Morley Read / Timelapse of the summit of Cotopaxi Volcano (5,897m) after a heavy snowfall, showing vapour emanating from fumaroles, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Summit of Cotopaxi Volcano (5,897m) after a heavy snowfall, showing vapour emanating from fumaroles, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)

Kirkendall-Spring / Base of Lower Yellowstone Falls on the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, July 2013.

Philippe Clement / Vapour trails from aircrafts among clouds in a blue sky, France

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Boiling water exploding into vapour and ice when thrown into cold air at -51 degrees celsius. This is because boiling water is close to a gas and breaks into tiny droplets that freeze simultaneously....

Pete Cairns / Vapour trails left in blue sky by jet aircraft. Scotland, UK

David Woodfall / Water vapour and waste gases from gas central heating in house.

Ashley Cooper / Temperature inversion created clouds in Ambleside in the Lake District, UK, October 2004.

Ashley Cooper / Climbers on the arete leading up from the Vallee Blanche to the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France. September 2014

Ashley Cooper / Climbers on the Cosmiques Arete, climbing the ladder to access the cable car station, and a base jumper in a wing suite flying past. Mont Blanc from the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France, Septem...

Ashley Cooper / Mont Blanc from the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France, with climbers on the Cosmiques Arete, climbing the ladder to access the cable car station. September 2014

Ashley Cooper / Mont Blanc with climbers on the Cosmiques Arete, climbing the ladder to access the cable car station. Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France, September 2014

Ashley Cooper / Mont Blanc with climbers on the Cosmiques Arete, climbing the ladder to access the cable car station. Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France, September 2014

Ashley Cooper / The RAF Red Arrows flying over the Lake District during the Windermere Air Show, England, UK. July.

Ashley Cooper / The RAF Red Arrows flying over the Lake District during the Windermere Air Show, England, UK. July.

Ashley Cooper / Highly built up beach front areas, just north of Atlantic City that are very vulnerable to sea level rise, Massachusetts, USA. September 2014

Ashley Cooper / Aeroplane on the runway at East Midlands Airport in foggy conditions. December 2006

Ashley Cooper / Cars driving on the M1 motorway, near Loughborough in evening fog. England, UK, December 2006

Ashley Cooper / Storm clouds over Ambleside, Cumbria, England, UK. June 2011

Ashley Cooper / Cumulo Nimbus cloud and rainbow seen from an aeroplane window over the Argentinian coast. Argentina. February 2014

Ashley Cooper / Cumulo Nimbus cloud seen from an aeroplane window over Argentina. February 2014

Ashley Cooper / Cumulo Nimbus cloud seen from an airplane window over Argentina. February 2014

Ashley Cooper / Shafts of sunlight, highlighted in the sky above Ambleside, Lake District, England, UK. August 2013

Ashley Cooper / Ratcliffe on Soar, a massive coal powered power station in Nottinghamshire, with field of oilseed rape in foreground, UK, May 2008.

Ashley Cooper / Water vapour from cooling towers at Ratcliffe on Soar massive coal powered power station, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, April 2008.

Ashley Cooper / Vapour trails / contrails from airplanes in dawn sky near Ambleside, Cumbria, UK, January.

Ashley Cooper / Vapour from a Tata steel works at sunset. Ijmuiden, Netherlands,May 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Aeroplane jet engine with a contrail from another jet in the back ground.

Ashley Cooper / Aeroplane vapour trails over the Mer du glace Chamonix, France, September 2007.

Eric Baccega / Ostrich head protrait (Struthio camelus) with visible breath, captive. Zoo Parc Beauval, France.

Sven Zacek / Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) calling at lek with breath vapour at sunrise, Voru County, Estonia. April. Winner of the Telephoto category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards 2017.

Ingo Arndt / Airplane flying with vapour trails against blue sky, Germany, April 2010.

John Abbott / Caddisfly (Hydropsychidae) in flight and attracted to mercury vapour light, Lamar County, Texas, USA, August. August

Niall Benvie / Jet vapour trails / contrails crossing in the sky, resembling the Scottish national flag

Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) sitting on snow, with breath vapour visible, Vauldalen, Norway, April.

Ben Hall / Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) perched in tree backlit at dawn, Czech Republic, November.

Stephen Dalton / Vapour trails over Ardingly, Sussex, England, UK, November 2014. September.

Stephen Dalton / Vapour trails over Sussex weald, Ardingly, Sussex, England, UK, November 2014.

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant at night, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK. January 2014,

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK. January 2014.

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant at night, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK. January 2014. Digitally stitched panorama.

Alex Hyde / Brownfield site, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK. January 2014. Digitally stitched panorama.

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK. January 2014. Digitally stitched panorama.

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant at dusk, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK.

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK, January 2014.

Alex Hyde / Wrecked barge in front of Saltend Chemical Plant, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK, January 2014.

Alex Hyde / Brownfield site with chemical site in the background, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK, January 2014.

Alex Hyde / Saltend Chemical Plant at night, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK, January 2014.

Denis-Huot / Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) by geyser, Lake Bogoria National Reserve, Kenya.

Alex Hyde / A selection of moths attracted to a Robinson moth trap, using a mercury vapour bulb. Clockwise from top left: Tree-lichen Beauty (Cryphia algae), Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata), Copper Underwin...

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

Mike Read / Aeroplane against blue sky and white vapour trail.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Adult Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying infront of an aeroplane vapour trail, London, England, UK, June

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Boiling water exploding into vapour and ice when thrown into cold air at -51 degrees celsius. This is because boiling water is close to a gas and breaks into tiny droplets that freeze simultaneously....

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Boiling water exploding into vapour and ice when thrown into cold air at -51 degrees celsius. This is because boiling water is close to a gas and breaks into tiny droplets that freeze simultaneously....

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Boiling water exploding into vapour and ice when thrown into cold air at -51 degrees celsius. This is because boiling water is close to a gas and breaks into tiny droplets that freeze simultaneously....

Philippe Clement / Vapour trails from aircraft in a blue sky at sunset, Belgium

GRAHAM HATHERLEY / Vapour trails in sky at sunset, Yosemite, California, USA

Jose B. Ruiz / Vapour trails from aircraft.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix tetrix) male lekking at dawn with breath vapour visible, Hallingdal, Norway, May.

Juergen Freund / Waterfall at Nandroya Falls falling into lake, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Waterfall at Millaa Millaa Falls falling into lake, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Joe Cornish / Mount Cook, highest mountain in New Zealand, with aeroplane vapour trail across the sky behind, South Island, New Zealand, April.

Philippe Clement / Domestic rooftop chimneys on houses emitting vapour from gas boilers for central heating at sunrise on freezing cold winter morning, Flanders, Belgium. December, 2021.

Ripan Biswas / Praying mantis (Mantidae) with water vapour from cloud. Taken at high altitude hill station, Himalayas, India.

Ashley Cooper / Great Gable from Red Screes, with silhouetted runner and low clouds caused by temperature inversion. Lake District, Cumbria, UK. September 2013

Ashley Cooper / Great Gable from Red Screes, with silhouetted runner and low clouds caused by temperature inversion. Lake District, Cumbria, UK. September 2013

Oliver Wright / Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) singing during the morning at St Aidens RSPB reserve near Leeds, UK. April.

Milan Radisics / Female Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with breath condensing in cold air at night, walking along tree trunk, Vertes Mountains, Hungary.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) calling at lek, with breath condensing in cold air. Kuusamo, Finland, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) calling at lek, with breath condensing in cold air. Kuusamo, Finland, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) at lek, with breath condensing in cold air. Kuusamo, Finland, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Two male Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) confronting eachother at lek, with breath condensing in cold air. Kuusamo, Finland, April.

Eric Medard / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag hidden in forest with only antlers and breath vapour visible, Mayenne, France, September.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes fosteri) standing on ice, its breath condensing in the cold air as it calls in search of its mate, Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Bookplate. Ocean Photographer of the Year...

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes fosteri) with breath vapour, Antarctica.

Ernie Janes / Domestic Llama (Lama glama) yawning with breath vapour.

Philippe Clement / Nature reserve Prosperpolder and the Doel Nuclear Power Station / nuclear power plant in the Antwerp harbour, Flanders, Belgium. December 2018

Philippe Clement / High-voltage electricity pylon / transmission tower and steam / vapour coming from cooling tower of nuclear power station / nuclear power plant, Belgium. December 2018

Philippe Clement / High-voltage electricity pylon / transmission tower and steam / vapour coming from cooling tower of nuclear power station / nuclear power plant, Belgium. December 2018