Todd Pusser / Star nosed mole {Condylura cristata} in leaf litter, North Carolina, USA. Dead specimen, found by photographer and photographed in-situ.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Lone Scot's pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) and star trails with the north star, Abernethy forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

Benjamin Olson / Cave at night during polar vortex, Lake Superior, Tettegouche State Park, Minnesota, multiple exposures

Tim Fitzharris / Arch and Milky Way, Alabama Hills, Sierra Nevada, California

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Nudibranch (Flabellina pellucida) on a kelp frond with star trails. Gulen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean.

Jeff Foott / Milky way over arch, Turret Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

Ingo Arndt / Milky way over sandstone rock formations, Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Jeff Vanuga / Night stars over Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA, May 2014.

Tim Fitzharris / Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) cactus at night, Saguaro National Park, Arizona

John Cancalosi / American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) swimming near Water lilies (Nymphaea sp) Washington DC, USA. July.

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea Basket star (Gorgonocephalus lamarckii) specimen, from the North Atlantic near Iceland.

Sean Crane / Bat Star (Asterina miniata) trio at low tide, Montana De Oro State Park, Los Osos, California