Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Rugged coast, Tory island, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Rugged coast, Tory Island, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Angelo Gandolfi / Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) flying beneath cliffs on the steep western side of Monteagudo island, Atlantic Ocean. Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlantica (Atlantic Islands National Park). Ga...

Colin Monteath / Mounts Sefton, Hooker Glacier, and Mount Cook seen from summit of Mount Kinsey, Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / South face of Mount Cook seen from summit of Mount Kinsey, Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury, New Zealand

Mike Potts / Rugged West Coast of Bardsey Island. North Wales, UK, August 2012

Andy Rouse / Skull of Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) in rugged polar landscape. Karl XII Island, Svalbard, Norway, June 2010.

Robert Thompson / A colony of Common Guillemots (Uria aalge) on rugged, guano-covered rocks. Great Saltee Island, of Kilmore Quay, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June.

Angelo Gandolfi / Rugged and colourful coast showing geological strata and erosion. Capraia island, National Park of the Tuscany archipelago, Italy, May 2010

Angelo Gandolfi / Rugged and colourful coast showing geological strata and erosion. Capraia island, National Park of the Tuscany archipelago, Italy, May 2010

Angelo Gandolfi / Rugged and colourful coast showing geological strata and erosion. Capraia island, National Park of the Tuscany archipelago, Italy, May 2010

Angelo Gandolfi / The rugged terrain of Montecristo island, Tuscany Archipelago National Park, Italy. June 2010

Tim Laman / Rugged volcanic peaks of Moorea at sunset. Moorea Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia. July 2006

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Vegetationand rocks on the rugged coast, Tory Island, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Angelo Gandolfi / View from the top of O Faro (the lighthouse) Island, Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlantica (Atlantic Islands National Park). Spain, Galicia, July 2008.

Tim Laman / View of the rugged coast of Kostrae Island, Federated States of Micronesia. July 2005

Tim Laman / Flowering Metrosideros (Metrosideros sp.) shrub with rugged valley in the background. Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Twitcher Glacier beneath mountains of Salversen Range with bergy bits melted from calving chunks of ice, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group swimming near glacier melting fast due to global warming, fall, Gold Harbour, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence, South Georgia Island

Pete Oxford / Palo Santo (Bursera graveolens) trees growing in rugged, arid landscape, Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tim Fitzharris / Wild Goose Island in St Mary's Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Rugged coastline of Chiloe Island, Chile, South America

Tui De Roy / Megaherb (Anisotome antipoda) plants in full bloom amid tussock grass along rugged north coast, Antipodes Island, sub-Antarctica New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Southwest promontory and adjacent sea stacks, Snares Islands, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Southwest promontory and adjacent sea stacks, Snares Islands, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Mount La Perouse, Mount Cook, Tasman Glacier, and Malte Brun Range seen from summit of Mount Kinsey, Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Mount Sefton at dawn seen from Mount Kinsey, Hooker Valley, Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Mount Sefton at dawn seen from Mount Kinsey, Hooker Valley, Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Caroline Face of Mount Cook at dawn from Ball Pass, Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury, New Zealand

Scott Leslie / Dusk on rugged south coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sunrise, rosy light on mountains of Salversen Range, cumulus clouds and blue sky, fall, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence