Lassi Rautiainen / Snow laden boreal forest in winter, Finland

Lassi Rautiainen / Snow laden boreal forest in winter, Finland

Seppo Valjakka / Snow laden trees in boreal forest in winter, Finland

Martha Holmes / Yak train pulling laden cart, moving camp. Hangay mountains, Mongolia.

Niall Benvie / Red deer stag in winter {Cervus elaphus} browsing on snow laden Birch bushes, Glen Affric, Scotland, UK.

David Shale / Vibilia sp. (Hyperiidea, Vibiliidae). This is a genus that isn't too easy, even with a specimen under the microscope! This might be V. jeangerardi Lucas, 1845. The genus contains about 17 species, som...

Pete Cairns / Photographer silhouette at sunset, Grampian mountains, Cairngorms, Scotland.

Kim Taylor / Brine shrimp {Artemia salina} male clasping egg laden female

Kim Taylor / Mason bee {Osmia rufa} female flies to nest hole in tree laden with pollen, UK.

Pete Oxford / Meeting of 'Black Water' + 'White Water', Mondayacu river, Amazonia, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Meeting of 'Black Water' + 'White Water', Mondayacu river, Amazonia, Ecuador

Jorma Luhta / Man cross country skiing past trees laden with snow, Lapland, Finland

Jorma Luhta / Trees laden with snow on mid-winter day with shadow of the earth in the sky, Finland

Jorma Luhta / Trees laden with snow in moon light in winter, Lapland, Finland

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) females and calves eating mineral-laden soil, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Confluence of silt laden Seribi River and another river in the Kikori Delta region, Papau New Guinea

Gerry Ellis / Rio Sucio laden with naturally occurring iron and sulfur deposits, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica

Tui De Roy / Scalesia (Scalesia sp) forest, fern laden understory during cold season, highlands of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Arsenic-laden Laguna Verde at 4,400 meters elevation with 5,868 meter Licancabur Volcano in background, Eduardo Avaroa Faunistic Reserve, altiplano, Bolivia

Tui De Roy / Arsenic-laden Laguna Verde at 4,400 meters elevation with 5,868 meter Licancabur Volcano in background, Eduardo Avaroa Faunistic Reserve, altiplano, Bolivia

Fred Bavendam / Fusilier (Caesio sp) school stream by an Elephants Ear Sponge (Ianthella basta) laden with Crinoids, Kimbe Bay, WNBI, Papua New Guinea

Seppo Valjakka / Snow laden trees, Finland, Scanvdinavia, Europe

Mike Wilkes / Juvenile male Blackbird on berry laden tree. UK

Lassi Rautiainen / Hut surrounded by snow laden trees in Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Lassi Rautiainen / Snow laden trees in Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Lassi Rautiainen / Snow laden trees in Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Seppo Valjakka / Snow laden trees. Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Seppo Valjakka / Snow laden trees. Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Seppo Valjakka / Snow laden trees. Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Doug Wechsler / Horseshoe (King) Crab goes back to sea, Delaware Bay New Jersey, USA. The tracks are being made through sand laden with horseshoe crab eggs.

Mike Wilkes / Song thrush on berry laden tree (Turdus philomelos) England UK

Lassi Rautiainen / Snow laden trees in Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Lassi Rautiainen / Snow laden trees in Finland, Sandinavia, Europe

Onne van der Wal / Fully laden speed boat travelling fast, Grenada Sailing Festival 2005, Grenada, Caribbean.

WILLIAM OSBORN / Dog rose (Rosa canina) briar heavily laden with rose hips. Wiltshire, UK

Gerry Ellis / Rio Sucio laden with naturally occurring iron and sulfur deposits, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica

Tui De Roy / Erythrina tree laden with epiphytic bromeliad, south Bocaina National Park, Atlantic Forest, Brazil