Jack Dykinga / Lightning storm with rainbow over Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) near Redrock, Arizona State Trust, Sonoran Desert, Arizona. September 2015. Long exposure with lightning trigger.

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...

Morley Read / Aerial shot tracking over a 1800m high tepui, Nangartiza Valley, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador, 2018.

Morley Read / Reventador Volcano erupting at dawn, Ecuador, 2017. The mountain has been in a constant state of eruption since 2002.

Sven Zacek / Aerial view of a small forest lake in Karula National Park, Valgamaa county, Southern Estonia. Highly commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Morley Read / Timelapse of the summit of Cotopaxi Volcano (5,897m) after a heavy snowfall, showing vapour emanating from fumaroles, Ecuador, 2018.

Morley Read / Panning time-lapse along the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes, from the snowcapped peak of Antisana Volcano to Sincholagua Volcano, seen from the slopes of Cotopaxi Volcano, 2018.

Morley Read / Summit of Cotopaxi Volcano (5,897m) after a heavy snowfall, showing vapour emanating from fumaroles, Ecuador, 2018.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coastal rock arch at sunset, Bermagui, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Cave along coast, Loch Ard Gorge, Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia

Alan Williams / Beaver Bridge over River Conwy, near Betws-y-Coed, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK, September 2018

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegia gigantea) at sunset, during a summer rain storm. Saguaro National Park, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA, August. Digital composite.

Nick Upton / Captive reared juvenile White stork (Ciconia ciconia) in flight over the Knepp Estate soon after release, Sussex, UK, August 2019.

Nick Upton / Captive reared juvenile White stork (Ciconia ciconia) with a GPS tracker on its back in flight over the Knepp Estate soon after release, Sussex, UK, August 2019.

Jack Dykinga / Morning light with autumn coloured Cottonwoods (Populus sp) trees lining the river. Valley of the Gods, Colorado Plateau, of the Great Basin Desert, Utah, USA, November 2018.

Morley Read / Aerial timelapse rising over misty cloudforest covering the slopes of Sumaco Volcano, with a water filled crater lake in foreground, Napo Province, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Timelapse of climbers making their way up to the summit of Cotopaxi Volcano (5897m) after a heavy snowfall, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, December 2018. (non-ex)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Red deer, (Cervus elaphus), stags silhouetted at sunset in winter, Scotland, UK.February (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Sandesh Kadur / Amur falcons (Falco amurensis) congregating during their migration from Siberia to Africa, near Doyang reservoir, Nagaland, India, October.

Wim van den Heever / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at sunrise. Two males and a female, with the males fighting for the attention of the female. Falklands Islands. 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year LUMIX Peo...

Terry Whittaker / Route One, Southeast Iceland. December

Terry Whittaker / Menai Strait and Telford suspension bridge. Isle of Anglesey, Wales, October 2018.

Ross Hoddinott / Luskentye beach, mountains and incoming tide, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. October 2018.

Marie Read / Abstract patterns of reflected sky and clouds on the ocean with a silhouetted Red-faced cormorant (Phalarocorax urile) in flight, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA, July.

Nick Upton / View towards Naranjo de Bulnes (Picu Urriellu) a distinctive 2519m limestone peak, Picos de Europa mountains, viewed from Arenas de Cabrales at sunset, Asturias, Spain, August 2016.

Derek Galon / High altitude Boeri Lake in old volcano crater, Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Dominica, West Indies, Windward Islands.

David Pattyn / Tayra (Eira barbara) climbing in a tree in rainforest habitat with fern covered trees, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Tayra (Eira barbara) climbing in a tree in rainforest habitat with fern covered trees, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Moriche palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa) at Laguna Grande in an area of flooded forest, Cuyabeno wildlife reserve, Sucumbios, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador, July, Cuyabeno wildlife reserve, Sucumbios, Amazo...

David Pattyn / Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) camouflaged on tree with a young juvenile opposite it, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan (Andigena laminirostris), Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest, Pichincha, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / The Melnik Earth Pyramids, rock formations, known as hoodoos, situated at the foothills of the Pirin mountain range in south-western Bulgaria, Bulgaria, April

Jeff Foott / Mount Gould, Glacier National Park, Montana

John Waters / Large flock of Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) swirling over reedbed roost at dusk, Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, Somerset, England, UK, November.

John Waters / Large flock of Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) swirling over reedbed roost at dusk, Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, Somerset, England, UK, November.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountains of Assynt and Loch Sionasgaig in the rain, Sutherland, Scotland, UK. November.

Duncan Murrell / Montane rainforest, Hienghene, New Caledonia.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice at sunrise. Atka Bay, Antarctica. May 2017.

Sven Zacek / Sunrise over bog with trees reflected in pool. Endla Nature Reserve, Jogevamaa, Central Estonia. October 2015.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) male approaching with curiosity - remote camera. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) close up of leag approaching - remote camera. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2015.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) at a waterhole - remote camera. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) male scratching itself - remote camera . Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Paul Souders/ Worldfoto / Red algae and salt formations, Lake Natron, Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania

Konrad Wothe / Clouds, Bavaria, Germany

Will Burrard-Lucas / Aerial view of Miombo woodland, Niassa Reserve, Mozambique. Photographed from a Bat Hawk light aircraft. November 2011.

Chase Dekker / Seljalandsfoss Waterfall, Iceland

Mark Bowler / Aerial shot of the Amazon Rainforest at dawn, with mist over the canopy, Rio Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Peru, 2016.

Alex Hyde / Brown / Tufted Capuchin (Cebus apella) family group in cloud forest, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru.

Piotr Naskrecki / Toltec Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus toltecus) flying, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of Wallaman Falls at night, lit by the moon, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Ingham, Queensland, Australia. 2017.

Guy Edwardes / Landscape of Alpe di Siusi, Dolomites, Italy, March 2016.

David Allemand / Two Snow geese (Anser caerulescens) during migration, with dark clouds against the sun, Quebec, Canada, October.

Ashley Cooper / Plastic rubbish washed ashore from the sea in Glen Brittle, Isle of skye, Scotland, UK. May 2012

Ashley Cooper / Heliostats, large reflective mirrors directing sunlight to the PS20 solar thermal tower, the only such working solar tower currently in the world. Sanlucar La Mayor, Andalucia, Spain. June 2011

Ashley Cooper / Needle ice on Holly leaves (Ilex europaeus) in a woodland in Ambleside Cumbria UK. December 2008

Shane P. White / Lake and mountains, Cuernos del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) flowering in the sand dune flats near Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA, March.

Guy Edwardes / River Frome at Wareham, Dorset, England, UK. May 2015.

Guy Edwardes / Boats of the River Frome, Wareham, Dorset, England, UK. May 2015.

Guy Edwardes / Portland Bill Lighthouse, Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, UK. November 2015.

Guy Edwardes / Rocky shore at Kimmeridge Bay with Clavell Tower in background, Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Clavell Tower, Kimmeridge Bay, Jurrasic Coast, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK. November2011.

Guy Edwardes / Colmer's Hill, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. December 2016.

Guy Edwardes / Wimborne Minster at dawn, Dorset, England, UK. August 2015.

Guy Edwardes / Colmer's Hill in mist, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. May 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Colmer's Hill, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. April 2016.

Guy Edwardes / Sleat Peninsula and Sound of Sleat, Loch na Dal, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. January 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Lobster pots at edge of Loch Duich, Eilean Donan Castle in background. Highlands, Scotland, UK. January 2014.

Guy Edwardes / View across Loch Duich to Eilean Donan Castle, Kyle of Lochalsh, Highlands, Scotland, Uk. July 2012.

Guy Edwardes / Sunrise over Colmer's Hill, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. September 2011.

Guy Edwardes / Sunrise over Colmer's Hill, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. September 2011.

Guy Edwardes / Sunrise over Colmer's Hill, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. September 2011.

Guy Edwardes / Sunrise over Colmer's Hill, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. June 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Sunrise over Colmer's Hill, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. June 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Loch Leathan, Trottenish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. January 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Coastal cottages at twilight, Portree, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. January 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Fairy Pools and Black Cuillins, Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. February 2017.

Guy Edwardes / Callanish Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Callanish Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Gaada Stack, Foula, Shetland, Scotland, UK. August, 2016.

Andrew Peacock / White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) mother and calf in grassland, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya

Andrew Peacock / Acacia (Acacia sp) trees at sunset, northern Kenya

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of clouds moving over One World Trade Centre, Lower Manhattan, New York, USA, June 2016. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of the sun rising over Hong Kong Central and Victoria Harbour, seen from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, China, June 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Aerial shot at sunrise tracking over Lake Shoji, with Mount Fuji in the background, Fuji Hazone Izu National Park, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Chien Lee / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) male in cloud forest, Mashpi Amagusa Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Benjamin Olson / Rock formations and mountain range, Cordillera Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Lucas Bustamante / Moss rainfrog (Pristimantis eriphus) siting on leaf, Cosango, Napo Ecuador, Vulnerable species.

Lucas Bustamante / Pinocchio lizard (Anolis proboscis) male on stem, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador, Endangered species.

Lucas Bustamante / Mosquito (Culicidae) feeding on the back of an Equatorial anole (Anolis aequatorialis) Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Paul Williams / Lightning storm, Western Australia. December 2013. Image stacking / composite composed of three consecutive images.

Emanuele Biggi / Predatory bush cricket (Saga pedo) waiting for prey on Eryngium, Italy. June. Vulnerable species.

Bruno D'Amicis / Common mulleins (Verbascum thapsus), Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), and Daisies flowering in mountain pasture. Gran Sasso National Park, Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June.

Five Films / Timelapse of a lightning storm at night, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda, April 2014.

Five Films / Timelapse of a lightning storm at night, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda, April 2014.