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.

Jeff Foott / Indian Rhubarb (Darmera peltata) growing on rock in river, Cascade Creek, Yosemite National Park, California

Jeff Foott / Spring run-off, Cascade Creek, Yosemite National Park, California

Konrad Wothe / Firefly (Lamprohiza splendidula) light tracks in forest, Bavaria, Germany

Kim Taylor / Timelapse of a cluster of Large white butterfly (Pieris brasssicae) eggs hatching over the course of a day, caterpillars begin to feed. Controlled conditions.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse from day to night of bioluminescent fungi (Omphalotus nidiformis / Pleurotus nidiformis) on a tree trunk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of cruise ships arriving at Port Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, May 2016. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse from day to night of people visiting the illuminated ice sculptures at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, Heilongjiang Province, China, February 2015. Hellier

Jeff Foott / Creek in autumn, Duck Brook, Acadia National Park, Maine

Jeff Foott / Waterfall and river in canyon, Calf Creek Falls, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

Jeff Foott / Waterfall, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

Alastair MacEwen / Time-lapse of Cherry (Prunus) blossom emerging, Somerset, England, UK, April.