Gavin Hellier / Sea Sand & Sky in stormy weather, Petite Anse beach, Mahe Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter storm with snow drifting. Norefjell mountains, Buskerud, Norway

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis bow prior to storm. Northern Finland, winter 2002

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis bow indicating approaching borealis storm. Northern Finland, winter 2002

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis storm colours in night sky, northern Finland, winter

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis storm colours in night sky, northern Finland, February 2002, winter

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis storm showing blue corona in night sky, northern Finland.

David Pike / Japanese cranes in snow storm {Grus japonensis} Tsurui Mura, Japan

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis colours in night sky, northern Finland, September 2001. Red corona at beginning of storm

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

George Sanker / Storm surge waves breaking on coastal rocks, with person seen through the sea spray. Acadia National Park, Maine. The Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Sandy, October 2012.

David Tipling / Emperor Penguins, (Aptenodytes forsteri), young huddling together to form a creche to keep warm, during storm, Dawson Lambton Glacier, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Kirkendall-Spring / Lightning storm during sunrise at Wisconsin Point Lighthouse on Lake Superior near the town of Superior. Wisconsin, USA, August 2011

Ernie Janes / Rainbow, during rain storm, Weybourne, Norfolk, UK, November

Ernie Janes / North sea viewed from West Runton Norfolk with coming storm, Norfolk, UK, November 2012

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Eastern white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) flock resting on water as storm threatens overhead, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Storm clouds over the reed beds (Phragmites communis) Danube delta rewilding area, Romania, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Storm clouds over trees and reed beds (Phragmites communis) Danube delta rewilding area, Romania, May

Tim Fitzharris / Storm clouds over grasslands, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Wyoming

Tim Fitzharris / Rainbow over Brown Mountain, Colorado

Anup Shah / Common zebra (Equus quagga) herd standing in a dust storm caused by extreme wind in the dry season, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Ben Hall / Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) male, silhouetted on cliff edge at dusk with storm clouds overhead, The Karoo, South Africa, Highly honoured, Windland Smith Rice / Nature's Best Awards competi...

Markus Varesvuo / Common Raven (Corvus corax) in snow storm, Utajarvi Finland February

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Dark clouds over alpine grassland, Leota mountain range, Arges County, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, July

Ingo Arndt / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in sandstorm on beach protecting its eyes, Lake Clark National Park, Cook Inlet, Alaska

Colin Monteath / Old wharf at sunset, Saint Clair Beach, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Wind storm on Lake Pukaki, Southern Alps, Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury, New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) with storm clouds. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, 2009. Threatened species.

Mark Carwardine / Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) with storm clouds. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, 2009. Threatened species.

Mark Carwardine / Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) with rainbow and storm clouds. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, 2009. Threatened species.

Mark Carwardine / Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) with storm clouds. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, 2009. Threatened species.

Mark Carwardine / Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) with rainbow and storm clouds. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, 2009. Threatened species.

Mark Carwardine / Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) with rainbow and storm clouds. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, 2009. Threatened species.

Mark Carwardine / Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) with rainbow and storm clouds. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, 2009. Threatened species.

Mark Carwardine / Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) with rainbow and storm clouds. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, 2009. Threatened species.

Mark Carwardine / Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) with rainbow and storm clouds. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, 2009. Threatened species.

Mark Carwardine / American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) flying in front of dark storm clouds, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

Floris van Breugel / Teddybear Cholla cacti (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) at sunset under a clearing storm over Anza Borrego State Park desert, California, USA, April.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Black-bellied Storm-petrel (Fregatta tropica) flying in front of surf near Auckland Islands, New-Zealand. November.

Graham Eaton / Waves breaking at Porth Oer, Whistling sands, Aberdaron, Wales, November

Hiroya Minakuchi / Rain and leaves in rainforest, Costa Rica

Robin Chittenden / Barley field in storm, Hemswell, Lincolnshire, UK June 2012

David Pattyn / Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) grazing in Auob Valley whilst storm clouds approach, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, March

Roger Powell / Stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) incubating with storm approaching in early evening sunshine, Guerreiro, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April

Jim Brandenburg / Merganser (Mergus sp) duck female and chicks in the rain, Olivia Pond, North America

Charlie Summers / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) drinking from fresh water puddle in a dirt track after rain storm, Central Kalahari, Botswana

Charlie Summers / Storm clouds resemble fire in the sky as a storm gathers over the Central Kalahari, Botswana 2009

Charlie Summers / Angry clouds over the Central Kalahari just prior to a torrential rain and lightning storm hit, Botswana

Jim Brandenburg / Storm over Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Island in first snowfall, Minnesota

Brent Stephenson / White-faced storm-petrel (Pelagodroma marina) in flight low over the water, showing upperwing. Off the Three Kings, Far North, New Zealand.

Brent Stephenson / White-faced storm petrel (Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca) feeding by bouncing on the surface of the sea, off Madeira, North Atlantic. May.

Ernie Janes / Storm clouds over Oilseed rape in flower, towards Blakeney Point and the North sea, Norfolk, UK, April

David Woodfall / Storm pebble ridge, colonised by vegetation, Pwll Du nature reserve, Gower, Wales, UK, June 2009

David Woodfall / Orache (Atriplex sp) growing between the pebbles on a storm pebble beach, Pwll Du Gower, Wales, UK, June

David Woodfall / Pwll Du Bay nature reserve, with storm beach pebble ridge, Wales, UK, June 2009

Roy Mangersnes / Storm over the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, lightning sstrikes are the predominant cause of bush fires, Botswana, November

Mark Raycroft / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck in snowfall, North America

Mark Raycroft / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck in snowfall, North America

Jack Dykinga / Brilliant storm sunset over the boulders at 'Balanced Rock' illuminating the sky over the Salt Valley Wash, Utah, USA

Jack Dykinga / Storm clouds over Balanced Rock, Arches National Park in sunset light, Utah, USA

Jack Dykinga / Forest Service contractor's helicopter releasing giant straw bales onto burnt mountains to help prevent storm run-off, Wallow forest fire aftermath, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona, USA Aug...

Jack Dykinga / Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Park with glacial remnant boulders amid grassland and on-coming storm clouds, Montana, USA

Nick Upton / Spiny comb starfish / Sand star (Astropecten irregularis), inspecting Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) after being washed into a rockpool during a storm, St.Bees, Cumbria, UK, July.

Daniel Heuclin / Pollution in artificial flood channel. Santa-Cruz. Bolivia, October 2008.

Todd Mintz / Three young male Moose (Alces alces) in snow storm on the Canadian prairie, Saskatchewan, Canada, November

Todd Mintz / Three young male Moose (Alces alces) in snow storm on the Canadian prairie, Saskatchewan, Canada, November

Merryn Thomas / Shed at Seal Shore campsite with approaching storm. Kildonan, Arran, Scotland, August 2011.

Ross Hoddinott / Brentor Church with storm clouds behind, evening view, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK, April 2012.

Ross Hoddinott / Scenic view of Porth Nanven beqach at low tide, in evening light with dark storm clouds, The Cot Valley, Cape Cornwall, West Cornwall, UK, September 2011.

Ross Hoddinott / View of Southerndown with dark storm clouds overhead, Glamorgan Heritage Coast, near Bridgend, Wales, UK, December 2012.

Nick Upton / Three Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) and Black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) on lake in winter sunshine with storm clouds above, Regent's Park, London, UK, December.

Brent Stephenson / Grey-backed storm-petrel (Garrodia nereis) hovers above the water whilst it feeds. Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, October.

Brent Stephenson / Fork-tailed storm-petrel (Oceanodroma furcata) in flight showing the underwing pattern, off Skaly Lovushky, Kuril Islands, Russia, August.

Brent Stephenson / White-faced storm-petrel (Pelagodroma marina) skips across the water as it feeds at sea, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, January.

Erlend Haarberg / Coastal rocks including an arch in winter storm, Arnarstapi, Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland, January 2011

Orsolya Haarberg / Gatklettur arch and Arnarstapi sea stacks in winter storm, Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland, February 2011

Orsolya Haarberg / Coastal landscape in storm, Reynisdrangar, Vik, Iceland, April 2010

Murray Cooper / Many-spotted Hummingbird (Taphrospilus hypostictus) bathing in rain, eastern Andes, Ecuador

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Flash flood during heavy rain storm, partially caused by the deforestation on escarpment, Hawf Protected Area, Yemen

Philip Stephen / MFV trawler "Harvester" in storm force gales and heavy seas, 70 miles east of the Shetlands. Winds gusting to 83 Knots. January 2009. Property Released.

Philip Stephen / MFV trawler "Harvester" in storm force winds and heavy seas, 70 miles east of the Shetlands. Winds gusting to 83 Knots. January 2009. Property Released.

Philip Stephen / MFV trawler "Harvester" in storm force gales and heavy seas, 70 miles east of the Shetlands. Winds gusting to 83 Knots. January 2009. Property Released.

Philip Stephen / MFV trawler "Harvester" in storm force gales and heavy seas, 70 miles east of the Shetlands. Winds gusting to 83 Knots. January 2009. Property Released.

Philip Stephen / MFV trawler "Harvester" in storm force gales and heavy seas, 70 miles east of the Shetlands. Winds gusting to 83 Knots. January 2009. Property Released.

Philip Stephen / MFV trawler "Harvester" in storm force gales and heavy seas, 70 miles east of the Shetlands. Winds gusting to 83 Knots. January 2009. Property Released.

Philip Stephen / MFV trawler "Harvester" in storm force gales and heavy seas, 70 miles east of the Shetlands. Winds gusting to 83 Knots. January 2009. Property Released.

Philip Stephen / MFV trawler "Harvester" in storm force gales and heavy seas, 70 miles east of the Shetlands. Winds gusting to 83 Knots. January 2009. Property Released.

Philip Stephen / Dark waters as a storm approaches on the North Sea, May 2010.

Rick Tomlinson / Racing lll Storm R/P44 "Peter Peak" 7676 during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Richard Du Toit / Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) males in rainstorm, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Konrad Wothe / Thunderstorm over Lake Tanganyika, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Gerrit Vyn / Leach's storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) adult walking to its nest burrow at night on St. Lazaria Island, Alaska, USA, June. The tiny island hosts more than half-a-million nesting Leach's and Fork...

Gerrit Vyn / Fork-tailed Storm petrel (Oceanodroma furcata) walking to its nest burrow at night on St. Lazaria Island, Alaska, USA June

George Sanker / Bull Elk (Cervus canadensis) lying down in approaching spring storm, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, June

Konstantin Mikhailov / Alpine flowers (gentians) after snow storm, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria, Europe, May