Pascal Tordeux / Aerial view of Cappadocia with hot air balloon, Turkey, March 2006.

Pascal Tordeux / Aerial view of large rock formations, Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey, March.

Avi Meir / White-eyed Gull (Larus leucophthalmus) flying, Eilat, Israel

MYN / Gil Wizen / Shield bug (Ventocoris falcatus) Central Coastal Plain, Israel Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Comparison of larva and adult beetle (Epomis circumscriptus), Central Coastal Plain, Israel, April. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Long-faced grasshopper (Truxalis grandis), Central Coastal Plain, Israel, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Israeli sand cockroach (Heterogamodes hebraica) composite showing ventral and dorsal view of female, Central Coastal Plain, Israel, April. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Two-tailed spider (Hersilia caudata) female, Central Coastal Plain, Israel, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Williams / View from plane of eroded salt dome, Kavir Desert, Iran, December.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Ruppell's weaver (Ploceus galbula) male building nest, Oman, May

Avi Meir / Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) male dislplaying, Negev, Israel

Markus Varesvuo / Swallow (Hirundo rustica) flying low over water, Israel, March