Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Short finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) diving with air bubble trail, Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Short finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) with air bubble trail, Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009

Hugh Pearson / Aerial of Mount Namuli taken from within helicopter, Mount Namuli, Mozambique, May 2011.

Ingo Arndt / Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) helicopter pilot Eric Gadot, an expert at locust control operations flying over effected area, near Miandrivazo, Madagascar. December 2013.

Espen Bergersen / Long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) family pod at surface seen from the air, Andfjorden, Andoya, Norway July

Cyril Ruoso / Carcass of Long finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) hunted for meat, Faroe Islands, August 2003. Non-ex

Pete Oxford / Helicopter pilot flying over Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd. The Elephants were about to be darted for relocation to the reserve they had escaped from. Zimbabwe, November 2013.

Pete Oxford / Helicopter pilot flying over Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd. The Elephants were about to be darted for relocation to the reserve they had escaped from. Zimbabwe, November 2013.

Kirkendall-Spring / Rock climber on a route called 'Any Major Dude' along the Ledge Spring Trail in Pilot Mountain State Park. North Carolina, USA, October 2013. Model released.

Tim Laman / Anand Varma (left) and photographerTim Laman aboard a helicopter flying west of Yasuni National Park, Francisco de Orellana Province, Ecuador, July.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Steffan Widstrand photographer with microlight pilot in front of microlight, Madzharovo, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Tim Laman / Photographer Tim Laman in the front seat with pilot Max Ammer in ultralight float plane before take off to shoot aerials of the Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia. October 2010

Martha Holmes / Interior of Royal Navy helicopter showing pilots. Antarctic Peninsula. February 2008. Taken on location for BBC tv series 'Life'

Nuno Sa / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) accompanied by Pilot Fish (Naucrates ductor). The biggest fish in the world has only started to visit the Azores in the past three years due to water temperature rise. Sa...