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

David Noton / Hot air balloon over the Temples of Bagan at dawn, Myanmar, November 2012.

Anup Shah / Hot air safari balloon above Wildebeest herd {Connochaetes taurinus} Masai Mara NR Kenya, animals on annual migration

Theo Bosboom / Plastic balloon found washed up on the beach of Texel, the Netherlands

Ashley Cooper / C02 balloons at the 'I Count climate change' rally in London, England, UK, November 2006.

Lorraine Bennery / Small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Clossiana / Boloria selene), Vosges Balloons Regional Park, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Elephant hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor) caterpillar, Vosges Balloons Regional Park, France, August.

Lorraine Bennery / Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae), Vosges Balloons Regional Park, France, August.

John Waters / View over the Somerset Levels at dawn, with a hot air balloon flying over Glastonbury Tor in the background, England, UK, January 2014.

Lorraine Bennery / Damselfly moulting (Lestes sp.) pair covered in dew, Vosges Balloons Regional Park, France, August.

Lorraine Bennery / Emperor moth caterpillar (Pavonia pavonia), Vosges Balloons Regional Park, France, July.

Lorraine Bennery / Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi), Vosges Balloons Regional Park, France, August.