Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) male standing beside rocks in frozen and snow covered landscape. Svalbard, Norway, April 2019.

Guy Edwardes / Aurora borealis above sea stacks, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. 2019.

Ingo Arndt / Snow covered Cerro Paine Grande in the Cordillera Paine massif. At sunrise, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. April 2017.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Granite rocks with lichen and Milky Way, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Doug Gimesy / Little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor), two standing on rocks at night, silhouetted against Melbourne city lights. St Kilda breakwater, Victoria, Australia. December 2016. COP26 Countdown Photo Competi...

Theo Bosboom / Rocks and sea stacks in the surf at Playa del Silencio in Asturias on the Northwest coast of Spain. May 2015

Doug Gimesy / Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) on rocks of St Kilda breakwater, Melbourne city lights in background. Victoria, Australia. January 2017.

Theo Bosboom / Crashing waves at large basalt wall, Arnarstapi, Snaefellsnes, Iceland. May 2013

Cyril Ruoso / Ringed-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) amongst granite rocks in cave. Lemurs lick minerals from the rocks. Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar.

John Shaw / Yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia aureola) on lava rocks. Isabela Island, Galapagos. May.

Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) group on rocks, Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos

Nick Hawkins / Rocks and coastal rainforest. Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica. 2018.

Nick Hawkins / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) basking on volcanic rock at coast. Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) males in breeding colouration on rocks, with sun halo, Floreana Island, Galapagos

Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) peering over rocks, Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos

Guy Edwardes / Seaweed covered rocks with Gaada Stack in background, Foula, Shetland, Scotland, UK. August, 2016.

Jack Dykinga / Toroweap Overlook in sunrise light illuminating rim rocks with Colorado River far below, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Toroweap Overlook in sunset light illuminating rim rocks with Colorado River far below. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.

Gavin Hellier / Aerial shot tracking along chalk cliffs at sunset, near Old Harry Rocks, Dorset, England, UK, May 2017. Hellier

Theo Bosboom / Giants Causeway at night, lit by full moon. County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Winner of the Landscapes Category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017.

Erlend Haarberg / Crustose lichens (Lecanorales) on rocks in Swedish Padjelanta National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Sweden. August. Highly commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year com...

Jack Dykinga / Cap-rocks on the rim of the Escalante Canyon at dawn. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2012.

Eric Dragesco / Wild Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) climbing among rocks on a mountainside, Altai Mountains, Mongolia, August.

Eric Dragesco / Wild Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) climbing among rocks on a mountainside, Altai Mountains, Mongolia, August.

Ingo Arndt / Aboriginal Rock Art / depicting human figure / Anbangbang Gallery / Nourlangie Range / Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Ingo Arndt / View of Badlands National Park, with shadows cast between mountain peaks, and sediment layers visible, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Ingo Arndt / View of Badlands National Park, with shadows cast between mountain peaks, and sediment layers visible, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) massing on coastal rocks, the morning after spawning, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, USA, September 2009

Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) shortly before sunrise sitting on rock ready for spawning, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Freestone eroded pillars reflecting sunlight, Naturpark Pfaelzerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Seabird colony nesting on cliff face, Lange Anna, Helgoland, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Sun hitting the peak of The Matterhorn (4478m) at sunrise with reflection in Lake Riffelsee, Switzerland

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard crouching on rocks {Panthera uncia} captive

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard portrait {Panthera uncia} captive

Ingo Arndt / Yosemite Falls flowing strong with water, Yosemite NP, California, USA

Ingo Arndt / Gelada baboon {Theropithecus gelada} juveniles playing on rocks, Simien Mountains NP, Ethiopia

Ingo Arndt / Gelada baboon juvenile group {Theropithecus gelada} sitting on rocks, Simien Mt NP, Ethiopia

Eric Baccega / View of the lava lake in Nyiragongo volcano at night, Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Pete Oxford / Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) camouflaged in rocks near King Angelfish (Holacanthus passer), Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Jack Dykinga / Granite Boulders in canyon, Little Dragoon Mountains in background in sunset light, Texas, USA, August.

Doug Perrine / Hot lava from the 61G flow, emanating from Pu'u O'o on Kilauea Volcano, flows over sea cliffs into the ocean under the stars and moon, Kamokuna, Kalapana, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Puna, Hawaii...

Neil Aldridge / African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) preening themselves on rocks at the Boulders Beach colony near Cape Town, South Africa.

Phil Savoie / Radnor lily (Gagea bohemica) the rarest flower in the UK at sunset, Stanner Rocks National Nature Reserve, Powys, Wales, UK, February. Commended in the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) Compe...

Floris van Breugel / Moqui Marbles adorn a sandstone plateau in Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October

Floris van Breugel / The first rays of sunshine above the Sierra Crest, illuminating granite, Mitre Basin, Sierra Nevada, Sequoia National Park, California, USA, August

Floris van Breugel / Sunset on the outer coast of Chichagof Island with the White Sulphur Hotsprings in the distance, South East Alaska, USA, July

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Travelers watching lava on Erta Ale volcano crater. Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa. November 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Porth Nanven at sunset, Cot Valley, Cornwall, England, UK. September 2015.

Christophe Courteau / Lava Lake at night in the crater of Nyiragongo Volcano, Virunga National Park, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. September 2015.

Christophe Courteau / Lava Lake at night in the crater of Nyiragongo Volcano, Virunga National Park, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. September 2015.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sand dunes and scattered rocks, Death Valley National Park, California

Roy Mangersnes / Coastal scene on Fernandina Island, with small group of Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Galapagos. April 2016. Normally there would be a much larger group but El Nino weather has killed off...

Roy Mangersnes / Dead Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on the coastal rocks on Santiago Island, Galapagagos, April 2016. It probably died of starvation as much of the algae in the region have died off due to un...

Niall Benvie / Cliff at Vik beach, light by torchlight, Iceland, March 2015.

Alex Hyde / Fairy's thimble flower (Campanula cochleariifolia) growing in a crack running through a limestone slab. Triglav National Park, Julian Alps, Slovenia. July.

Alex Hyde / Water cascading over naturally formed tufa dam. Tufa is a kind of limestone, formed from the precipitation of carbonate minerals which builds up around mosses and water plants to form a solid limeston...

Olga Kamenskaya / Pebbles reflected in the water surface at mouth of Sheryldy river, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. September

Benjamin Barthelemy / Long exposure of tidal water flowing off rocks, with the Okshornan Mountains in the background, Isle of Senja, Troms, Norway, February 2015.

Espen Bergersen / Silhouette of White-tailed eagle (haliaeetus albicilla) sitting on coastal rocks, Kvaloya, Troms, Norway, October.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) with the Milky Way at night, and light pollution from town in the distance, Keetmanshoop, Namibia. Colours accentuated digitally.

Graham Eaton / Coastal hexagonal columns of Basalt lava, Reynisdrangar, Iceland, March 2015.

Alex Mustard / Three Galapagos green turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii) feeding on seaweed growing on lava rocks in sunny shallow water. Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. East Pacific Ocean.

Pete Oxford / Three granite peaks of Paine mountain range, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Gabriel Rojo / Wild puma (Puma concolor) walking across rocks, profile, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

Gabriel Rojo / Wild puma (Puma concolor) walking across rocks, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

Gabriel Rojo / Wild puma (Puma concolor) walking across rocks, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

Gabriel Rojo / Wild Cougar (Puma concolor) walking across rocks, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

Juergen Freund / Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) at Devils Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) portrait on rocks, Antipodes Island, Sub-Antarctic New Zealand, March. Endangered species.

David Pattyn / European red fox (Vulpes vulpes crucigera) in deep snow in front of steep rocks. Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. December

Erlend Haarberg / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) adult barking on rocks, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway, July.

Tui De Roy / Snares-crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) walking along rocks, Snares Island, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. Endemic and vulnerable species.

David Noton / Dawn over the mountains and Nam Song River at Vang Vieng, Laos, March 2009.

Ross Hoddinott / Basalt columns at Vik, the southernmost village in Iceland. February 2014.

Hougaard Malan / Sunny summer day at Hole in the Wall. Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa. May 2013. Non-ex.

Hougaard Malan / Sunset along Chapmans Peak pass. Cape Town, South Africa. August 2011.

Markus Varesvuo / Two Guillemots (Uria aalge) on cliff top, Norway, July

Markus Varesvuo / Guillemot (Uria aalge) flock in flight over nesting colony on rocks, Norway, July 2008

Angelo Gandolfi / Scorched vegetation and rocks after fires during the peak of the dry season, Vale de Lua, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil. Fires at the peak of the dry season, Septe...

Kirkendall-Spring / Starry night sky over Smith Rocks State Park, Oregon, May 2013.

Floris van Breugel / The granite mountains of the high sierra, with clouds at sunset. Royce Lakes seen from Feather Peak, John Muir Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, California, September 2009

Alex Mustard / Pair of divers swimming in the blue lagoon at Silfraa, with fractured rocks in the foreground. Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. May 2011. No release available.

Alex Mustard / A diver explores Nikulasargj Canyona deep fault filled with fresh water in the rift valley between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. May 2011. In this ph...

Orsolya Haarberg / Lichen-covered rocks in snowy winter landscape. Sandfjorden, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway. March 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Coastal rocks with algae and limpets, Tomma Island, Nesna, Helgeland, Nordland, Norway, July 2009

Orsolya Haarberg / Coastal sedimentary rocks (sandstone, mudstone, dolomite, limestone) Vardo, Finnmark, Norway, July 2006

Orsolya Haarberg / Layers of different coloured sedimentary rocks (sandstone, mudstone, dolomite, limestone) Vardo, Finnmark, Norway, July 2006

Colin Varndell,Colin Varndell / Shoreline beneath Bat's Head, East Dorset, UK, February 2013.

Oriol Alamany / Wild Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) male walking on rocks, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalucia, Spain

Dr. Gertrud Neumann-Denzau / Urial (Ovis orientalis arkal) herd standing on rocks, Touran Protected Area, now part of Khar Turan National Park, Semnan Province, Iran

Eric Dragesco / Wild female Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) standing camouflaged on rocky mountainside, at an altitude of 2500m, Altai mountains, Mongolia. July NB-This female probably has cubs: the fur around the te...

Eric Dragesco / Wild female Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) portrait, standing camouflaged on rocky mountainside, at an altitude of 2500m, Altai mountains, Mongolia. July . NB-This female probably has cubs: the fur aro...

Juergen Freund / Andamooka opals held in hand, South Australia, June 2011

Juergen Freund / Aerial of Sturt Stoney Desert with gibber rocks. Gibber rocks are millions of years wind and water weathered chalcedonised sandstone with a hardened crust of soil cemented silica, iron and manganese,...

Sven Zacek / Ice covered rocks along coast of the Baltic Sea, Northern Estonia.