David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during blizzard, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Storm over Lake Skadar at Vranjina, Lake Skadar National Park, Montenegro, May 2008

Jack Dykinga / Silhouette of Tree ferns {Cyathea sp} against sunset after a storm, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico

Wild Wonders of Europe / Munier / Photographer, Vincent Munier, walking with rucksack through snow covered landscape with sun shining through storm sky, Forollhogna National Park, Norway. On location for Wild Wonders of Europe, Septem...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Heavy cumulus clouds gather before storm above sagebrush desert, central Wyoming

Roy Mangersnes / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group in snow storm, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Antarctica. November

Roy Mangersnes / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) flock on shoreline in snow storm, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Antarctica. November

Scott Leslie / Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) in winter, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) in snow showers, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ross Hoddinott / Brentor Church with storm clouds behind, evening view, Dartmoor NP, Devon, UK. October 2008.

Ross Hoddinott / Weathered groyne, pebbles and stormy evening sky at Bossington beach, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. October 2008.

Ross Hoddinott / Silhouette of weathered, windswept hawthorn tree on stormy morning sky, Near Lynton, Devon, UK. October 2008.

Ross Hoddinott / Heather and moorland view, near Birch tor, Dartmoor NP, Devon, UK, August 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Two Giant pandas {Ailuropoda melanoleuca} climbing tree trunk in snow storm, Sichuan, China, captive

Jasper Doest / Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) in light snow fall, Svalbard, Norway

Jan Vermeer / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) flying in heavy snowfall, Norway

David Noton / A spring storm in the Valnerina near Meggiano, Umbria, Italy

Philippe Clement / Lightning during thunderstorm above petrochemical industry in the Antwerp harbour, Belgium (digital composite to combine two lightnings). July 2008.

Edwin Giesbers / Siberian tiger {Panthera tigris altaica} in snow storm, captive

Edwin Giesbers / Gentoo Penguin {Pygoscelis papua} walking through snow storm, Antarctica

Edwin Giesbers / Siberian tiger {Panthera tigris altaica} in snow storm, captive

Edwin Giesbers / Gentoo Penguin {Pygoscelis papua} walking through snow storm, Antarctica

Frederique Olivier / Emperor penguin {Aptenodytes forsteri} chicks huddled together for warmth during snow storm, Antarctica

Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {haliaeetus pelagicus} flying through heavy snow storm, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Tim Fitzharris / Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) pups in light snowfall, North America

Tim Fitzharris / Bobcat (Lynx rufus) mother and kitten in snowfall, North America

Jose B. Ruiz / Storm approaching beach at Cape Trafalgar, Canos de Meca, Cadiz, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Cultivated fields with dark storm clouds, Dos Hermanas, Seville, Spain

Anup Shah / Storm cloud and rainbow over Wildebeest on Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Juergen Freund / Water Spout and storm over the ocean, Tubbataha Reef, Palawan, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Water spout and storm over the ocean, Tubbataha Reef, Palawan, Philippines

Juergen Freund / Storm over the ocean, Tubbataha Reef, Palawan, Philippines.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro Cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) in a summer storm at sunset, with a rainbow in the background, Maricopa Mountains, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona, USA

Carol Walker / Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) in snow storm. Paulet Island, Antarctica.

Kirkendall-Spring / El Capitan in the mist after a winter storm, Yosemite NP, California, USA

Tony Heald / Dust storm Kalahari Gemsbok NP South Africa, summer

Patricio Robles Gil / Lightning storm at night over the Sierra del Carmen range, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Sunset at Yaki Point on the South Rim with stratified rim rocks and minute storm clouds inside the canyon below, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Rainbow after a storm over Mount Hayden, Point Imperial, North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.

Tim Fitzharris / Storm clouds over the Colorado River at Horseshoe Bend near Page, Arizona

Ross Hoddinott / Walker in snow storm, near Okehampton, Devon, UK.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Moose (Alces alces) bull in snow storm with aspen trees in background, Grand Teton NP, Wyoming, USA

Brian Lightfoot / Red deer stag eating bark from tree in snow storm {Cervus elaphus} Glen Cannich Scotland, UK

Andrew Parkinson / Hikers climb A Chailleach in blizzard, Monadhliath mtns, Highlands, Scotland.

Anup Shah / Herd of Impala in rain storm {Aepyceros melampus} Masai Mara, Kenya

Michael Durham / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) in rain, native to Central and South America

Michael Durham / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) in rain, native to Central and South America

Michael Durham / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) in rain, native to Central and South America

Jim Brandenburg / Prairie under threatening thunder clouds, South Dakota

Mitsuaki Iwago / Rain storm over savannah, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Gerry Ellis / Altocumulus thunder head dumping rain on pan, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) herd migrating through approaching storm, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Sunset and storm clouds over waterhole, Kwando River flood plain, Linyanti Swamp, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Shin Yoshino / Whistling Thorn (Acacia drepanolobium) trees, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

John Cancalosi / Lightning, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Carol Walker / Mustang / Wild horse - mares + stallion in snow storm, Wyoming, USA. Adobe Town HMA

Pete Oxford / Lighting strikes the Andes, Altiplano region, SW Bolivia, South America

LYNN M. STONE / Cormorants flying over waves at sunset. Monterey bay, California, USA

Bob Barbour / Man overlooking stormy surf on rocks, northern California

Thomas Mangelsen / Clouds over Yellowstone River, Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Tim Fitzharris / Rainbow over Colin Range, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Konrad Wothe / Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) in snow fall, Siberian Tiger Park, Harbin, China

Konrad Wothe / Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) portrait in light snowfall, Siberian Tiger Park, Harbin, China

Konrad Wothe / Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) in snow storm, Siberian Tiger Park, Harbin, China

Gerry Ellis / Timber Wolf (Canis lupus) howling, temperate North America

Tim Fitzharris / Teton Range at Snake River Overlook, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Tim Fitzharris / Double rainbow over Boulder Mountains after a storm, Idaho

Jim Brandenburg / American Bison (Bison bison) pair in blizzard, Minnesota

Tim Fitzharris / Bobcat (Lynx rufus) camouflaged in snowy meadow, Montana

Jim Brandenburg / Rainbow over prairie with storm clouds, South Dakota

Jim Brandenburg / Timber Wolf (Canis lupus) howling in light snowfall, Minnesota

Tui De Roy / Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) pair on storm-lashed western cliffs looking toward south promonitory, Snares Islands, endemic to New Zealand's southern Islands, New Zealand

Michael Quinton / Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula) perching on branch during snowfall in spring, Alaska

Mitsuaki Iwago / Cruise ship in storm, Antarctica

Tui De Roy / Broken fast ice under midnight sun and impending storm, Edward VIII Bay, Kemp Coast, east Antarctica

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) group wallowing in seasonal pool on caldera rim, Alcedo Volcano, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Fred Bavendam / Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) swimming, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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

Jim Brandenburg / Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus) in blizzard, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Jim Brandenburg / Nimbus storm clouds over prairie, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Timber Wolf (Canis lupus) alpha pair in light snowfall, Minnesota

Michael Quinton / Merlin (Falco columbarius) perching in tree during snowfall, spring, Alaska

Mitsuaki Iwago / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) soaking in hot springs during snow storm, Japan

Jim Brandenburg / Summer rain, Northwoods, Minnesota

Tui De Roy / Cerrado habitat, fire resistant savannah scrubland, prone to burning from lightning strikes, Serra de Canastra National Park, Brazil

Michio Hoshino / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) mother and cubs in snow storm, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Michio Hoshino / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) mother and cubs in snow storm, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Richard Du Toit / Hippopotami during rain storm {Hippopotamus amphibius} Moremi WR Botswana

GRANT MCDOWELL / Dust storm preceeding thunderstorm in the Sahel, Mali NB Person watching

Anup Shah / Rainstorm approaching on Masai Mara, Kenya - Clouds, dramatic sky, rain storm, trees

Jabruson / Sand storm predeeding first rains in Tsavo East NP, Kenya.

Jabruson / Beach landscape with storm clouds. Sal Island, Cape Verde Is, Atlantic ocean

Pete Cairns / Loch and pine forest in stormy light. Strathspey, Highlands, Scotland, UK