Mark Bowler / Aerial view of Lago Preto, Amazon Rainforest and lake, Peru

Sue Flood / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) on Matua Island, an uninhabited island near the centre of the Kuril Island chain in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia

David Noton / Chocolate Hills, Bohol, The Visayas, Philippines. February 2011

David Noton / Valle de la Luna at dawn, near San Pedro, Atacama Desert, northern Chile, South America

Kathryn Jeffs / Inside abandoned research station on Detaille Island, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Inside abandoned research station on Detaille Island, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Juergen Freund / Field station hut in rainforest on Tetepare island, the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific, Solomon Islands, July 2010.

Juergen Freund / Split level view of coral reef and rainforest on Tetepare island, the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific, Solomon Islands, July 2010.

Juergen Freund / Split level view of coral reef and rainforest on Tetepare island, the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific, Solomon Islands, July 2010.

Juergen Freund / Split level view of seagrass beds and Tetepare island, the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific, Solomon Islands, July 2010, Seagrass beds of Tetepare Island attracts dugong who feed here r...

Tim Laman / Aerial view of the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / A trio of peaks in the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / View of Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Aerial view of the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Aerial view of a boat making its way through the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Aerial view of a boat making its way through the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Michele Westmorland / Woman paddle boarding around small uninhabited island, Ari Atoll, Maldives. November 2008. Model released

Michele Westmorland / Man paddle boarding around small uninhabited island, Ari Atoll, Maldives. November 2008. Model released

Merryn Thomas / View from Arthur over St. Martin's and the Eastern Isles, Isles of Scilly, UK

Merryn Thomas / View from Arthur over St. Martin's and the Eastern Isles, Isles of Scilly, UK

Merryn Thomas / View from Arthur over St. Martin's and the Eastern Isles, Isles of Scilly, UK

Tim Laman / Coastal landscape with beach,Coconut Palms and forest, Yaduataba Island, Fiji. A small uninhabited island that is the last stronghold for the endangered Fiji Crested Iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis).

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) honeycombs of a beehive, uninhabited, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Niall Benvie / Ancient stone village, St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Graveyard.

Roberto Rinaldi / Aerial view of the channel between Scrub Island and Great Camanoe, British Virgin Islands (BVI).

Roberto Rinaldi / Aerial view of The Dogs (four small islands off Gorda Island), British Virgin Islands (BVI).

Roberto Rinaldi / Uninhabited island with palm trees, Maldives, Indian Ocean.

Roberto Rinaldi / Uninhabited island, Maldives, Indian Ocean

Roberto Rinaldi / Uninhabited island with palm trees, Maldives, Indian Ocean.

Roberto Rinaldi / Aerial view of uninhabited Ginger Island with Cooper Island behind, British Virgin Islands (BVI)

Roberto Rinaldi / Aerial view of Ginger Island in the foreground with Cooper Island behind, British Virgin Islands (BVI).

Roberto Rinaldi / Snorkeling in clear waters infront of the small and uninhabited island of Dondola, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Model released.

Roberto Rinaldi / Snorkeling in clear waters off small and uninhabited Dondola Island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Model released.

Roberto Rinaldi / Uninhabited island with palm trees, Maldives, Indian Ocean.

Roberto Rinaldi / Small uninhabited coral island with dramatic clouds, Maldives, Indian Ocean.

Roberto Rinaldi / Aerial view of uninhabited Ginger Island with Tortola Island behind, British Virgin Islands (BVI)