David Tipling / Emperor Penguins, (Aptenodytes forsteri), young huddling together to form a creche to keep warm, during storm, Dawson Lambton Glacier, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

David Tipling / Tents in a storm with 75 mile per hour winds, at Patriot Hills, Antarctica

David Tipling / King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group huddled together in storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

Ernie Janes / Sherringham off shore windfarm in distance, and rainbow during storm, Weybourne, Norfolk, November

Pascal Tordeux / Walnut (Juglans regia) in field of ripe barley before a storm, Ribemont, Picardy, France.

Markus Varesvuo / Common Raven (Corvus corax) two in flight during snow storm, Kuusamo, Finland April

Markus Varesvuo / Common Raven (Corvus corax) huddled down amidst snow storm, Utajarvi Finland, February

Mark Carwardine / Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) with rainbow and storm clouds. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, 2009. Threatened species.

Mark Carwardine / Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) with rainbow and storm clouds. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, 2009. Threatened species.

Christophe Courteau / Audierne Bay in storm at low tide, Brittany, France

Steven Kazlowski / Dall sheep (Ovis dalli) solitary animal at sunset with a storm moving across the sky, Denali National Park, interior Alaska, USA

Sandra Bartocha / Dark clouds above the North Sea, Norderney, Germany, September

Roy Mangersnes / Storm over the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, lightning sstrikes are the predominant cause of bush fires, Botswana, November

Jack Dykinga / Sand storm cutting across the Mesquite Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California, USA 2010

Jack Dykinga / Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Park with severe storm clouds at sunset amid vast grassland, South Dakota, USA

Jack Dykinga / North Rim at Cape Royal with sunset storm light streaming in rays, backlighting the canyon ridges, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

Carol Walker / Andulasian bay stallion running in snow storm, Longmont, Colorado, USA

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Snow Butning (Plectrophenax nivalis) Searching for food in a snow storm. Cairngorms National Park

Merryn Thomas / Looking out over Round Island Lighthouse on a stormy day on St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly, UK, January 2012.

Erlend Haarberg / Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in flight in snow storm, Iceland, April

Danny Green / 2020VISION / RESTRICTED USE - Common seal (Phoca vitulina) pup resting on a sandbank during a sandstorm, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England, UK, October. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Ben Hall / Curlews (Numenius arquata) group flying over the sea during storm. Wales, UK December. Highly commended, 'Habitat' division, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Carol Walker / Horse in snow storm with shed in background, USA

Graham Eaton / View towards Arenig Fach over open moorland, with stormy sky and dark clouds. Snowdonia NP, Gwynedd, Wales, UK, October

Brent Stephenson / Wilson's Storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) hovering whilst feeding in calm conditions. Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, December.

Brent Stephenson / A cruise ship heads back up the Beagle Channel towards Ushuaia at the end of an Antarctic cruise. Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, South America, December.

Brent Stephenson / White-faced Storm-petrel (Pelagodroma marina) feeding by pattering on the sea surface. Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, November.

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

Sven Zacek / Waves washing up a beach under dark clouds. Hiiumaa Island, Estonia, Europe, August 2011.

Ernie Janes / Coastline with pier and groynes from Overstrand to Cromer with storm clouds overhead, Norfolk, UK, July 201

Ernie Janes / Two people walking on Cley beach near boats looking towards Blakeney Point with storm clouds overhead, Norfolk, UK, July 2011

Nick Garbutt / Maliau Falls (6th of 7 tiers) on the Maliau River with a brooding storm in the sky. Centre of Maliau Basin, Sabah's 'Lost World', Borneo.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Thunderstorm and bushfire at night. Kalahari, Botswana, November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) blowing, with Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) in the water spray. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, August. Runner up in the Birds category of GDT competition 2014.

Christophe Courteau / Timber washed onto the shore by the strong arctic currents. There are no trees on Spitzbergen, all the wood comes from the Siberian Coast, Poolepynten, Spitzbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 2011

Ernie Janes / Storm clouds building up off coasts of Norfolk, Weybourne Cliffs, Norfolk, UK, November

Pascal Tordeux / Lone Maple (Acer) in a field against cumulo-nimbus and mammatus clouds. Picardy, France, May.

Niall Benvie / 2020VISION / Silhouette of Stac Pollaidh against storm sky, viewed from Tanera More, Coigach and Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, July 2011

Bence Mate / Confrontation between a great egret (Ardea alba) and grey heron (Ardea cinerea), Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary.

Radomir Jakubowski / Two Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) in landscape, Dovrefjell national park, Norway, September

Benjam Pontinen / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) running past hay barn in snow storm, Lapua, Finland, March. WINNER, Animals in their Environment category, 2011 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR competition

Ole Jorgen Liodden / King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking in line in snow storm, South Georgia, November, Specially commended, ANIMALS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT, 2011 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION an...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dramatic 'Undulatus asperatus' cloud formation as a storm builds at dawn over Qaanaaq, Inglefield Bay. Northwest Greenland, September 2008. This cloud formation was first proposed as a new type of clo...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) two on water during snow storm, Loch Insh, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) two on water during snow storm, Loch Insh, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March 2011. Highly commended, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (...

Carol Walker / Andalusian mare running in snow storm, Colorado, USA

David Welling / A thunderstorm drops heavy rain over the hoodoo sandstone formations. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, August.

Inaki Relanzon / Isolated rain storm above the sea. Bahamas Sea, Bahamas, North America, August 2006.

Matthew Maran / Dramatic seas crashing onto a rocky shore. The Broken Group Islands from The Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, West coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

David Woodfall / Sunset with snow storm over moorland, Peak District NP, Derbyshire, UK, December 2009

Juergen Freund / Lightning storm over the Australian outback at dusk. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / European storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) in flight over Irish sea off Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, UK, August 2010

David Noton / Woman and man with livestock walking along path, Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, December 2009

Bernard Castelein / Reflection of mountain range, in Tso Kar lake, Ladakh, India, June 2010

Luiz Claudio Marigo / View of Brazilian Baroque town Ouro Preto (UNESCO World Heritage Site)Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil.

Merryn Thomas / Kilt Rock and Loch Mealt waterfall under stormy skies in the morning, bassalt columns visible. Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland. September 2010.

Kevin Schafer / Fork-tailed storm-petrel (Oceanodroma furcata) flying low over water, Gulf of Alaska, Alaska, USA, September

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Severe winter storm hitting Inuit community of Savissivik, Northwest Greenland, 1998.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" heading to North Sea fishing grounds in stormy weather. Europe, November 2010. Property released.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" on a stormy North Sea. Europe, November 2010. Property released.

Vincent Grafhorst / Thunder storm with lightning bolts at sunset over Kalahari, Khutse Game Reserve, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Clouds during the rainy season in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana, March 2009

Steve Knell / Boreray, under low cloud cover. This holds the largest gannetry in UK (60,000 pairs) St. Kilda, Scotland, July 2009

Alex Hyde / Tropical rainforest meeting the sea. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar, October 2009

Guy Edwardes / Ruppell's Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii) flying against storm clouds, coming in to land on carcass Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa, February

Philippe Clement / Oosterscheldekering / Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier, the largest of 13 dams designed to protect the Netherlands from flooding. Neeltje Jans, Netherlands, March 2010

Graham Eaton / Great Black-backed Gulls (Larus marinus) flying over the sea in a storm, near St Tudwals Islands, Cardigan Bay, Wales, May 2009.

Orsolya Haarberg / Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) snowed in in snow storm, Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, March, HIGHLY COMMENDED: Animals in their Environment, Wildlife Photographer of the Year...

David Noton / The Valley of the Ten Peaks, after recent snowfall, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. October 2009

Jeff Wilson / Aerial view of K2 and glaciated valley of Concordia, Karakoram Mountains, Himalayas, Pakistan. From Pakistani military helicopter for BBC series Planet Earth April 2005

David Woodfall / Severn Estuary at ebb tide in rainstorm. This habitat is potentially threatened by proposed tidal barrage. England, UK April 2010

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) in flight with storm clouds, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Aflo / Y-10805 Forked lightning racing across sky at night

Aflo / Y-11001 Double rainbow on horizon over sea

Alan Watson / Storm clouds approaching over tropical rainforest growing on limestone island, Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic, Caribbean, October 2009

LYNN M. STONE / Female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) perched on branch in snow storm, Illinois, USA

Neil Lucas / Glacier and sea ice, with crack in ice visible, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 2008

David Woodfall / Dark monsoon rain clouds over the Pasur river, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, November 2008

Piper Mackay / Container freighter travelling through the Panama canal, Panama, November 2008

David Woodfall / Large numbers of children fishing for shrimp fry on coastal margin land damaged by typhoon Sidr in November 2007, Sundarbans, Bangladesh, October 2008

Benoit Stichelbaut / Rain shower approaching La Vieille lighthouse, Pointe du Raz, Brittany, France. November 2006.

Philip Dalton / Waterspout over Lake Victoria, Uganda

Philip Dalton / Waterspout over Lake Victoria, Uganda

Igor Shpilenok / Red fox in a snow storm (Vulpes vulpes) Winter winds on Kamchatka can reach 40 meters a second. Kronotskty Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Russia

Guy Edwardes / Storm battering seafront, Lyme Regis, Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, Dorset, England, November 2005

Guy Edwardes / Storm battering seafront, Lyme Regis, Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, Dorset, England, November 2005

Sue Flood / Aerial view of iceberg, with majority of berg visible under the water, Antarctic peninsula, February 2007

Sue Flood / Abandoned Russian research base, Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic, July 2007

Alex Hyde / Storm clouds over Back Tor, Peak District National Park, England, UK. March 2008.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Storm clouds over Pelister making the lake water look green and milky, from Stenje village, Lake Macro Prespa, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Popp-Hackner / Storm cloud over Kornat Island, Kornati National Park, Croatia, May 2009

Andy Rouse / Aerial view of ice ridges at front of Peters Glacier, King Haakon Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica, December 2006

Andy Rouse / Rays of light shining through storm clouds over Drake Passage, Antarctica, February 2006

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, adults and juveniles, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November