Guy Edwardes / Wimborne Minster at dawn, Dorset, England, UK. August 2015.

Ingo Arndt / View of Badlands National Park, with shadows cast between mountain peaks, and sediment layers visible, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Ingo Arndt / View of Badlands National Park, with shadows cast between mountain peaks, and sediment layers visible, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Robin Chittenden / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying past spire, Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, UK, June.

Inaki Relanzon / Buddhist temple spires, Nyaung Ohak stupas, Indein, in Inle Lake. Shan State, Myanmar, Burma. August 2009

Jack Dykinga / Pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) and Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) on kaibab limestone spires in morning fog, North Rim, North Kalbab Trail, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

Gavin Hellier / Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia cathedral, still under construction, Barcelona, Catalunya

Tui De Roy / Fitzroy Massif with sunrise glow on high granite spires, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Leo & Mandy Dickinson / One of the Great Trango spires, Karakorum, Pakistan

Jack Dykinga / Sunrise after snow storm with distant hoodoos and spires in fog. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, January.

Marie Read / Wilson's Phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolor) flock flying over tufa formations at Mono Lake in late summer, with reflection, California, USA. July 2013. Mono Lake is an important staging site for sho...

Marie Read / Wilson's Phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolor) large flock on the shore at Mono Lake in late summer, California, USA. July. Mono Lake is an important staging site (stopover site) for migrating shorebir...

Jack Dykinga / Moran Point with Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and rock spires, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Snow-covered Limber pine (Pinus flexilis) on north facing canyon rim, with the spires and pinnacles in the background. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. January 2018.

Jack Dykinga / Snow covered eroded spires and pinnacles of Claron Limestone, highlighting exposed strata lines. Looking north toward the Aquarius Plateau. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. January 2)18.

Jack Dykinga / Snow covered Limber pine (Pinus flexilis), on northfacing canyon rim, with the spires and pinnacles in the background. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. January 2)18.

Jack Dykinga / Snow covered Limber pine (Pinus flexilis), on northfacing canyon rim, with the spires and pinnacles in the background. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. January 2)18.

Jack Dykinga / Snow covered Limber pine (Pinus flexilis), on northfacing canyon rim, with the spires and pinnacles in the background. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. January 2)18.

Jack Dykinga / Snow covered Limber pine (Pinus flexilis), on northfacing canyon rim, with the spires and pinnacles in the background. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Snow-covered Limber pine (Pinus flexilis) on north facing canyon rim, with the spires and pinnacles in the background. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. January 2018.

Ingo Arndt / Aerial view of Badlands National Park with long shadows cast between peaks, spires and pinnacles, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Ingo Arndt / View of Badlands National Park with spires and pinnacles, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Ingo Arndt / View of Badlands National Park with spires and pinnacles, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Ingo Arndt / View of Badlands National Park with far peaks illuminated by rising sun, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Ingo Arndt / View of Badlands National Park, with peaks illuminated at sunset, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Ingo Arndt / View of Badlands National Park after sunset, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Ingo Arndt / Aerial view of Badlands National Park before sunrise, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Jack Dykinga / Rainbow over Geology Vista, with Granite spires form a jagged edge to mountain top ridges. Santa Catalina Mountains, Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA, September.

Jack Dykinga / Santa Catalina Mountains, Coronado National Forest near Geology Vista, with Granite spires form a jagged edge to mountain top ridges. Arizona.

Gary K. Smith / Santa Maria Della Presentazione church, Zitelle on Giudecca island, Venice, Italy.

Nick Turner / The Cotswolds village of Bisley, Gloucestershire, UK. October 2015.

Nick Turner / Village of Painswick - 'the Queen of the Cotswolds' - Gloucestershire, UK. April 2015.

Nick Turner / Village of Painswick - "the Queen of the Cotswolds", Gloucestershire, UK. April 2015.

Kirkendall-Spring / Mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus), North Cascades National Park Complex below Early Winter Spires, Washington, USA. October.

Matthew Maran / View of St Michael's Church at dawn with mist from Hampstead Heath, London, England, UK.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Assumption of Mary Pilgrimage Church, in twilight, reflected in Lake Bled, Bled, Slovenia, October 2014.

David Noton / Dhammayangyi Temple, Temples of Bagan, Myanmar, November 2012.

Sam Hobson / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) pair on top of modern cathedral spire. Bristol, UK. October.

Sam Hobson / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) on top of modern cathedral spire with wings spread. Bristol, UK. September.

Inaki Relanzon / Romanesque Church of Santa Maria of Arties church, Vall d'Aran / Aran Valley, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, October 2012.

Floris van Breugel / Snowpatch (left) and Bugaboo (right) spires rise above the Crescent glacier at sunrise, Bugaboo Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, August.

Floris van Breugel / Granite spires (Snowpatch, Pigeon, Bugaboo, from left to right) above the Crescent Glacier, Bugaboo Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, August 2013.

Pete Oxford / Termite (Macrotermes sp) mound with multiple spires, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gavin Hellier / Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Ploshchad Pobedy (Pobedy Square) Kaliningrad, Russia 2008

Gavin Hellier / Sighisoara, medieval Old Town or citadel looking up towards the Church on the Hill, Transylvania, Romania 2006

Gavin Hellier / The spiral mosque of the Kassem Darwish Fakhroo Islamic Centre in Doha which is based on the Great Mosque of Al-Mutawwakil in Samarra, Iraq, Doha, Qatar, Arabian Peninsula 2007

Gavin Hellier / Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, built between 1880 and 1886 is the main symbol of the city with it's gold domes and stained glass windows, Varna, the chief city of the Black Sea, Bulgaria,...

Gavin Hellier / Church tower with onion dome at Ellmau ski resort, Wilder Kaiser mountains beyond, Tirol, Austria, 2009

Gavin Hellier / St Jakob village church near St. Anton am Arlberg, Tirol, Austria, 2008

Jack Dykinga / Rays of light from the setting sun filters through the temples and buttes of the canyon with the silhouetted spires of Angel's Gate in right foreground, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

Sergey Gorshkov / Rock spires, Namibia

Inaki Relanzon / Shwedagon Paya, the most important buddhist temple in all Myanmar, Yangon Rangun, Myanmar, Burma. September 2009

Inaki Relanzon / View of Sagaing Hill with golden temple spires, Sagaing Divission, Myanmar, Burma September 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) on one of the Sagrada familia cathedral spires, designed by Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) on one of the Sagrada familia cathedral spires, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying in front of one of the spires of the Sagrada familia cathedral, designed by Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying past one of the Sagrada familia cathedral spires, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) on one of the Sagrada familia Cathedral spires, designed by Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) looking down from one of the spires of the Sagrada familia cathedral, Spain, April 2009

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Colorful hoodoos, sandstone spires in alpenglow, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Kirkendall-Spring / Spires near Cedar Pass in the North Unit of Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA.

Kirkendall-Spring / Spires of rock and mudstone along the Castle Trail in the North Unit of Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA.

Theo Allofs / High granite spires, Lago de los Tres and Cerro Fitzroy, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Jack Dykinga / Rock spires in last rays of sunset, Echo Canyon, Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Spires of Chiricahua National Monument sprinkled with early snow, double summit of Dos Cabezas Mt and Sulphur Springs Valley in background, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Eroded rock spires of The Heart of the Rocks with Cochise Head in the background, sunset, Chirichahua National Monument, Arizona, USA

Colin Monteath / Iceberg spires, Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Juan Manuel Borrero / Spires on roof of Sagrada Familia church, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

John Cancalosi / Sagrada Familia, Gaudi's unfinished cathedral, Barcelona, Spain

Gavin Hellier / Looking through spires of Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

Gavin Hellier / Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia church floodlit at night, Barcelona, Catalunya

Gavin Hellier / Traffic lights with walk sign lit, next to Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

Colin Monteath / Campsite under icy rock spires after storm on Baltoro Glacier, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

Colin Monteath / Iced-up rock spires after storm on Baltoro Glacier, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

Colin Monteath / Iced-up rock spires after storm rise above Baltoro Glacier, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

Colin Monteath / Trekker on Baltoro Glacier at dawn admiring cathedral spires, 5,866 meters elevation, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

Tui De Roy / Granite spires buffeted by storm clouds, Fitzroy Massif, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Leo & Mandy Dickinson / One of the Great Trango spire, Karakorum, Pakistan

Gavin Hellier / Gaudi's Casa Batillo roof facade floodlit at night, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

Angelo Giampiccolo / Eerily floodlit St. Patrick Cathedral, New York City.

Tui De Roy / Sunrise glow on high granite spires, Fitzroy Massif, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Jim Brandenburg / Tusk, spires carved by recent glaciation, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

Tui De Roy / Morning sun on granite spires, Cerro Torre, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Jeff Foott / Yosemite NP California USA Middle Cathedral Rock Higher and Lower Cathedral Spires

Jeff Foott / Petroglyph and rock formations, Moses and Zeus Spires, Canyonlands National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Rock formations, Moses and Zeus Spires, Canyonlands National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Petroglyph and rock formations, Moses and Zeus Spires, Canyonlands National Park, Utah

John Shaw / The Cathedral Spires, eroded granite spires, rise in the Needles section of Custer State Park, in the Black Hills area of western South Dakota., USA. August.

Jack Dykinga / Hoodoo spires of Bryce Canyon National Park at sunset, snow capped Escalante Mountains in distance. Utah, USA. 2019.

Jack Dykinga / Granite boulders, weathered and rounded seemingly carefully placed amid angled spires. Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

John Shaw / Sunset light on spires at Passo Giau, Dolomites, Italy, October 2019.

John Shaw / Sunset light on spires at Passo Giau, Dolomites, Italy, October 2019.

John Shaw / Deeply weathered granite boulders and the snow covered Sierra Nevada Mountains (Lone Pine Peak left of center, Mt Whitney spires in center) in the Alabama Hills, California, USA, November.