Jack Dykinga / Bands of red and yellow strata in petrified sand dunes, sunset, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Petrified sand dunes with eroded red and yellow sandstone bands, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA, and Pointleaf manzanita {Arctostaphylos pungens}

Mark Payne-Gill / Brazilian three banded armadillos rolled up in defensive ball {Tolypeutes tricinctus} - head and back view. Articulated tough skin in hinged bands allow flexibility

Colin Varndell / Sandstone cliff, showing bands of Bridport sands on the Jurassic coast. East of West Bay, Dorset, UK, 2008.

Colin Varndell / Sandstone cliff, showing bands of Bridport sands on the Jurassic coast. East of West Bay, Dorset, UK, 2008.

Kristel Richard / Wild Chincoteague (Equus caballus) band of horses trotting, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague Island, Virginia, USA, July

Brent Stephenson / South Island robin (Petroica australis australis) male standing on the ground, note the colour bands. Eglinton Valley, Southland, New Zealand.

MYN / Seth Patterson / Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) head portrait, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) head portrait, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) coiled, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Brent Stephenson / Chatham island black robin (Petroica traversi) male holding several mealworms used to attract it, allowing the tracking bands to be read, Caravan Bush, Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Novem...

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) Florida, USA, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) Florida, USA, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Scarlet snake (Cemophora coccinea) Florida, USA. meetyourneighbours.net project

Piotr Naskrecki / Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) with color bands for research, New Zealand

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Low bands of cloud along the glaciated and mountainous coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, February 2009.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Bands of sorted stones running downhill, caused by frost and solifluction. Hurry Inlet, East Greenland, September 2005.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Mountains, bands of cloud and high wind in the Gerlache Strait, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, October 2009.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Mountains and bands of cloud and high wind in the Gerlache Strait, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, October 2006.

Nick Upton / Male Long-horned moth / Longhorn moth (Nemophora / Adela degeerella) with gold bands on wings and very long antennae, taking off from a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Musical performance at the Oruro Carnival, the biggest annual cultural event in Bolivia, with Morenada music and dancing originating from the Bolivian Andes, Bolivia, South America, February 2009.

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Drummers during parade performance at the Oruro Carnival, the biggest annual cultural event in Bolivia, with Morenada music and dancing originating from the Bolivian Andes, Bolivia, South America, Feb...

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Band performing at the Oruro Carnival, the biggest annual cultural event in Bolivia, with Morenada music and dancing originating from the Bolivian Andes, Bolivia, South America, February 2009.

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Portrait of trumpet player, during parade performance at the Oruro Carnival, the biggest annual cultural event in Bolivia, with Morenada music and dancing originating from the Bolivian Andes, Bolivia,...

Pete Oxford / Small Tree-Finch (Camarhynchus parvulus) studied for avian pox showing leg bands, highlands of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Andy Sands / Burnished Brass moth (Diachrysia chrysitis) at rest showing distinguishing metallic bands on wing, Hertfordshire, England, UK

John Cancalosi / Close up of Zebra Stone, Western Australia, fine grained siliceous argillite, dark bands contain iron, Pre-Cambrian period

Niall Benvie / Bands of colour created by clouds at dusk, Tartumaa, Estonia, May

Niall Benvie / Bands of colour created by clouds at dusk, Tartumaa, Estonia, May

Niall Benvie / Bands of colour created by clouds at dusk, Tartumaa, Estonia, May

Niall Benvie / Bands of colour created by clouds at dusk, Tartumaa, Estonia, May

Niall Benvie / Bands of colour created by clouds at dusk, Tartumaa, Estonia, May

Robert Valentic / Western tiger snake {Notechis scutatus occidentalis} extending its hood and flattening its body to expose bands of colour, Perth, Western Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Cuernos del Paine peaks showing bands of granite and darker sedimentary stratum, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) hunting, using a spectacular hunting technique: rythmic bands of dark quickly pulse along the body and arms, Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) hunting over coral rubble, using a spectacular hunting technique where rythmic bands of dark quickly pulse along body and arms. Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) hunting over coral rubble, using a spectacular hunting technique where rythmic bands of dark quickly pulse along body and arms. Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) hunting over coral rubble, using a spectacular hunting technique where rythmic bands of dark quickly pulse along body and arms. Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) hunting over coral rubble, using a spectacular hunting technique where rythmic bands of dark quickly pulse along body and arms. Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) hunting over coral rubble, using spectacular hunting technique: rythmic bands of dark quickly pulse along body and arms. Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) hunting over coral rubble, using a spectacular hunting technique where rythmic bands of dark quickly pulse along body and arms. Indonesia

Carol Walker / Wild horses / mustangs, bands trotting, McCullough Peaks, Wyoming, USA

John Cancalosi / Piece of rock crystal containing bands of Azurite and Malachite, from Arizona, USA

Tom Vezo / Sanderling (Calidris alba) with three bands, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Nick Gordon / Unknown snake species, Amazonia, Brazil

Steven David Miller / Joffre Falls with iron bands in 2,500 million yr old rocks, Karijini National Park, Western Australia.

Jack Dykinga / Petrified sand dunes with eroded sandstone bands, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Petrified sand dunes with eroded sandstone bands, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Petrified sand dunes with eroded sandstone bands in swirl patterns from mineral deposits, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Petrified sand dunes with eroded sandstone bands and rain-filled pot holes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Petrified sand dunes with eroded yellow and red sandstone bands, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) hunting for fish and crustaceans: Rythmic bands of dark quickly pulsed along the body and arms. If viewed from the front these moving bands converge at the arm t...

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) hunting for fish and crustaceans: Rythmic bands of dark quickly pulsed along the body and arms. If viewed from the front these moving bands converge at the arm t...

Jean E. Roche / Warning bands around poisonous Manchineel tree {Hippomane mancinella} Les Saintes, Guadeloupe, Caribbean. This species is one of the world's most poisonous trees. 2000.

Doug Perrine / Brownbanded bamboo shark {Chiloscyllium punctatum} juvenile (bands starting to fade) Malapascua Island, Philippines

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / White-lipped banded snail (Cepaea hortensis) Shell colour variable, can have brown spiral bands. UK

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / White-lipped banded snail (Cepaea hortensis) Shell colour variable, can have brown spiral bands. UK

Steven David Miller / Hamersley Gorge in Karijini Natinal Park, showing tectonic bands of iron and silica. Australia

Pete Oxford / Chagra cowboys with Mountain roses in the bands of their hats preparing to cook trout over a fire at a hacienda during the annual overnight cattle round-up, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Chagra cowboys with Mountain roses in the bands of their hats cooking trout over a fire at a hacienda during the annual overnight cattle round-up, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Blue Mesa formation, erosion showing colorful bands tinted by metals and minerals, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Blue Mesa formation, erosion showing colorful bands tinted by metals and minerals, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Mustang (Equus caballus) family bands running before storm, range in summer, Montana

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Mustang (Equus caballus) bands in winter, Cayuse Ranch, Wyoming

Steven David Miller / Aerial view of Bungle Bungle range, eroded sandstone domes, Purnululu NP W Australia - beehive structures with bands of clay, algae and iron

Steven David Miller / Joffre Falls with iron bands in 2,500 million-year-old rocks, Karijini NP, Western Australia.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Cuernos del Paine peaks showing bands of granite and darker sedimentary stratum, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

PAULA COULTER / Nine Banded Armadillo close up of nine bands (Dasyspus novemcinctus)