Kevin Schafer / Larch (Larix sp) trees in autumn below Mount Assiniboine with Sunburst Lake, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

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

Todd Pusser / Hector's dolphins below surface {Cephalorhynchus hectori} Kaikoura, New Zealand Pacific

Mitsuaki Iwago / Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) pair with clearing storm at sunset, Sturt National Park, Australia

Flip Nicklin / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus), Channel Islands National Park, California

Jim Brandenburg / Coniferous forest backlit at dawn, Minnesota

Kevin Schafer / Western Larch (Larix occidentalis) below Sunburst Peak, reflected in Sunburst Lake. Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, September 2012.

Kevin Schafer / Larch (Larix sp) trees in autumn below Mount Assiniboine with Sunburst Lake, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Norbert Wu / Sunlight streaming through morning fog along coast, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Norbert Wu / Pacific Jack Mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus) school, Guadalupe Island, Mexico

Norbert Wu / Sunlight shining through water, Caribbean Sea, Dominica

Juergen Freund / Sunburst / Klein's butterflyfish (Chaetodon Kleinii) feeding on coral polyps. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Sunburst Turtle (Heosemys spinosa) on forest floor, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) group swimming in fast current during spawning run, Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Suzi Eszterhas / Sunburst / Marbled diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus) swimming underwater with air bubble, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sunburst / Marbled diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus) swimming underwater, with air bubble, Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sunburst / Marbled diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus) underwater, with air bubble, Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Edwin Giesbers / Maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) on rock, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Aflo / Y-2906 Sun shining and clouds

Aflo / Y-3104 Sun shining behind clouds

Aflo / Y-2902 Sun shining in blue sky

Aflo / Y-3101 Sun shining behind clouds

Vincent Grafhorst / Sunset over the Drakensberg Mountains, Rugged Glen Nature Reserve, South Africa

ZSSD / Sunburst Diving Beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus) underwater, native to North America

ZSSD / Sunburst Diving Beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus) underwater with air bubble, native to North America

Suzi Eszterhas / Sunburst Diving Beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus), Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Fred Bavendam / Klein's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) group feeding on polyps of soft coral, Ambon, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Klein's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii), Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Heike Odermatt / Ray of sunlight coming through frost-covered trees, Leende, Netherlands

Ingo Arndt / Garlic (Allium sp) growth in forest, Hessen, Germany

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Tim Fitzharris / Sunset over Miette Range and Talbot Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Alan James / Underwater view of Jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii), surface sunburst, UK

David Noton / Sunburst over rolling farmland near Brecon Beacons NP, Wales, UK

Konrad Wothe / Sun shining over icefield, Antarctica

Norbert Wu / Sunlight shafting through blue water, Pacific Ocean

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) swimming out to feeding shallows at low tide, Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) playful pups cavorting in undersea grotto, James Bay, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) flying, approaching nesting cliff, Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Michio Hoshino / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) at waters edge with sun breaking through clouds, Alaska

Fred Bavendam / Klein's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) resting in a Sponge at night showing nocturnal coloration, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Konrad Wothe / Rhododendron (Rhododendron hirustum) with sun shining through leaves, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Sunlight illuminating mist and frost Loisach River, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Jasper Doest / Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) at sunset, George West, Texas

Nature Production / Sunburst Anthias {Serranocirrhitus latus} Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan, October

Claus Meyer / Sunburst and mountain range with Atlantic Forest ecosystem, Brazil

Jim Brandenburg / Sunburst after storm over Loch Ness, Scotland

Shin Yoshino / Sun shining through storm cloud, Montana