Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, ploughed fields in early winter, Shiga, Japan, November, sequence 7/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, summer, Shiga, Japan, early August, sequence 4/8

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tourists from a ship visiting the Rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) and Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) colonies at West Point Island, Falklands Islands, 2009.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tourists from a ship visiting the Rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) and Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) colonies at West Point Island, Falklands Islands, 2009.

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, snow covered fields in winter, Shiga, Japan, December, sequence 8/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, harvesting in late summer, Shiga, Japan, September, sequence 6/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, summer, Shiga, Japan, late August, sequence 5/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, summer, Shiga, Japan, July, sequence 3/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, spring, Shiga, Japan, May, sequence 2/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, spring, Shiga, Japan, April, sequence 1/8

Nature Production / Japanese Horsechestnut (Aesculus turbinata) woodland, fixed point observation of seasonal changes, Shiga, Japan, March, sequence 1/3

Nature Production / Japanese Horsechestnut (Aesculus turbinata) woodland, fixed point observation of seasonal changes, Shiga, Japan, November, sequence 3/3

Nature Production / Japanese Horsechestnut (Aesculus turbinata) woodland, fixed point observation of seasonal changes, Shiga, Japan, April, sequence 2/3

Edwin Giesbers / Birdwatcher at lookout point in S'Albufera National Park, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe May 2009

Norbert Wu / Lava Lizard (Tropidurus albemarlensis) uses position on head of Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) as observation point for catching insect prey, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador