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

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of the Eiffel Tower illuminated at night, Paris, FranceMay 2016. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse from day to night of people visiting the illuminated ice sculptures at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, Heilongjiang Province, China, February 2015. Hellier

Alex Mustard / Red eye medusa (Polyorchis penicillatus) with hitchhiking amphipods (Hyperia medusarum). Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Floris van Breugel / Aurora Borealis over yellow tent lit from within and mountainous scenery, Arrigetch Peaks, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Brooks Range, Alaska, USA, August 2014.

Felicity Lanchester,Felicity Lanchester / View of a BBC filming camp at night, on location for the Sahara episode of the 'Africa' series, Egypt, September 2011.

Gavin Hellier / Elevated night view of the Petronas Twin Towers, illuminated at night, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2012. No release available.

Aflo / Y-11404 View of Planet Earth above Moon

Aflo / Y-10805 Forked lightning racing across sky at night

Niall Benvie / The sun bursting through clouds, Estonia

Guy Edwardes / Millennium Bridge illuminated at dusk, River Tyne, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, December 2012.

Guy Edwardes / Millennium Bridge illuminated at dusk, River Tyne, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, February 2014.