Alan Murphy/ BIA / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunting in snow fall, Alaska

Christophe Courteau / Plains zebra (Equus burchelli) drinking in a dust storm, Boteti River, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.

Christophe Courteau / Winter storm at the Pointe du Raz in Finistere, with the Vieille Lighthouse in the background, Brittany, France, January 2014

Ingo Arndt / Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore during an arribada (mass nesting event) to lay eggs, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.

Ingo Arndt / Wind storm in Fortuna Bay area, South Georgia, February 2011

Ingo Arndt / Floodplain with Pandanus palms under storm clouds, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, December 2010

Ingo Arndt / View from Margaret Knoll lookout of sunset and rain clouds over the Indian Ocean and the east coast of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, December 2009.

Ingo Arndt / Waves crashing against ice cliffs of iceberg off the southern tip of South Georgia Island in wind storm, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence, November 2008

Benjamin Olson / Storm clouds, Lakeville, Minnesota

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) during rainfall, Costa Rica

Thomas Hinsche/ BIA / Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) during snowfall, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / View across Sound of Taransay to North Harris hills in stormy weather , West Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, September 2014.