Chris & Monique Fallows / Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), engaged in mating display. South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean.

Jack Dykinga / Male Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) flying amongst the clouds, Los Cuernos Peaks, Torres del Paine, Chile. March.

Dong Lei / Blood pheasants (Ithaginis cruentus) foraging in habitat, one looking at the camera, Meli Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China, January. Endemic. Taken with remote camera.

Tim Laman / Rock outcrops among tree fern forest at 3300 m elevation. Jayawijaya Mountains, New Guinea. June 2010

Juan Carlos Munoz / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) at the top of a tree, Sichuan, China, January

Sandesh Kadur / Drumstick primrose (Primula denticulata) high elevation flowers of the Himalaya. Bhutan, February.

Patricio Robles Gil / St. Elias Mountains, Kluane National Park, Canada

Colin Monteath / Mountaineer enjoying the view of Mt Everest and the Himalayan Mountains at sunset from Gokyo Ri, Khumbu, Nepal

Colin Monteath / Mt Makalu (8,462 meters) and Mt Chomolonzo (7,540 meters) bathed in dawn light, reflected in small lake, Khama Valley, Tibet

Colin Monteath / Panoramic view from Mt Makalu, elevation 8,462 meters, to Mt Everest, elevation 8,850 meters, at dawn, reflected in small lake, Khama Valley, Kharta region, Tibet

Colin Monteath / Panoramic view from Mt Makalu, elevation 8,462 meters, to Mt Everest, elevation 8,850 meters, at dawn, reflected in small lake, Khama Valley, Kharta region, Tibet

Colin Monteath / Wildflowers growing on moraine terrace beside Kangshung Glacier, with Mt Chomolonzo in background, east of Mt Everest, Tibet