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

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Sunrise through deciduous woodland with beech trees casting long shadows. Bolderwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, October. Did you know? There are 20 million visitors to the New...

Ernie Janes / Bait diggers on The Wash at lowtide, Norfolk, UK, August

Andy Rouse / Silhouette of Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) walking along beach, Katmai NP, Alaska, USA, August

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Sun's rays shining through dark clouds, Ballynahone Bog, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, June 2011

Jeff Wilson / Pyramid of sea ice catching the first rays of the returning sun in the high Arctic, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, February 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Pyramid of sea ice catching the first rays of the returning sun in the high Arctic, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, February 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Pyramid of sea ice catching the first rays of the returning sun in the high Arctic, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, February 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Sun Dog, or Parhelion, caused by refraction of the sun's rays, more commonly seen in Antarctica, above glacier, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Pla...

Floris van Breugel / Morning sun rays breaking through the tree trunks, of Redwood National Park, California, USA. June 2008.

Alex Mustard / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) under sun rays. Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas. West Atlantic Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Male Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) with sunrays, Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) silhouetted against the sun. Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Atlantic Ocean.

Michel Roggo / Underwater landscape in peat pond, Fribourg, Switzerland, August

Michel Roggo / Underwater landscape in mountain creek, Swiss Alps, Gruyre, Fribourg, Switzerland, January

Igor Shpilenok / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait in the snow, with rays of sunlight. Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Russia

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisic / Water lilies covering surface of Lake Skadar with rays of sun coming through clouds, near Virpazar, Lake Skadar National Park, Montenegro, May 2008

Chien Lee / Rainforest with sun rays cutting through the mist, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Sun shining through clouds over Lake Skadar near Murici, Lake Skadar National Park, Montenegro, May 2008

Jack Dykinga / View from Navajo Point to the west with the sun's rays silhouetting Angels Gate, Isis, Shiva and Zoroaster Temples next to Wotons Throne at sunset, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

Tim Laman / Rays of light passing though high montane rainforest on Pico Basile above 2000 m altitude, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, January 2008

Alex Hyde / Late afternoon sun bursting through snow-covered woodland in Winter. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. February 2009 winter sequence

Nick Garbutt / Dawn sunlight through the rainforest canopy. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Jack Dykinga / Rays of light illuminating the sky as the sun sets behind an Acacia tree, Masai Mara, Kenya

Jack Dykinga / Trunks of Quaking aspen trees {Populus tremuloides} in morning sun, autumn, Boulder Mountain, Dixie national forest, Utah, USA

Martin Gabriel / Sun rays breaking through trees in winter mist, forest Bavaria, Germany

Wild Wonders of Europe / Sá / Underwater view of tree, with sun rays entering the water, Fibreno Lake nature reserve, Lazio, Italy.

Danny Green / Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) silhouetted at dawn, Suomussalmi, Kainuu region, Finland, Europe, June 2008, Exclusive Japanese calendar rights for 2014

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Ancient European beech tree (Fagus Sylvatica) with sunlight shining between branches, Arges County, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, August

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

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Sunrise through deciduous woodland with beech trees. Bolderwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, October.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Sun rays bursting through woodland canopy. New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, September.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Dawn in Bolderwood with mist and rays of sunlight. New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, September.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Dawn in Bolderwood with mist and rays of sunlight. New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, September.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Dawn in Bolderwood with mist and rays of sunlight. New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, September.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Dawn in Bolderwood with mist and rays of sunlight. New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, September. Did you know? This national park has a range of natural habitats, including heath, bog,...

Alex Mustard / Southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) female swimming over a shallow sand bank, under morning sun, North Sound, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Ernie Janes / Bait diggers on The Wash at lowtide, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Bait diggers on The Wash at lowtide, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Bait diggers on The Wash at lowtide, Norfolk, UK, August

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Sun's rays shining through dark clouds, Ballynahone Bog, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, June 2011

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Sun's rays shining through dark clouds, Ballynahone Bog, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, June 2011

Jeff Wilson / 'Sun Dog', or Parhelion, caused by refraction of the sun's rays, more commonly seen in Antarctica, above glacier, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen P...

Jeff Wilson / Sun Dog, or Parhelion, visible over tent of film crew, caused by refraction of the sun's rays, more commonly seen in Antarctica, above glacier, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on locatio...

John Waters / Sun rising over misty farmland landscape, near Wells, Somerset, UK, November 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Hay meadow at sunrise, Danube-Drava National Park, Hungary.

Michel Roggo / White water lilies (Nymphaea alba) in Lake Morat, Switzerland, September

Michel Roggo / White water lilies (Nymphaea alba) in Lake Morat, Switzerland, September

Michel Roggo / Underwater landscape with turbulent water in mountain creek, Fribourg, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, April

Michel Roggo / Underwater landscape in mountain creek, Swiss Alps, Gruyère, Fribourg, Switzerland, January

Aflo / N-22708 Sun rays shining from behind clouds, Myokogen, Shikuoka, Japan

Aflo / Y-8804 Sun setting behind dark clouds in evening

Aflo / Y-2906 Sun shining and clouds

Aflo / Y-3104 Sun shining behind clouds

Aflo / Y-3006 Sun shining behind clouds

Aflo / Y-3004 Sun shining behind clouds

Aflo / Y-2902 Sun shining in blue sky

Aflo / Y-3101 Sun shining behind clouds

Aflo / Y-2706 Sun shining above cumulus clouds in blue sky

Aflo / N-2603 Sunlight through leaves

Aflo / N-2605 Sunlight through leaves

Aflo / N-2407 Sunlight through Beech leaves abstract {Fagus sp}

Aflo / N-2406 Sunlight through Beech leaves {Fagus sp}

Aflo / N-2506 Sunlight through Beech leaves {Fagus sp}

Aflo / N-2505 Sunlight through Beech leaves {Fagus sp}

Aflo / N-2601 Sunlight through Beech leaves {Fagus sp}

Aflo / N-2508 Sunlight through Beech leaves {Fagus sp}

Aflo / N-5007 Rays of sunlight penetrating coniferous woodland, Japan

Aflo / N-3101 Sunlight through Beech tree leaf canopy, Niigata, Japan.

Aflo / N-3003 up Beech tree trunk into canopy, Niigata, Japan.

Aflo / N-3604 Sunlight through woodland, Japan.

Aflo / N-5004 Shafts of sunlight penetrating woodland, Japan.

Aflo / N-5005 Shafts of Sunlight through woodland, Willapa Bay, Washington, USA.

Aflo / Y-7504 Sun shining above clouds at sunset

Aflo / Y-7501 Sun above clouds at sunset

Aflo / Y-9204 Sun shining above cloud level

Aflo / Y-9902 Bright sun rays above cloud line, Hawaii, USA

Aflo / Y-2907 Sun shining in blue sky with cumulus clouds

Aflo / Y-2702 Intense sunlight with clouds in blue sky

Aflo / Y-2803 Sun shining next to clouds in blue sky

Aflo / Y-2804 Cumulonimbus clouds over Pacific Sea, Hawaii, USA

Aflo / Y-2703 Sunlight starburst with clouds in blue sky

Aflo / N-2405 Sunlight through Ginkgo leaves

Aflo / N-2402 Sunlight through Beech leaves {Fagus sp}

Aflo / N-2401 Sunlight through leaves

Aflo / N-2701 Sunlight through Beech leaves {Fagus sp}

Aflo / N-5102 Rays of sunlight over coniferous woodland.

Aflo / N-5106 Rays of sunlight over coniferous woodland, Japan

Aflo / N-4904 Dawn with mist rising over coniferous woodland, Hokkaido, Japan

Aflo / N-5008 Rays of sunlight filter through coniferous woodland, Japan

Aflo / N-5101 Rays of sunlight burning off mist above coniferous woodland.

Aflo / N-7602 Sun shining behind trees beside water.

Aflo / N-2901 Sunlight through Birch trees {Betula sp} Japan.

Aflo / N-2507 Sunlight through Beech tree leaves, Japan.

Aflo / N-2702 Shafts of sunlight and tree leaf abstract, Japan.

Aflo / N-2908 Sunlight through woodland, Japan.