Asgeir Helgestad / Old Reindeer bull resting in windy place to avoid biting insects {Rangifer tarandus} summer. Buskerud, Norefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer bull + calf {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeeer herd grazing on plants under snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeeer herd in snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd grazing {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Young Reindeer resting {Rangifer tarandus} Norefjell, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Male Reindeer fighting {Rangifer tarandus} Norefjell, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter storm with snow drifting. Norefjell mountains, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd in snow at night {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd in snow at night {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd in snow at night with full moon {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd in snow at night with full moon {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Young Reindeer feeding on lichen under snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer in winte {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer in snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer in snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer feeding on lichen under snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd in snow at night with full moon {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd in snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer in snowy landscape {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter landscape with blue sky. Norefjell mountains, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter landscape at dusk, Norefjell mountains, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter landscape at dusk, Norefjell mountains, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd {Rangifer tarandus} in upland tundra landscape. Buskerud, Norefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer bull with antlers shedding velvet {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Golden eagle on pine tree {Aquila chrysaetos} Numedal, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeeer herd resting in snow after storm {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer bull + calf {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Meadow with flowers, Lungdal , Flesberg, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Meadow with flowers, Lungdal , Flesberg, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Meadow landscape with flowers, Lungdal , Flesberg, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer with calf {Rangifer tarandus} Norefjell, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter storm with snow drifting. Norefjell mountains, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter storm with snow drifting. Norefjell mountains, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter landscape with Reindeer in snow. Late evening with full moon. Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter storm with snow drifting. Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer in snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer feeding on lichen under snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer feeding on lichen under snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer in snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd feeding on lichen under snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter landscape, Norefjell mountains, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Golden eagle landing on pine tree {Aquila chrysaetos} Numedal, Buskerud, Norway

Paul D Stewart / Copperplate engraving of a Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus), with hand colouring possibly by Donovan himself. While most plates were thinly coloured to tint the interstices of the lines of the engraving b...

Philippe Clement / Vapour trails from aircrafts among clouds in a blue sky, France

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of fruit trees covered with nets and poplar trees planted to protect them against the wind, Camargue, Southern France, May 2009

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male perched. Scotland, UK, December. Did you know? Some local names for Yellowhammers include 'scribbler' and 'writing lark' referring to the dark squiggly lines on...

Loic Poidevin / Row of Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) perched on wire. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, November.

Kirkendall-Spring / Rows of pine trees in Pine forest plantation along Highway 203, Applin County, Georgia, USA, November 2008

Kirkendall-Spring / Rows of pine trees in Pine forest plantation along Highway 203, Applin County, Georgia, USA, November 2008

Sandesh Kadur / Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) roosting on electric lines along Highway 77, Brownsville, Texas, USA. March

Ernie Janes / Combine harvester harvesting Barley field, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Two people cycling down the drive at Holkham Park, Norfolk, UK

Ole Jorgen Liodden / King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking in line in snow storm, South Georgia, November, Specially commended, ANIMALS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT, 2011 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION an...

Ernie Janes / Rows of lettuces growing in field in the Fens, Cambridgeshire, UK, Summer

Ernie Janes / Large crop of Carrots growing in field with stack of round straw bales, Norfolk, UK, November

Ernie Janes / Large field of Celery growing in rows on fenland, Cambridgeshire, UK

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Line of mountain walkers in winter, Lochain Mountains, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February 2010. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Line of Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking on sea ice. Flutter Rookery, East Antarctica.

Jerry Monkman / Rows of organic Cabbage plants (Brassica oleracea capitata) growing at the Harlow Farm in Westminster, Connecticut River Valley, Vermont, USA. August 2007

Floris van Breugel / Lines adorn the fractured sandstone rocks along the Barnacle (Cirripedia) and Sea snail inhabitated shores of Palos Verdes peninsula, California, USA

Jack Dykinga / Concretion balls lining fracture lines in petrified sand dune formation, with lichen scaring calcification marks, Colorado Plateau, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Striated sandstone patterns in petrified sand dunes caused by erosion, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Bands of red and yellow strata in petrified sand dunes, sunset, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Petrified sandstone formation with bold striated patterns and lichen covered stones, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cllffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Eroded striated sandstone (petrified sand dunes) Vermilion Cliffs National Monumant, Colorado Plateau, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Eroded striated sandstone (petrified sand dunes), Vermilion Cliffs National Monumant, Colorado Plateau, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Eroded sandstone (petrified sand dunes) in banded striated patterns at sunset, Colorado Plateau, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Eroded sandstone (petrified sand dunes) in banded striated patterns at sunset, Colorado Plateau, Arizona, USA

Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Close-up of stone with white lines on it, Alentejo, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) trunks, Pollino National Park, Basilicata, Italy, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / O Haarberg / Boiling mudpool, volcanic activity, Hverir, Nmafjall, Iceland, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / O Haarberg / Boiling mudpool, volcanic activity, Hverir, Nmafjall, Iceland, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / O Haarberg / Boiling mudpool, volcanic activity, Hverir, Nmafjall, Iceland, July 2008

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Lone hiker walking along the base of a sandstone butte strong pattern of wavy lines in petrified sand dunes are exposed by erosion, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Lone hiker walking along the base of a sandstone butte strong pattern of wavy lines in petrified sand dunes are exposed by erosion, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Lone hiker walking on colorful sandstone strong pattern of wavy lines in petrified sand dunes are exposed by erosion, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Small sandstone canyon carved by water, exposes strong pattern of parallel lines, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Colorful sandstone patterns of lines, ridges and ripples, carved by erosion, are reflected in rainwater pool, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Utah

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer migrating across winter landscape with full moon {Rangifer tarandus} Reinsjofell, Norway

Andrew Cooper / Combestone Tor in Dartmoor National park moorland. Bronze-age 'Reave' lines can be seen on the far hill. UK, February.

Andrew Cooper / Combestone Tor in Dartmoor National park moorland. Bronze-age 'Reave' lines can be seen on the far hill. UK, February.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Aerial view of Forsinard Flows blanket bog, showing drainage ditches, Forsinard, Caithness, Scotland, UK, May 2012.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Group of Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) camouflaged against snow in winter plumage, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, February.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Vegetable plots in Gallecs area, Barcelona Province, Spain, April

Philippe Clement / Colourful beach cabins at Saint-Denis-d'Oleron on the island Ile d'Oleron, Charente-Maritime, France September 2012

XI ZHINONG / Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) near to overhead power lines, Kekexili, Qinghai, China, December

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Aerial image of intenisvely farmed farmland with farm building, Salamanca Region, Castilla y Leon, Spain, May 2011

Claudio Contreras / Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus), Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) and tourists canoeing in background, El Requeson, Gulf of California, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, December. (Digital...

Jack Dykinga / Desert varnished sandstone walls with fractured and brilliantly banded canyon wall, North Wash Glen Canyon Recreation Area, Utah, USA

Jack Dykinga / Lines of Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) at dawn with the snowy north face of the Santa Catalina Mountains dominated by Table Mountain near Tucson, Arizona, USA

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of apple orchard and crates for apples protected by nets, Camargue, Southern France, September 2008

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of rows of cultivated Roses, horituculture, Bellegarde, Camargue, Southern France, June 2009

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of trial site of various rice varieties (Oryza sp) French Rice Center, Camargue, Southern France, July 2010

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of men working on horticultural land in the Camargue, growing Melons for the commerical market, Arles, Southern France, September 2008

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of tracks through Rice field burnt after harvest in autumn, Camargue, Southern France, September 2008

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of small building in middle of vineyard in the Petite Camargue, Aigues-Mortes, Camarge, Southern France, November 2008

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of Cattle egrets (Bubulus ibis) following tractor in Rice field, autumn, Camargue, Southern France

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of old railway line crossing dry rice fields, Camargue, Southern France, May 2009

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of men working on horticultural land in the Camargue, growing Melons for the commerical market, Arles, Southern France, September 2008

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of dry salt pan with depression coloured red and brown by algae, Camargue, Southern France, August 2008

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of cattle grazing on old, eroded pasture, Camargue, Southern France, June 2006

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of traditional burning of rice field after harvest in autumn, Camargue, Southern France, September 2008

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / People walking at Rainham Marshes RSPB reserve, with pylons and power lines above, Essex, England, UK, November.

Roland Seitre / 'The Condor Baby', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose rema...

Roland Seitre / 'The Condor', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose remains u...

Roland Seitre / 'The Hummingbird', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose rema...

Roland Seitre / 'The Hummingbird', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose rema...

Roland Seitre / 'The Spider', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose remains u...

Roland Seitre / 'The Spider', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose remains u...

Roland Seitre / 'The Dog', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose remains uncl...

Roland Seitre / 'The Monkey', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose remains u...

Roland Seitre / 'The Whale', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose remains un...

Roland Seitre / 'The Parrot', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose remains u...

Roland Seitre / 'The Hands', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose remains un...

Roland Seitre / 'The Hands', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose remains un...

Roland Seitre / The 'astronaut' or 'giant', one of the patterns of the Nazca Lines. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their pur...

Roland Seitre / Valley, desert and mountains, with the 'Nazca Lines' visible. These are lines and patterns made around 300-600 AD by removing stones from the desert floor to expose the ground beneath. Their purpose r...

Roland Seitre / Detail of Mammoth Ivory (free trade) showing structural lines, note the sharp angle crossing of the lines like a prehistoric arrow end. National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon...

Roland Seitre / Detail of Elephant Ivory (protected) showing structural lines, note the very flat crossing of the lines like modern house roof. National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Sandesh Kadur / Power lines frame the irreversible damage caused by over 30 years of iron-ore mining in Kudremukh National Park, Karanataka, Western Ghats, Southern India. If mining continues, the lives of hundreds...

Merryn Thomas / Rubbish in Cumberland Basin, frozen over in January, 2009. Floating harbour, Bristol, UK.

Merryn Thomas / Naval Barge "Pride of Bristol" on the Floating harbour, frozen over in January 2009. Bristol, UK.

Merryn Thomas / Plaque in the stern of Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel", Dorset, July 2008. It reads 'Lyme Regis Gig Club "Rebel" built by Gail McGarva of the the Boat Building Academy, Lyme Regis, June 29th...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Tall ships moored in Port de Rosmeur for the Douarnenez Maritime Festival, France, July 2008

Merryn Thomas / Sheets aboard Bristol Pilot Cutter "Morwenna", Bristol Floating Harbour, UK. April 2009.

Merryn Thomas / Outside view of a prism (traditional device for bringing light into the cabin) with lines, aboard Bristol Pilot Cutter "Morwenna", Bristol Floating Harbour, UK. April 2009.

Merryn Thomas / Ropes around bollard on Passenger ferry "Meridian", Isles of Scilly, UK. May 2009.

Philip Stephen / Cruise ship "Independence of the Seas" moored alongside at Cagliari harbour, Sardinia. 2008.

Rick Tomlinson / Man swinging from a rope and jumping into the sea off "Turbulence II", Cowes Week, August 2009.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Anthony Marchand on the foredeck of Figaro yacht "Espoir Region Bretagne". Port la Foret, Brittany, March 2010.

Onne van der Wal / Wide angle view of yacht moored in marina. 12 Metre World Championships, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. September 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Preparations onboard a 6 Metre Class yacht for the World Championships. Newport, Rhode Island, USA. September 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Messy ropes aboard a 6 Metre Class yacht, World Championships, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. September 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Inflatable tender pulled behind a yacht in the Grenadines, Caribbean. February 2010.

Onne van der Wal / Knot against the side of a colourful boat in the Grenadines, Caribbean. February 2010.

Onne van der Wal / Startline during the Acura Miami Grand Prix, Florida, USA. March 2008

Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.