Gavin Hellier / Wenkchemna Peaks or Ten Peaks rising over Moraine lake in the snow, near Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, 2007

Gavin Hellier / Wenkchemna Peaks or Ten Peaks rising over Moraine lake in the snow, near Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, 2007

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Giant Octopus (Octopus dofleini) attacking a ship, 1815 copperplate engraving from Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch fur kinder' 16 plate 5. with contemporary colour. 'Colosal Polypus' (octopus) a...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / River Spey in spring, sun rising behind trres, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Ling (Calluna vulgaris) and Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) blooming on heathland with sun rising through tree. Pig Bush, Beaulieu, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August. Did you know?...

Orsolya Haarberg / Ash plume from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull ice cap, coloured red by the rising Sun, Iceland, 7 May 2010

Ernie Janes / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) on beach at night with rising moon, Norfolk, UK December

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Sun rising through trees and mist, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, August. Did you know? Over half the area of Dorset is a listed as an 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / View of regenerated saltmarsh landscape around Abbots Hall Farm Nature Reserve at high tide, providing both a rich wildlife habitat and greater flood protection from sea level rise, Essex, England, UK...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Common glasswort (Salicornia europaea) growing on regenerated saltmarsh habitat, Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, England, UK, July

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Saltmarsh at twilight, with lights of Bradwell-on-Sea in the background, Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, England, UK, July 2011

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Sun rising over hillside with trees, Beacon Hill Country Park, The National Forest, Leicestershire, UK, October 2011. Did you know? Since 1995 over 2,033 hectares of habitat have been created or manag...

Peter Lewis / Corfe Castle rising out of mist, viewed from Kingstone, Purbeck, Dorset, UK, September 2010

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / 'Minnie', 'Squidgy' and 'Vince', three of the flock of Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) a year after release by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, with adult plumage devel...

Kirkendall-Spring / Canopy of autumn trees and rising fog viewed from Webb Overlook along the Newfound Gap Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA, October 2008

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Sun rising at dawn with silhouette of Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) in flight, Elmley RSPB Reserve, Kent, UK, April

Grzegorz Lesniewski / Dawn rising behind Polonina Carynska. Bieszczady National Park, the Carpathians, Poland, October 2009.

Ernie Janes / Moon rising over winter landscape, stubble field and Oak trees, Gimingham, Norfolk, UK,

Colin Monteath / Dock in Lake Mapourika with mist rising off water, Westland National Park, New Zealand

Thomas Rabeil / Desert landscape seen from the air with solitary mountain rising from the sand. Termit Massif, Niger, Africa.

Juergen Freund / Karst limestone formations rising out of the sea. Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Volcanic ash and lava eruption from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull ice cap, steam rises as the flowing lava interacts with glacier ice, Iceland, May 2010

Ernie Janes / Household Cavalry exercising their horses on Holkham Beach, Norfolk, UK, July 2008

Jerry Monkman / Early morning mist rising from the Connecticut River in Lunenburg, Vermont, USA, August 2007

Alex Mustard / A group of Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostrus) sleeping in the afternoon at Three Sisters Spring. Manatees sleep on the bottom of this shallow spring, occasionally rising to the surface...

Edwin Giesbers / Air bubbles trapped in ice, the Netherlands

Neil Lucas / Glacier rising up out of sea ice with ice crack visible, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 2008

David Woodfall / Family with their home threatened by rising sea level, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, July 2008

Peter Lewis / Sun rising through mist behind Salisbury Cathedral viewed across Harnham Water Meadows. Salisbury Wiltshire, England. March 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Green / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, Bass Rock with the moon rising, Firth of Forth, Scotland, August 2009

John Cancalosi / Smoke rising from a forest fire, Zion National Park, Utah, USA

Jack Dykinga / Lewis Mountain Range rising above St Mary Lake and Wild Goose Island at sunrise, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Wild Wonders of Europe / Krahmer / Mountain landscape, Lac Blanc, Aiguille Vert (4,122m) and Les Drus with clouds rising, Haute Savoie, France, Europe, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Krahmer / Aiguilles de Chamonix at sunset with clouds rising, Haute Savoie, France, Europe, September 2008. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION

David Woodfall / A sea wall being built to protect fishing village from floods, in response to rising sea levels due to climate change, Sundarbans, Bangladesh, June 2008

David Woodfall / A sea wall being built to protect fishing village from floods, in response to rising sea levels due to climate change, Sundarbans, Bangladesh, June 2008

Guy Edwardes / Electricity pylons rising through mist at dawn, view of The Marshwood Vale from Lambert's Castle, Dorset, England, September 2008

Solvin Zankl / 5000 year old tree stumps in Deadvlei dried up salt pan, with red Sossusvlei sand dunes rising in the background, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia

Jose B. Ruiz / View of country house, fields and mountains with sun rising in the mist, Montellano, Seville, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / View of fields and mountains with sun rising in the mist, Montellano, Seville, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / View of country house, fields and mountains with sun rising in the mist, Montellano, Seville, Spain

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Golden sunrise clouds and rising sun in blue sky above sea and waves, Falkland Islands, Atlantic Ocean

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Massive iceberg floating, smashing into waves and melting rapidly due to gobal warming and rising temperatures of sea and air, near Cumberland Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Conv...

Rolf Nussbaumer / Moon rising over Saguaro cactus, Saguaro NP, Arizona, USA

David Pike / Mount Fuji rising above cloud level Kawaguchi Ko Japan

Pete Oxford / Moon rising over Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula

Andrew Parkinson / Quiver tree {Aloe dichotoma} at dawn with sun rising Naukluft NP, Namibia

Gavin Hellier / Hot Air Balloons rising over the Phallic pillars known as Fairy Chimneys in the valley known as Love Valley near Goreme in Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, 2008

Gavin Hellier / Hot Air Balloons rising over the Phallic pillars known as Fairy Chimneys in the valley known as Love Valley near Goreme in Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, 2008

Gavin Hellier / Wenkchemna Peaks or Ten Peaks rising over Moraine lake in the snow, near Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, 2007

Gavin Hellier / Wenkchemna Peaks or Ten Peaks rising over Moraine lake in the snow, near Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, 2007

Gavin Hellier / Wenkchemna Peaks or Ten Peaks rising over road in the snow, near Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, 2007

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Mist rising from the River Spey at dawn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, May.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Mist rising from the River Spey at dawn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, May.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Mist rising from the River Spey at dawn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, May.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Mist rising from the River Spey at dawn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / Sea and stones at Porth Nanven beach, with rising tide at sunset, The Cot Valley, near Cape Cornwall, West Cornwall, UK. September 2012.

Ross Hoddinott / Dewy grass stem, backlit by rising sun, Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. September 2012.

Ross Hoddinott / Hartland Quay, in late evening light and rising tide, Devon, UK. May 2012.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Timelapse of rising tide in a saltmarsh creek, Abbotts Hall Farm Reserve, Essex, England, UK, July 2011

Jack Dykinga / Moon rising over the eroded Claron Formation hoodoos, below Sunset Point, as rain clouds sweep across the horizon. Bryce National Park, Utah. July 2012.

Martha Holmes / Sediment rising from the sea bed as a result of a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) beating its tail down to trap fish. Beahviour known as mud-ringing. Florida Bay, USA. August 2008. Taken on...

Martha Holmes / Sediment rising from the sea bed as a result of a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) beating its tail down to trap fish. Beahviour known as mud-ringing. Florida Bay, USA. August 2008. Taken on...

Christophe Courteau / Steam rising through road in town heated by geothermal activity, Hveragerdi, Iceland

Mark Taylor / Distant smoke rising from a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. September 2011

Nick Upton / Rockpool high on a rocky shore fringed with Gutweed (Ulva intestinalis / Enteromorpha intestinalis), with grassy cliffs rising behind it, Wembury, Devon, UK, August.

Brent Stephenson / Steam and sulphur fumes rising from the volcanically active White Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand February 2011

Colin Monteath / Mist rising at dawn, Clyde River, Cloudy Peak Range, Canterbury, New Zealand

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Fog rising from the meadows near Lutowiska, Bieszczady National Park, Poland, September 2011

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Fog rising from the meadows at dawn near Lutowiska, Bieszczady National Park, Poland, September 2011

Danny Green / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) rising from water after diving for prey. Worcestershire, UK, March.

David Woodfall / Sand being deposited from eroded sand dune to maintain high level of beach and prevent coastal erosion of sand dunes and sea level rise on beach at Crosby, adjoining Anthony Gormley 'Another Place ' s...

David Woodfall / Sand being deposited from eroded sand dune to maintain high level of beach and prevent coastal erosion of sand dunes and sea level rise on beach at Crosby, adjoining Anthony Gormley 'Another Place ' s...

David Woodfall / Boulders placed on the beach to encourage displacement of newly created sand dune by sea and thus raising level of beach in an attempt to reduce coastal erosion and protect Hightown village. This man...

David Woodfall / Boulders placed on the beach to encourage displacement of newly created sand dune by sea and thus raising level of beach in an attempt to reduce coastal erosion and protect Hightown village. This man...

Merryn Thomas / Severn Bridge (The Second Severn Crossing). Severn Beach, nr Bristol, UK. October 2011.

Alan Williams / Knot (Calidris canutus) large flock walking on shore before rising tide, Liverpool Bay, UK, December.

Orsolya Haarberg / Ash plume from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull ice cap, coloured red by the rising Sun, Iceland, 7 May 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Farm with plume from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano rising in the distance, Iceland, April 2010

Erlend Haarberg / Steam rising from vents, Hverir, Namafjall, Iceland, June 2010

Erlend Haarberg / Steam rising from the Eyvindarhver fumarole, Hveravellir, Iceland, May 2010

Erlend Haarberg / Volcanic steam rising over the Brennesteinsalda and Rhyolite mountains, Landmannalaugar, Iceland, June 2008

Loic Poidevin / Autumnal forest rising above water, Gaspesie, Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, Canada, October 2011

Ernie Janes / Exposed tree roots and eroded coastline, due to rising sea levels, Andaman Sea, Gulf of Thailand, 2011

Philip Stephen / Sun rising over the North Sea with a tanker in the distance, May 2010.

Eric Baccega / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) perched on branch with full moon rising, Quebec, Canada, March

Eric Baccega / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) perched on branch with full moon rising, Quebec, Canada, March

Eric Baccega / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) taking off with full moon rising, Quebec, Canada, March

Eric Baccega / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) perched on branch with full moon rising, Quebec, Canada, March

Eric Baccega / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) perched on branch with full moon rising, Quebec, Canada, March

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Sun rising over mudflats, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, England, UK, February

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / 2020VISION Young Champion Oliver Creamer photographing established saltmarsh, Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, England, UK

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / An intertidal creek at low tide, part of the regenerated saltmarsh landscape around Abbots Hall Farm Nature Reserve, providing both a rich wildlife habitat and greater flood protection from sea level...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / View of a breached sea wall, with established saltmarsh on right and regenerating habitat on left, such breaches are purposefully made and are part of the regeneration of saltmarsh landscape, providin...