Kristel Richard / Lady riding a black Menorquin stallion, performing the bot or walking courbette of the Doma Menorquina, during the festival Mare de Deu de Gracia, in Mahon, Menorca, Spain 2012. Tourists are trying t...

Erlend Haarberg / Volcanic eruption at Eyjafjallajokull with lightning in the ash plume, Iceland, April 2010

Ingo Arndt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) rookery crowded with nesting birds incubating eggs or protecting their small chicks, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island, February 2011

Ingo Arndt / Mayflies (Palingenia longicauda) swarming, Tisza river, Hungary, June

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) leaping up the cauld at Philphaugh Salmon Viewing Centre near Selkirk, where members of the public can view the spectacle, Selkirkshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011

Anup Shah / Aerial view of herd of Eastern White bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus) crossing the Mara River watched by tourist vehicles, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2008

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest herd (Connochaetes taurinus albojubatu) crossing the Mara River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. October

Kristel Richard / Traditionally dressed Berber warriors, mounted on Barb and Arab Barb horses, galloping into battle firing their guns down during the Fantasia in Dar Es Salam, Morocco, June 2010

Mark Brownlow / Aerial view of Snow goose (Chen caerulescens) flock in flight, part of annual migration, Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware Bay, Delaware, USA. November 2005, BBC Planet Earth

David Tipling / Looking down on the vast King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia.

David Tipling / View down on the vast King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia.

Robert Thompson / Spectacle moth (Abrostola tripartita) camouflaged on bark. Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. July.

Ashley Cooper / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with passengers from an expedition cruise. Gold Harbour, South Georgia, February 2014

Ashley Cooper / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with passengers from an expedition cruise. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia. February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with passenger from an expedition cruise. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia. February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), with passengers from an expedition cruise. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Islands.

Ashley Cooper / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), with passengers from an expedition cruise. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Islands.

Ashley Cooper / 1592217 - - King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with passengers from an expedition cruise. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia. February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) on the beach on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Ashley Cooper / Members of an expedition cruise to Antarctica in a Zodiac in Fournier Bay, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Members of an expedition cruise to Antarctica in a Zodiac with sea kayaks, Fournier Bay, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Members of an expedition cruise to Antarctica in a Zodiac with sea kayaks, Fournier Bay, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Members of an expedition cruise to Antarctica sea kayaking and swimming in Paradise Bay, beneath Mount Walker, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Members of an expedition cruise to Antarctica sea kayaking in Paradise Bay beneath Mount Walker, Antarctic Peninsula. February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Members of an expedition cruise to Antarctica sea kayaking in Paradise Bay beneath Mount Walker, Antarctic Peninsula. February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Tourists from expedition cruise to Antarctica sea kayaking in Larson Harbour, Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia, Antarctica, February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) , with passenger from an expedition cruise, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Antarctica, February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) with tourists walking past the colony, Madder Cliffs, Joinville Island, Antarctica.

Ashley Cooper / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) with members of an expedition cruise ship. Curverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Ashley Cooper / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with huge wound, probably from Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) attack, Hannah Point, Livingstone Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Ashley Cooper / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) moulting at Hannah Point, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Their guano is normally pink from the krill that they eat, the yellow and green guan...

Ashley Cooper / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with huge gash, probably from Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) attack, Hannah Point, Livingstone Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Ashley Cooper / Godafoss waterfall, Akureyri, near northern Iceland

Ashley Cooper / Man standing at the top of cliff near Godafoss waterfall, Akureyri, near northern Iceland

Ashley Cooper / Godafoss waterfall, Akureyri, near northern Iceland

Ashley Cooper / Godafoss waterfall, Akureyri, near northern Iceland

Ashley Cooper / Gullfosss waterfall, Iceland, September 2010.

Robert Thompson / The Spectacle moth (Abrostola tripartita) Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland.

Chris Mattison / Dark Spectacle moth (Abrostola triplasia) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May. Focus-stacked image.

Jordi Chias / Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) swimming over a sandy bottom, Roatan Island, Bay Islands, Honduras Carribean. Captive dolphins used in spectacle; they go out the fence for some minutes a day...

Jordi Chias / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) swimming over a sandy bottom, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Carribean. Dolphins used in spectacle; they leave their enclosure for some time each day to meet divers,...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hybrid orchid (Ophrys pizzulensis) a possible hybrid between the Small-patterned Ophrys (Ophrys fuciflora ssp. parvimaculata) and Spectacle Ophrys (Ophrys argolica ssp biscutella) growing in moist-woo...

Paul Hobson / The Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) moth at rest, camouflaged on twig, Sheffield, England, UK, July.

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Spectacle Ophrys (Ophrys argolica ssp biscutella syn. O. biscutella) a taxon endemic to Gargano, Puglia, Italy, near Monte St Angelo, Italy, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Spectacle Ophrys (Ophrys argolica ssp biscutella syn. O. biscutella) a taxon endemic to Gargano, Puglia, Italy, near Monte St Angelo, Italy, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Spectacle Ophrys (Ophrys argolica ssp biscutella syn. O. biscutella) a taxon endemic to Gargano, Puglia, Italy, near Monte St Angelo, Italy, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Ann & Steve Toon / Common Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), murmuration in winter at dusk over town, Gretna, Scotland, UK, November 2012

Kristel Richard / Lady on a black Menorquin stallion and man on a chestnut Andalusian stallion, performing the bot or walking courbette of the Doma Menorquina, during the festival Mare de Deu de Gracia, in Mahon, Menor...