Ingo Arndt / Sun rising over ice formations on Lake Baikal. Siberia, Russia. February 2019.

Ingo Arndt / Snow covered Cerro Paine Grande in the Cordillera Paine massif. At sunrise, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. April 2017.

Theo Bosboom / Sand patterns at sunrise, Praia da Adraga, Sintra, Portugal. December 2016

Oscar Dewhurst / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag roaring, silhouetted under trees at sunrise. Bushy Park, London, UK. September

David Woodfall / Sunrise over offshore wind turbine farm, Essex, England, UK, December.

Nick Garbutt / Sun beam at sun rise over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yelllowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. January 2016.

Nick Garbutt / Sun beam at sun rise over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yelllowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. January 2016

Chris & Monique Fallows / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) herd at dawn, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, October.

Floris van Breugel / Sunrise over Mt Morrison in the far distance, near Convict Lake, Sierra Nevada, California, USA January

Wim van den Heever / A misty sunrise over tree silhouette in Deadvlei, Namibia

Denis-Huot / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) two silhouetted at sunrise, Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

Wim van den Heever / Lioness (Panthera leo) sitting during misty sunrise, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Anup Shah / Southern plains grey langur / Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus dussumieri) playing on the cliff tops at sunrise . Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. March.

Anup Shah / Southern plains grey langur / Hanuman langur (Semnopithecus dussumieri) juvenile playing silhouetted at sunrise, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. March.

Wim van den Heever / Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd silhouetted against the rising sun with clouds in the background. Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) backlit adult bird at dawn. The Netherlands.May 2014

Juan Carlos Munoz / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) silhouetted at dawn, Karelia. Finland, May.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Great egret (Ardea alba) perched in a tree, with an American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) in flight, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) calling, silhouetted against the sun, Pantanal, Matto Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Herd of Impala (Aepyceros melampus) silhouetted at sunset, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.

Bernard Castelein / Sun shining through tree at dawn. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. July 2019.

Nick Garbutt / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in flight over sea at sunrise. South Atlantic Ocean between The Falklands and South Georgia. November.

Nick Garbutt / Towers and Central Massif reflected in Lago Pehoe at sunrise. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. November 2018.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cul Beag and Loch Lurgainn at sunrise from the summit of Stac Pollaidh, Coigach, Highlands, Scotland, UK, November 2013.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sunlight rays splintering through pine forest at dawn, Strathspey, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

Tony Wu / Kirkjufellsfoss waterfall at sunrise, with Kirkjufell mountain in the background, Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Western Iceland June

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / View to The Quiraing from the Trotternish Ridge at dawn, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, April 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Callanish Stones silhouetted at dawn, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, April 2014.

Anup Shah / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) four males silhouetted at sunrise, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Will Burrard-Lucas / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) silhouetted at sunrise, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Michael Hutchinson / Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) at sunrise, Ashton Court Park, Bristol, UK, May

Wim van den Heever / Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) flock on lake at dawn, Lake Ndutu Tanzania.

Anup Shah / Southern plains grey langur / Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus dussumieri) playing on the cliff tops at sunrise . Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. March.

Kirkendall-Spring / The North Crater Flow viewed at sunrise from Inferno Cone, Craters Of The Moon National Monument, USA, June 2015.

Bruno D'Amicis / Sunrise on Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia. December 2013.

Bruno D'Amicis / Sunrise on Shesher lake, Fogera Plains. Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia. December 2013.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) feeding on a loch at dawn, Loch Insh, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, December.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Mist moving over a small lochan at dawn, with forest in background, Uath Lochan, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June 2011.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) feeding on a loch at dawn, Loch Insh, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, December.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Two Mute swans (Cygnus olor) feeding on Loch Insh, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Two Mute swans (Cygnus olor) feeding on Loch Insh, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Two Mute swans (Cygnus olor) feeding on Loch Insh, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.

Mark Hamblin / Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) reflected in Loch Vaa at dawn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, May 2011.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) adult males silhouetted against pink dawn sky. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, September.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) silhouetted against the waters of Adriatic Sea at sunrise. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Majella National Park. Abruzzo, Italy, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) silhouetted against the waters of Adriatic Sea at sunrise. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Majella National Park. Abruzzo, Italy, July.

Ernie Janes / Fallow deer (Dama dama) herd at dawn, with buck bellowing during rut, Holkham, Norfolk, England, UK, October.

Ernie Janes / Fallow deer (Dama dama) herd at dawn, Holkham, Norfolk, England, UK, October.

Ernie Janes / Little egret (Egretta garzetta) silhouetted at sunset, Cley marshes NWT reserve, Norfolk, England, UK, November.

Ernie Janes / Sunset reflected in a tidal pool, Salthouse, Norfolk, England, UK, November.

Ernie Janes / Black headed gull (Larus ridibundus) silhouetted at sunset, Titchwell RSPB reseve, Norfolk, England, UK, December.

Ernie Janes / Little egret (Egretta garzetta) and Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) silhouetted at sunset, Cley marshes NWT reserve, Norfolk, England, UK, November.

Guy Edwardes / Tungurahua Volcano at sunrise with misty Latacunga Valley, Ecuador, September 2010.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in flight, silhouetted at sunset, Haines, Alaska, March.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Mixed flock of White storks (Ciconia ciconia), Common spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) and Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) settling to roost in a tree, Doñana National Park, Andalusia, Spain, May.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) silhouetted at sunset, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

John Waters / Panorama of floodwaters at sunrise, King's Sedge Moor near Othery, Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. January 2014. Digital composite, larger file available.

John Waters / Panorama of floodwaters at sunrise, King's Sedge Moor near Othery, Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. January 2014. Digital composite, larger file available.

John Waters / Sunrise reflected in vast expanse of flood water lying over the fields at King's Sedge Moor, near Othery, Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. January 2014

John Waters / Sunrise reflected in vast expanse of flood water lying over the fields at King's Sedge Moor, near Othery, Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. January 2014

John Waters / Floodwaters and Burrow Mump and its ruined hilltop church at sunset, near Burrowbridge. Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. January 2014.

John Waters / Sunrise and floodwater over the fields at King's Sedge Moor near Othery, Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. January 2014S. Digital composite.

Peter Lewis / Blackmore Vale at sunrise from Okeford Hill, Dorset, March 2013.

Peter Lewis / View over the Blackmore Vale at sunrise from Okeford Hill, Dorset, March 2013.

Peter Lewis / Sunrise over Hod Hill, Blackmore Vale, Dorest, England, UK, November 2012.

Kirkendall-Spring / Sunrise at Buena Vista Overlook in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon, USA, May 2013.

Kirkendall-Spring / Sunrise at Castle Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, February 2013.

Kirkendall-Spring / Clouds at sunrise over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge from Buena Vista Overlook, Oregon, USA, May 2013.

Jouan Rius / Grand Canyon from Moran Point at sunrise, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA, December 2012.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching on seal decoy at sunrise, Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Sandesh Kadur / Sunrise along the Phipsu River, Phipsu Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India, 2010.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Second generation cross-breed bull (Bos taurus) profile in mist, Aurochs breeding site run by The Taurus Foundation, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, September.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Second generation cross-breed bull (Bos taurus) at the Aurochs breeding site run by The Taurus Foundation, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, September.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Exmoor pony at sunrise, one of the oldest and most primitive horse breeds in Europe, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, September.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Exmoor ponies at sunrise, one of the oldest and most primitive horse breeds in Europe, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, September.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Limia cow (Bos taurus) at sunrise, Aurochs breeding site run by The Taurus Foundation, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, September.

Andy Sands / Two juvenile Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) perched in a nest hole in an old tree, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June.

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother at sunrise, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother at sunrise, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female with hot air balloon in the background at sunrise, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / African Lion (Panthera leo) female calling at sunrise, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / African Lion (Panthera leo) female calling at sunrise, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Nick Garbutt / Downtown Dubai skyline at dawn, with unusual low cloud and mist rolling in. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. April 2013

Nick Garbutt / Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) feeding in lake at sunrise at Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary (Ramsar site), with the Dubai skyline in the background and the first rays of the sun catching th...

Floris van Breugel / A sunrise view from the crater rim of Mount St Helens. Down below is Spirit Lake, and in the distance Mount Rainier. Washington, USA. May 2013

Florian Möllers / Common cranes (Grus grus) at sunrise at a roost site managed by the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) close to Linum just 40 km outside Berlin. Rhinluch, Brandenburg, Germany. October.

Florian Möllers / Common cranes (Grus grus) at sunrise at a roost site managed by the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) close to Linum just 40 km outside Berlin. Rhinluch, Brandenburg, Germany. October.

Florian Möllers / Common cranes (Grus grus) at sunrise at a roost site managed by the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) close to Linum just 40 km outside Berlin. Rhinluch, Brandenburg, Germany. October.

Florian Möllers / Common cranes (Grus grus) at sunrise at a roost site managed by the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) close to Linum just 40 km outside Berlin. Rhinluch, Brandenburg, Germany. October.

Florian Möllers / Common cranes (Grus grus) at sunrise at a roost site managed by the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) close to Linum just 40 km outside Berlin. Rhinluch, Brandenburg, Germany. October.

Florian Möllers / Common cranes (Grus grus) at sunrise at a roost site managed by the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) close to Linum just 40 km outside Berlin. Rhinluch, Brandenburg, Germany. October.

Florian Möllers / Common cranes (Grus grus) at sunrise at a roost site managed by the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) close to Linum just 40 km outside Berlin. Rhinluch, Brandenburg, Germany. October.

Florian Möllers / Common cranes (Grus grus) at sunrise at a roost site managed by the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) close to Linum just 40 km outside Berlin. Rhinluch, Brandenburg, Germany. October.

Florian Möllers / Common cranes (Grus grus) adult birds in flight, at a roost site managed by the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) close to Linum just 40 km outside Berlin. Rhinluch, Brandenburg, Germ...

Florian Möllers / Common cranes (Grus grus) adult birds in flight, at a roost site managed by the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) close to Linum just 40 km outside Berlin. Rhinluch, Brandenburg, Germ...

Florian Möllers / Common cranes (Grus grus) at sunrise at a roost site managed by the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) close to Linum just 40 km outside Berlin. Rhinluch, Brandenburg, Germany. October.