Juergen Freund / Cultured corals are propagated by cutting fragments of corals from mother colonies or brood stock. These coral pieces are attached to concrete mounts until they grow into a new colony, Onma Lodge, Kol...

Juergen Freund / Erik Koti holds some of his coral pieces. Cultured corals are propagated by cutting fragments of corals from mother colonies or brood stock. These coral pieces are attached to concrete mounts until it...

Paul Williams / Tunku Abdul Rahman Peak (3948 m) as seen from Sayat-Sayat checkpoint on the slope to the summit. Eastern plateau of Mt Kinabalu, Borneo.

Paul Williams / Camera operator Richard Kirby filming on the summit of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, May 2013.

Oriol Alamany / Lidgbird and Gower Mounts seen from Malabar Hill, Lord Howe island, Lord Howe Island Group UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, New South Wales, Australia, October 2012.

Oriol Alamany / Lidgbird and Gower Mounts seen from Malabar Hill, Lord Howe island, Lord Howe Island Group UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, New South Wales, Australia, October 2012.

Paul Hobson / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) attacking rubber window mounts on cars, Florida, USA. February.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lady's slipper (Cypripedium calceolus) in flower, Camosciara Mounts, near Pescasseroli, Abruzzo, Italy, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lady's slipper (Cypripedium calceolus) in flower, Camosciara Mounts, near Pescasseroli, Abruzzo, Italy.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spitzel's Orchid (Orchis spitzelii) in flower, a rare alpine orchid, Simbruini Mounts, Apennines, Italy, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spitzel's Orchid (Orchis spitzelii) in flower, a rare alpine orchid, Simbruini Mounts, Apennines, Italy, June.

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