Jack Dykinga / Lightning storm with rainbow over Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) near Redrock, Arizona State Trust, Sonoran Desert, Arizona. September 2015. Long exposure with lightning trigger.

Doug Perrine / Bioluminescence from glowing plankton in sea tide line on beach, with stars above and ship lights on horizon, Vaadhoo Island, Raa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October 2010

Martin Dohrn / Group of lions (Panthera leo) at night, Masai Mara, Kenya. Photographed using 'Starlight Camera' technology without artificial lighting.

Guy Edwardes / Milky Way above Durdle Door rock arch. Jurasic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. August 2019. Composite image.

Guy Edwardes / Aurora borealis above sea stacks, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. 2019.

Yashpal Rathore / Small tree frog (Rhacophorus lateralis) at night under starry sky, Western Ghats. India. Endangered and endemic to Western Ghats.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Granite rocks with lichen and Milky Way, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Stefan Christmann / Sea ice and iceberg during polar night. Atka Bay, Antarctica. July 2017.

Stefan Christmann / Stars and milky way over Neumayer-Station III, Alfred-Wegener-Institut research station. During full moon. Atka Bay, Antarctica. April 2017.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / European badger (Meles meles) foraging in front of house at night. Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

Pal Hermansen / Bear (Ursus arctos) silhouetted at night under starry sky. Finland. August.

Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and desert golds (Geraea canescens) carpet the sandy washes beneath the Calumet Mountains, under the Milky Way. Mojave Trail National Monument, Mojave D...