Jack Dykinga / Lightning storm with rainbow over Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) near Redrock, Arizona State Trust, Sonoran Desert, Arizona. September 2015. Long exposure with lightning trigger.

Floris van Breugel / Sand dunes reflecting pink and orange glowing colours from the sky at sunset. Death Valley National Park, California, USA. November 2009. Highly Commended in the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photoga...

Jack Dykinga / Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona. Sunset light with whispy clouds over Ragged Top Mountain in the Silverbell range.

Etienne Littlefair / Eyrean Grasswren (Amytornis goyderi) in typical hopping motion, Andado Station, Northern Territory, Australia, November.

Wendy Shattil / Light shining through the U.S. border wall, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA, March 2020.

Jeff Foott / Mexican giant cardon cactus (Pachycereus pringlei) and Boojum tree (Fouquieria columnaris) in Sonoran Desert, rainbow in background. Catavina, Valle de los Cirios Reserve, Baja California, Mexico.

Oriol Alamany / Rock arch in Spitzkoppe mountains, Namib Desert, Namibia, October

Klein & Hubert / Long eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) digging a burrow at night, Gobi desert at dawn. Mongolia

Klein & Hubert / Long eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso), Gobi desert, portrait, Mongolia

Klein & Hubert / Long eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso), Gobi desert, portrait, Mongolia

Klein & Hubert / Long eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) digging a burrow with teeth, Gobi desert, Mongolia

Klein & Hubert / Long eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) jumping, Gobi desert at dusk, Mongolia

Klein & Hubert / Long eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) jumping, Gobi desert, Mongolia

Klein & Hubert / Long eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) jumping, Gobi desert at dusk, Mongolia

Klein & Hubert / Long eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) walking on a dune bordering the Gobi desert at dusk, The dunes bordering the desert have at their bottom circular green patches rich in insects, Mongolia

Klein & Hubert / Long eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) walking on a dune bordering the Gobi desert at dusk, The dunes bordering the desert have at their bottom circular green patches rich in insects, Mongolia

Klein & Hubert / Long eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) walking, dunes bordering the Gobi desert. The dunes bordering the desert have at their bottom circular green patches rich in insects, Mongolia

Oriol Alamany / Licancabur volcano and surrounding mountains reflected in waters of a severe flood caused by climate change. Los Flamencos National Reserve, Antofagasta , Chile. February 2019.

Jack Dykinga / Rainbow over Long Canyon with fall coloured Cottonwood (Populus) trees against canyon walls, Burr Trail, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2018.

Jack Dykinga / Waterfall over sandstone with cottonwood tree, Long Canyon , Burr Trail, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. October.

Jack Dykinga / Navajo Sandstone formations with striated lines of mineral deposits. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

Jack Dykinga / Morning light with autumn coloured Cottonwoods (Populus sp) trees lining the river. Valley of the Gods, Colorado Plateau, of the Great Basin Desert, Utah, USA, November 2018.

Jack Dykinga / Erosion sculpted 'pot-hole' with reflection of clouds at sunset, Muley Point, Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2018.

John Shaw / Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) catching larvae with its extended tongue. In the Namib desert near Swakopmund, Namibia.

Robert Valentic / Central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) basking in mallee / heathland habitat on the Murrayville Track in the Big Desert Wilderness of north-western Victoria, Australia.

Fabio Pupin / Onager (Equus hemionus), Negev desert, Israel, April.

Robert Valentic / Heath Monitor (Varanus rosenbergi) male enacting a threat display, in mallee/heath habitat near Pinnaroo, South Australia.

Jack Dykinga / Backlit silver cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa) surrounded by California poppies (Eschscholzia californica), beneath the eroded boulders that define the park. Joshua Tree National Park, Moja...

Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and desert golds (Geraea canescens) carpet the sandy washes beneath the Calumet Mountains, under the Milky Way. Mojave Trail National Monument, Mojave D...

Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and desert golds (Geraea canescens) carpet the sandy washes beneath the Calumet Mountains at dawn. Mojave Trail National Monument, Mojave Desert, Califo...

Jack Dykinga / Purplemat (Nama demissum) and California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) growing through pebbles of a dry streambed. Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA. 25th March 2019.

Daniel Heuclin / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna), five running across salt flat with mountain in background. Salar de Ascotan, Chile. September 2018.

Ann & Steve Toon / RF - Lion (Panthera leo) male running in desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) flowering in the sand dune flats near Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA, March.

Klein & Hubert / African red-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans) jumping while bathing at water hole Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) three one-month old pups playing on the burrow under a watchful adult 'babysitter', Kalahari Desert, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) baby, age one month, looking up to 'babysitting' adult, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) 'babysitter' with three pups about one month old on the burrow, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) two 'babysitters' with three pups, age one month, playing on burrow, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) two pups, age one month, playing on burrow, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) alpha female nursing her one month old pups on the den, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) baby, age one month, on den with adult 'babysitter', Kalahari Desert, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) three pups, age one month, on den with adult 'babysitter', Kalahari Desert, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) alarmed group standing on hind legs watching jackal pass by, Kalahari, Botswana