Alex Hyde / European House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) found on the ceiling of a limestone cave. Photographed on a white background in mobile field studio. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Alex Hyde / European cave spider (Meta menardi) on ceiling of cellar. Worcestershire, UK. April.

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Common Frog (Rana temporaria) at surface, against white background. Scotland, UK, July.

Stephen Dalton / Common housefly (Musca domestica) multiflash sequence of two images showing fly landing on ceiling, touching down on front feet and cart-wheeling down on remaining two pairs of feet.

Sue Flood / Luxury hotel room looking over the Pitons, Jade Mountain hotel, St Lucia, May 2007

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Honeypot Ant (Camponotus inflatus) repletes hanging from ceiling of larder, engorged with nectar they will regurgitate on demand to other workers, central Australia

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Honeypot Ant (Camponotus inflatus) repletes hanging from ceiling of larder, engorged with nectar they will regurgitate on demand to other workers, central Australia

Mitsuaki Iwago / Honeypot Ant (Camponotus inflatus) repletes hanging from ceiling of larder, engorged with nectar they will regurgitate on demand to other workers, central Australia

Mitsuaki Iwago / Honeypot Ant (Camponotus inflatus) repletes hanging from ceiling of larder, engorged with nectar they will regurgitate on demand to other workers, central Australia

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Honeypot Ant (Camponotus inflatus) repletes hanging from ceiling of larder, engorged with nectar they will regurgitate on demand to other workers, central Australia

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver exploring Tajma Ha cenote, the ceiling of the cavern is covered with stalactites, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Mexico.

David Fleetham / Divers with lights entering Second Cathedral through the upper crack in the ceiling, off the Island of Lanai, Hawaii. Model released.

Gavin Hellier / Commuters using escalators in Moscow's Komsomolskaya metro station, showing vaulted ceiling and chandeliers, Russia, May 2016. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of commuters using escalators in Moscow's Komsomolskaya metro station, showing vaulted ceiling and chandeliers, Russia, May 2016. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of commuters in Moscow's Komsomolskaya metro station, showing vaulted ceiling and chandeliers, Russia, May 2016. Hellier

Emanuele Biggi / Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicatus) young, fallen from the cave ceiling. Gomantong caves, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

Emanuele Biggi / Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicatus) pup on the floor after falling from the cave ceiling. Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

Emanuele Biggi / Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicatus) pup and a cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae) on the cave floor. The young bat had fallen from the cave ceiling. Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, M...

Emanuele Biggi / Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicatus) young, fallen from the cave ceiling. Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

Emanuele Biggi / Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicatus) pup and a cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae) on the cave floor. The young bat had fallen from the cave ceiling. Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, M...

Emanuele Biggi / Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicatus) pup on cave floor, having fallen from the cave ceiling. Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

Emanuele Biggi / Cave centipedes (Thereuopoda sp.) on cave ceiling. Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

Emanuele Biggi / Cave centipedes (Thereuopoda longicornis) on cave ceiling. Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

Philippe Clement / Flowstone, sheetlike deposits of calcite suspended from ceiling in the Caves of Han-sur-Lesse / Grottes de Han, Ardennes, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Beech marten (Martes foina) foraging on beams in ceiling of attic, Germany, captive

Tony Wu / Slender sandgoby (Fusigobius gracilis) watching over a clutch of eggs hanging from the ceiling of an extremely narrow burrow. Kashiwajima, Japan.

Daniel Heuclin / Common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) indoors on ceiling, introduced species. Sumatra.

Daniel Heuclin / Common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) indoors on ceiling, introduced species. Sumatra.

Tony Wu / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) male 46 foot long skeleton suspended from the ceiling of Gosnell Hall in the Nantucket Historical Museum, Massachusetts, USA.

Tony Wu / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) male 46 foot long skeleton suspended from the ceiling of Gosnell Hall in the Nantucket Historical Museum, Massachusetts, USA.

Alex Mustard / School of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) mass below a jetty, creating a false ceiling of fish. Berenice Jetty, Aqaba, Jordan. Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan.

Alex Hyde / European house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) found on the ceiling of a limestone cave, on white background, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Jeff Rotman / Cannabis plants growing under artificial light, in organic Marijuana farm, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, June 2015. . Marijuana has been legalized in the state of Colorado, and this farm produces Marijuana...

Constantinos Petrinos / Details of the paintings of angels (cherubs) in the ceiling of the Debre Birhan Selassie (Trinity and Mountain of Light) Church in the outskirts of Gondar, Amhara Region, Semien Gondar Zone, Ethiopia...

Constantinos Petrinos / Details of the paintings of angels (cherubs) in the ceiling of the Debre Birhan Selassie (Trinity and Mountain of Light) Church in the outskirts of Gondar, Amhara Region, Semien Gondar Zone, Ethiopia...

Constantinos Petrinos / Details of the paintings of angels (cherubs) in the ceiling of the Debre Birhan Selassie (Trinity and Mountain of Light) Church in the outskirts of Gondar, Amhara Region, Semien Gondar Zone, Ethiopia...

Roland Seitre / Black-bearded tomb bat (Taphozous melanopogon) two hanging from ceiling in Prasat Preah Kahn temple, Angkor complex, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Roland Seitre / Indochinese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus chaseni) hanging upside down from ceiling, Prasat Preah Kahn temple, Angkor complex, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Roland Seitre / Theobold's bat (Taphozous theobaldi) two hanging from ceiling in Prasat Preah Kahn temple, Angkor complex, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Alex Hyde / European cave spider (Meta menardi) on ceiling of cellar. Worcestershire, UK. April.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / View looking up to archways, in rock hewn church - Bet Giyorgis Church, Lalibela. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ethiopia, December 2014.

Thomas Lazar / Icicles hanging from sandstone ceiling of sea cave on frozen lake. Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Lake Superior, Squaw Bay, Wisconsin, January 2014. Exposure composite of 3 images.

Thomas Lazar / Icicles hanging from sandstone ceiling in sea cave, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Lake Superior, Squaw Bay, Wisconsin, January 2014.

Olga Kamenskaya / Icicles / ice stalactites hanging from cave ceiling, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Olga Kamenskaya / Cave with icicles / ice stalactites on the ceiling, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Olga Kamenskaya / Cave with icicles / ice stalactites on the ceiling, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Olga Kamenskaya / Cave with icicles / ice stalactites on the ceiling, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Olga Kamenskaya / Cave with icicles / ice stalactites on the ceiling, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Laurent Geslin / Ceiling painted with faces of angels, Orthodox christian church of Debre Berhan Silase, Gondhar, North Ethiopia, 2006

Laurent Geslin / Ceiling painted with faces of angels in Orthodox christian church of Debre Berhan silase, Gondhar, North Ethiopia, 2006

Stephen Dalton / Daddy long legs spider (Pholcus phalangiodes) in typical stance in corner of ceiling with remnants of web around it, England, UK, May

Gavin Hellier / The famous painting on the ceiling of the winged heads of 80 Ethiopian cherubs, Debre Selassie Church, 'Trinity of the Mount of Light', UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gonder, Ethiopia 2005

Eric Medard / Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) flying near cave ceiling. France, Europe, October.

Eric Medard / Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) in flight near cave ceiling. France Europe, October.

Eric Medard / Natterer's Bats (Myotis nattereri) in flight near cave ceiling. France, Europe, September.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) roosting on the ceiling of their enclosure, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) roosting on the ceiling of their enclosure, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) roosting on the ceiling of their enclosure, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Colin Monteath / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) pelts hanging from restaurant rafters, approx 300 skins confiscated by customs, Ulan Baatar, Mongolia

Roberto Rinaldi / The ceiling of wrecked crude oil super-tanker "Amoco Milford Haven", on which it is still possible to see crude oil. The tanker sank on April 14th, 1991 after three days of fire. Genoa, Italy, 2007.

Stephen Dalton / Daddy long legs spider {Pholcus phalangioides} with egg-sac, walking upside-down on ceiling, UK, Pholcidae

Guy Edwardes / Looking up at the sky through the twin openings in a collapsed cave ceiling, Zelske Jame, Skocjan Karst Gorge, Rakov Skocjan, Slovenia, Europe, October 2007

Edwin Giesbers / Leaf nosed bat (Micronycteris sp) hanging from wooden ceiling, Rara Avis private reserve, Costa Rica

James Christensen / Moreau's Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) pair mating on ceiling, Colon, Panama

Piotr Naskrecki / Moreau's Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) eating moth, Mkambati Nature Reserve, South Africa. Sequence 3 of 3

Piotr Naskrecki / Moreau's Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) catching moth, Mkambati Nature Reserve, South Africa. Sequence 2 of 3

Piotr Naskrecki / Moreau's Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) catching moth, Mkambati Nature Reserve, South Africa. Sequence 1 of 3

Konrad Wothe / Bee (Apidae) group swarming on wooden ceiling, India

Bruno D'Amicis / House / Little swift (Apus affinis) on nest attached to wooden ceiling in Old town of Marrakech, Morocco, NW Africa

Konrad Wothe / Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) on ceiling, Peloponnese, Greece

Konrad Wothe / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) incubating eggs in nest, Greece

Dietmar Nill / Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) female with juvenile, hanging from the ceiling, Austria

Dietmar Nill / Greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis), one albino, hanging from the ceiling. Pinzgau, Austria

Dietmar Nill / Greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis), one albino, hanging from the ceiling. Pinzgau, Austria

Dietmar Nill / Greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis), one albino, hanging from the ceiling. Pinzgau, Austria

Konrad Wothe / Bat group hanging from ceiling of Aripo Caves, Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean

Konrad Wothe / Bat group hanging from ceiling of Aripo Caves, Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean

Konrad Wothe / Bat group hanging from ceiling of Aripo Caves, Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean

Phil Savoie / Man wearing breathing mask to remove panels of Asbestos sheeting from ceiling of school room

Phil Savoie / Man wearing breathing mask to remove panels of Asbestos sheeting from ceiling of school room, UK

Phil Savoie / Man wearing breathing mask to remove panels of Asbestos sheeting from ceiling of school room, UK

Bernard Castelein / Yellow bellied house gecko {Hemidactylus flaviviridis} on ceiling next to light, Bandhavgarh NP, Madhya Pradesh, India

Philippe Clement / Moorish gecko {Tarentola mauritanica} climbing ceiling, Extremadura, Spain.

Kim Taylor / Common Bluebottle Fly (Calliphora vomitoria) on ceiling. Digital composite, UK.

Fred Bavendam / Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) den with several different batches of eggs hanging from the ceiling, Edithburgh, South Australia

Gerry Ellis / Intermediate Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros larvatus) hanging from cave ceiling, Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia

Gerry Ellis / Intermediate Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros larvatus) hanging from cave ceiling, Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Common Glow Worm (Lampyris noctiluca) larva hanging from cave ceiling, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia

Gerry Ellis / Intermediate Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros larvatus) group hanging from cave ceiling, Malaysia

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Carpenter Ant (Camponotus sp) repletes hanging from ceiling of larder, engorged with nectar they will regurgitate on demand to other workers, central Australia

Norbert Wu / Norbert Wu photographing under the ice in Antarctica on shelf of an iceberg, brine channel stalactite and sea ice ceiling

Will Burrard-Lucas / Daddy long legs spider (Pholcus phalangioides) crawling across dining room ceiling, with person in background, UK. Model released. GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2022 - Men...

Stephen Dalton / Green lacewings (Chrysopidae) hibernating in the corner of a ceiling.

Roland Seitre / Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale) hanging from a cave ceiling, sleeping, Trago de Noguera, Catalonia, Spain.

Roland Seitre / Close up of Two Mediterranean horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus euryale) hanging from a cave ceiling, sleeping, Trago de Noguera, Catalonia, Spain.

Roland Seitre / Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale) hanging from a cave ceiling, sleeping, Trago de Noguera, Catalonia, Spain.