SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Close up of a colony of Jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis) Scotland, UK, October.

Stefan Christmann / Sunset with beams of light shining through Neumayer-Station III, Alfred-Wegener-Institut research station. Atka Bay, Antarctica. January 2017.

Bernard Castelein / Beech woodland (Fagus sylvatica) with sun rays shining through, black and white image. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium

Sandra Bartocha / Sun rays shining through European beech woodland (Fagus sylvatica). Serrahn, Muritz-National Park, World Natural Heritage site, Germany, Europe. November 2015.

Konrad Wothe / View up into canopy with sun rays shining through the leaves, lowland rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Jack Dykinga / Frost damaged Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) with sunset light shining through limbs. South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness, Arizona, USA, March 2015.

Erlend Haarberg / Lysefjorden viewed from the Preikestolen (Pulpit rock) on misty summer morning with sun rays shining down, Forsand, Rogaland, Norway.

Jack Dykinga / Sun shining through mesquite bosque forest with lush winter rain-fed grasses covering the forest floor at sunset, Catalina State Park, Arizona. February 2014.

Alex Mustard / Scenic view of a bull kelp forest (Nereocystis luetkeana) with sunlight shining through the fronds. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Laurent Geslin / Shining-faced drone fly / hover fly (Eristalis tenax) male feeding on garden flower, UK

Laurent Geslin / Shining-faced drone fly / hover fly (Eristalis tenax) male on garden flower, ox-eye daisy, UK

Cyril Ruoso / Sun shining down through the tropical rainforest canopy, Cameroon