / Reef manta (Mobula alfredi) getting cleaned of parasites, dead skin, bacteria, and mucus by Blacklip butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) and Moon wrasse (Thalassoma lunare) at a cleaning station in Raja...

Doug Perrine / Blacklip butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) swimming over coral reef, Kona, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Blacklip butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) portrait, Kona, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Blacklip butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) portrait, Kona, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Usambara golden sunburst tarantula (Pterinochilus murinus) dorsal view, portrait, Josh'sFrogs. Captive, occurs in Africa.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Usambara golden sunburst tarantula (Pterinochilus murinus) dorsal view, portrait, Josh'sFrogs. Captive, occurs in Africa.

Paul Bertner / Palm swamp in tropical rainforest, Tambopata Research Center, Peru

Alex Mustard / Compass jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella) with sunburst close to the surface, Talland Bay, Cornwall, UK, English Channel.

Adrian Davies / Lichen (Xanthoria parietina) growing on brick wall, does not grow on mortar, Romney Marsh, Kent, UK. June.