Laurie Campbell / Row of Larch trees on flowering heather moorland, Lammermuir Hills, Berwickshire, Scotland, August

Ingo Arndt / Lynn Canal at low tide, near Juneau, Alaska, USA

Laurent Geslin / Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) running through snow, La Dole, Jura mountains, Switzerland, January

Sandra Bartocha / Single tree in snowy landscape Mecklenburg Western Pommerania, Germany, February

Willem Kolvoort / Underwater freshwater springs in the river bed of the River Black Drim, Albania, Eastern Europe, May

Georgette Douwma / Coral reef with school of Sweepers (Parapriacanthus ransonetti) and diver. Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Carol Walker / Wild horse / mustang trotting across landscape, McCullough Peaks Herd Area, northern Wyoming, USA, June

Alex Mustard / A southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) over a sandbar. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Robert Thompson / South Armagh hills in winter, Slieve Gullion Forest Park, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK

Aflo / Y-10601 Northern lights / Aurora borealis over forest

Richard Du Toit / Arum lilies flowering in the Tulbagh valley, Western Cape, South Africa, August 2009

Peter Cairns / Seascape looking towards Am Buachaille, Sandwood Bay, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, November 2008