Andy Rouse / Maasai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) silhouetted by beams of light from setting sun, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. Winner of the African section of the Natures Best Windland Smith Rice...

Stefan Christmann / Sunset with beams of light shining through Neumayer-Station III, Alfred-Wegener-Institut research station. Atka Bay, Antarctica. January 2017.

Alex Mustard / Schools of Pacific creolefish (Cephalopholis colonus) and Panamic sergeant major (Abudefduf troschelii) swimming through sun beams inside an underwater cavern. Los Islotes, La Paz, Baja California Sur...

Pete Oxford / Kittens resting on beams. These animals are kepts as pets but sometimes eaten in the Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. November 2014.

Gavin Hellier / The restored Souq Waqif with mud rendered shops and exposed timber beams at dusk, Doha, Qatar, Arabian Peninsula 2011. No release available.

Gavin Hellier / The restored Souq Waqif with mud rendered shops and exposed timber beams at night, Doha, Qatar, Arabian Peninsula, 2011. No release available.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Brown trout (Salmo trutta) swimming through sun beams in a freshwater lake, Capernwray Quarry, Lancashire, UK, July

Marie Read / Sun beams passing through misty trees, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York, USA. October 2008. Highly Honored in Nature's Best 2010 competition.

Martin Gabriel / Sun rays breaking through trees in winter mist, forest Bavaria, Germany

Alex Mustard / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) swimming through sun beams. This individual was following blue whales around to feed on their faeces. Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka

Alex Mustard / Sun beams spear down into the depths of the sea. Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka.

Nick Upton / Noble false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) female, close to its retreat between two roof beams in a garden shed, near Wells, Somerset, UK, September.