Mark Brownlow / Kukenon, flat top tepuis, southern Venezuela, South America. November 2005, BBC Planet Earth

Mark Brownlow / Kukenon, flat top tepuis, southern Venezuela, South America. November 2005, BBC Planet Earth

Mark Brownlow / Kukenon, flat top tepuis, southern Venezuela, South America. November 2005, BBC Planet Earth

Mark Brownlow / Richard Kirby, camerman on location with timelapse equipment for BBC Planet Earth series, Kukenon, flat top tepuis, southern Venezuela, South America. November 2005

Mark Brownlow / Camping on Kukenon, flat top tepuis, southern Venezuela, South America. Mark Brownlow and guide on location for BBC Planet Earth series. November 2005

Mark Brownlow / Various plant species from Kukenon, flat top tepuis, southern Venezuela, South America. BBC Planet Earth series. November 2005

Mark Brownlow / Helicopter on Kukenon, flat top tepuis, southern Venezuela, South America. On location for BBC Planet Earth series. November 2005

Mark Brownlow / Angel Falls, world's tallest waterfall, southern Venezuela, South America November 2005, BBC Planet Earth

Mark Brownlow / Angel Falls, world's tallest waterfall, southern Venezuela, South America November 2005, BBC Planet Earth

Ian Lockwood / Anai-Mudi peak, clouds and shola forest, Eravikulum NP, Western Ghats, Kerala, India. The endangered Nilgiri tahr live in this national park.

Ian Lockwood / Grasslands overlooking plains, Palni hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

Ian Lockwood / Tea plantations in the hills near Munnar (Tetley tea), High range Western Ghats, Kaerala, India

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Osorno volcano, viewed from La Picada, Southern Chile

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Monkey puzzle trees {Auracaria sp} Nahuelbuta NP, Southern Chile

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Monkey puzzle trees {Auracaria sp} and Southern beech {Nothofagus sp} Nahuelbuta NP, Chile

Tony Heald / Male Cape rock thrush {Monticola rupestris} Giants Castle, South Africa

Tony Heald / Juvenile Bearded vulture flying {Gypaetus barbatus} Giants Castle, South Africa

Ian Lockwood / Shola tropical rain forest at Pillar Rocks, Palni Hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, Southern India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Black pepper and Coffee plantations, Nilgiri Mountains, Tamil Nadu, Southern India

Ian Lockwood / Inside Shola tropical rainforest, indigenous forest habitat, Palni Hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, Southern India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Black pepper and Coffee plantations, Nilgiri Mountains, Tamil Nadu, Southern India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Terraced agriculture on slopes, Nilgiri mountains, Tamil Nadu, Southern India

Ian Lockwood / Path through Shola tropical rainforest, indigenous forest habitat, Palni Hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, Southern India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Commercial Timber production, Nilgiri Mountains, Tamil Nadu, Southern India

David Noton / Evening light across Bantry Bay, County Cork, Republic of Ireland

Ian Lockwood / Endangered Shola forest in Palni hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

John Downer Productions / Honde Valley from Mutarazi NP, East Highlands of Zimbabwe

John Downer Productions / Mutarazi falls (second highest waterfalls in Africa) Mutarazi NP, Zimbabwe, Eastern highlands

Tony Heald / Cape vultures {Gyps coprotheres} Giants Castle, South Africa

Tony Heald / Bearded vulture (Bearded vulture) {Gypaetus barbatus} Giants Castle, South Africa

Tony Heald / Cape vultures disputing {Gyps coprotheres} Giants Castle, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Chimborazo Mountain (6310 Meters) The highest Mountain in Ecuador. Inactive extinct volcano last eruption 10,000 years ago. Chimborazo Reserve, Southern Andes, ECUADOR.

Tony Heald / Bearded vulture landing {Gypaetus barbatus} Giants Castle, South Africa

Tony Heald / Cape vulture juvenile, Giants Castle, South Africa

Tony Heald / Lanner falcon female {Falco biarmicus} Giants Castle, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) in flight, Natal S Africa Drakensburg

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Gorges caused by erosion, Golden Gate Highlands NP, Orange Free State, South Africa

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Sandstone outcrops, Golden Gate Highlands NP, Orange Free State, South Africa

Gerry Ellis / Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis) resting on rock, Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

Colin Monteath / Lenga Beech (Nothofagus pumilio) in fall colors and Cerro Torre, at 10,280 feet elevation, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Myrtle Beech (Nothofagus cunninghamii) temperate rainforest, Cradle Mountain, St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia

Colin Monteath / Mt Cook or Aoraki, aerial view of south face above Hooker Valley, Southern Alps, New Zealand

Patricio Robles Gil / Morning fog in Tari Mountains, homeland of the Huli people, southern highlands of Papua New Guinea

Patricio Robles Gil / Morning fog in Tari Mountains, homeland of the Huli people, southern highlands of Papua New Guinea

Claus Meyer / Macae De Cima with cloudy sky and mountain range, Rio de Janeiro state, southern Brazil

Gerry Ellis / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) workers using larvae silk to weave nest from Water Berry (Syzygium cordatum) leaves, Maputaland Coastal Forest Reserve, South Africa

Nick Groves / Mt Farrar (2,433 meters) above the Garden of Eden, evening, Southern Alps, New Zealand

Gerry Ellis / Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus), Flinders Ranges, southern Australia

Colin Monteath / Mt Cook and Mt Tasman in aerial view over Tasman Glacier, winter, Southern Alps, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Mt Tasman in mist rears above Fox Glacier, Westland National Park, Southern Alps, New Zealand

Gerry Ellis / Mekolosene River flowing through montane tropical rainforest, southern slope of Mt Bosavi, Papua New Guinea

Gerry Ellis / Clearing of tropical rainforest south of Lake Kutubu for Gobe oil camp, southern highlands, Papua New Guinea

Gerry Ellis / Mekolosene River running through montane tropical rainforest, southern slope of Mt Bosavi, Papua New Guinea

Jim Brandenburg / Snow covered peak in the Southern Alps, New Zealand

Pete Oxford / Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) Cape Point NP, South Africa.

Pat de la Harpe / Two White rhinoceros, Itala nature reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) Cape Point NP, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Itala Game Reserve with Common zebra {Equus quagga} Summer South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Common zebra group in summer landscape {Equus quagga} Itala GR, South Africa

Gavin Hellier / Table Mountain beyond the city bowl, Cape Town, South Africa

Tony Heald / Cape rock thrush female {Monticola rupestris} Giants Castle, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Mountain range in fynbos habitat, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Sunset over hillsides, Richtersveld, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Sunset over Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

Vincent Grafhorst / Cloud-covered valley, Giant's Castle Nature Reserve, South Africa

Vincent Grafhorst / Mountain landscape, Royal Natal National Park, South Africa

Vincent Grafhorst / Mountain landscape, Royal Natal National Park, South Africa

Vincent Grafhorst / Early morning light on Sentinel Peak, Royal Natal National Park, South Africa

Vincent Grafhorst / Mountain landscape in clouds, Royal Natal National Park, South Africa

Vincent Grafhorst / Mountain landscape, Royal Natal National Park, South Africa

Colin Monteath / Castle Hill farm with Craigieburn Range, Castle Hill Basin, Canterbury, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Mathias River at dusk with snow-covered peaks of Southern Alps beyond, Canterbury, New Zealand

Pete Oxford / Group of Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) sunning on rocks, Cape Point NP, South Africa.

Stephen Belcher / Lake Pukaki, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Richard Du Toit / Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sunrise, rosy light on mountains of Salversen Range, cumulus clouds and blue sky, fall, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adults near rookery on beach, fall morning, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) standing in water, congregating on beach near cliffs and glacier which is melting due to global warming, fall, Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean...

Colin Monteath / Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries) and cattle feed on hay during the winter season, near Mt. Cook, South Island, New Zealand

Patricio Robles Gil / Domesitc Sheep (Ovis aries) herd in Casorla Mountains, southern Spain

Tony Heald / Lammergeier (Bearded vulture) landing {Gypaetus barbatus} Giants Castle South Africa

Gerry Ellis / Aerial view of dry Ugab River coming off of Brandberg Mountain, Namib Desert, Damaraland, Namibia

Jim Brandenburg / Snow covered Southern Alps, New Zealand

Jim Brandenburg / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps, New Zealand