Thomas Marent / Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) male, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Oriol Alamany / People and an iceberg in Lake Grey with Valle del Frances in the background, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of the trench of the Great Rift valley, Tanzania, Africa, August 2009

Jack Dykinga / Eroded formation known as the 'Tres Maries', in the Valle de la Luna. One million year old composition of gravel, clay, salt, gems and quartz, against The Milky Way and Southern Cross in the night sky...

Jack Dykinga / Eroded rock formation known as the 'Tres Maries', in the Valle de la Luna. One million year old composition of gravel, clay, salt, gems and quartz, against The Milky Way and Southern Cross in the nigh...

Jack Dykinga / Valle de la Luna, The Codillera de Sal, formed by layer upon layer of salt, sand and clay, creating strata that buckled with earth's crust and lined with sand dunes. Atacama Desert, Chile. April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hodalic / Olm (Proteus anguinus) on rock, Oliero cave, Valle del Brenta, commune di Valstagna, northern Italy, March 2005, Vulnerable species

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common peony (Paeonia officinalis) flowers, Valle di Canatra, Monti Sibillini National Park, Umbria, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common peony (Paeonia officinalis) flowers, Valle di Canatra, Monti Sibillini National Park, Umbria, Italy, May 2009

Angelo Gandolfi / Flock of Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) in flight over carrion. Valle del Agusejo, Castilla y Leon, Spain.

Angelo Gandolfi / Hiking in Valle de Lago, Somiedo Natural reserve, Asturias, Spain. July 2008.

Jose B. Ruiz / View from Santa Ana hermitage, Puerto de Morabio, Valle de Proaza, Asturias, Spain