Milan Radisics / Female Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking along tree trunk in heavy fog at night. Light source behind the subject creates dramatic volumetric lighting. Vertes Mountains, Hungary.

Theo Bosboom / Long line of walking people with headlights, heading back at night from visiting Fagradalsfjall volcano on Iceland, photographed around half an hour after sunset. The eruption draws large numbers of v...

Theo Bosboom / Long line of people, mainly local, walking with headlights, heading back from a visit to the Fagradalsfjall volcano, Iceland. Long exposure showing direction of movement. 2 April 2021

Eduardo Blanco / Pale burrower mayfly (Ephoron virgo), swarming in the millions on street at night, appearing like snow. Mayflies recently hatched. Tudela, La Ribera de Navarra, Navarre, Spain. August 2019. Finalist i...

Eduardo Blanco / Pale burrower mayfly (Ephoron virgo) swarming around streetlights at night, with gecko (Tarentola mauritanica) inside lamp. Mayflies recently hatched. Tudela, La Ribera de Navarra, Navarre, Spain. Aug...

Luke Massey / Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) in urban setting at night, Harar, Ethiopia

Laurent Geslin / Wild European lynx (Lynx lynx) at night with city lights and sky glow behind, Switzerland. December. Taken with remote camera trap. Contact us to download file - minimum fees apply.

Pedro Narra / Man and woman undertaking monitoring work measuring Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests as the the female digs it, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes M...

Juan Carlos Munoz / People exploring underground lakes via rigid inflatable boat, Cross Cave (Krizna jama) under Cross Mountain, Green Karst, Slovenia, October 2014.

David Pattyn / Black necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) adult in breeding plumage photographed at night with the reflection of street lights in the water. The Netherlands. March 2014. Winner of the Telephoto catego...

Sam Hobson / Young urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Bristol, UK. August.

Sam Hobson / Fallow deer (Dama dama) buck crossing road under street lights. London, UK. January.

Mark Taylor / Guildford flooded by River Wey at night, during the 2013 Christmas floods. Surrey, England, 25th December 2013. Digitally enhanced image.

Tom Gilks / Tanzanian boys doing homework using oil lamp, Tanzania.

Jean E. Roche / Bull run, with Camargue bulls leaping over hay bales, Camargue, France, July 2012.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver and yellow sponges (Aplysina cavernicola) on Brioni Steamship wreck, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean. Model released.

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / A diver and a hydrothermal chimney. Note that he is obscured by the different temperature waters (from the chimney and the surrounding water) which are unable to mix. The sea water was 4 degrees Celsi...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) commercial fishing boat (James Archer) leaves the Saldhana Bay harbour before the break of dawn. The lights of the town and the lighthouse flash on the horizon...

Inaki Relanzon / Potholer exploring the Graller del Boixaguer cave, Montsec mountains, Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain, May 2012. Model released.

Sue Daly / Diver on the wreck of HMNZS Canterbury, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. February 2013. Model released.

Milan Radisics / Ducks silhouetted at night on Heroes Square, Budapest, July 2009

Sandesh Kadur / Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) roosting on electric lines along Highway 77, Brownsville, Texas, USA. March

Pal Hermansen / Insect diversity - various species of insect, which were caught in a lamp, photographed on a light-box, Norway Close-up Photographer of the Year Competition 202, Overall winner and Insect category wi...

Guy Edwardes / Prince of Wales Bridge (Second Severn Crossing) over the River Severn with lights on at dusk, Gloucestershire, England, UK. August.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver with torch over reef with John Dory (Zeus Faber) and Gold coral (Savalia savaglia) and passing shoal of fish in distance, Bishevo wall dive site, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediter...

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver with torch over reef with John Dory (Zeus Faber) and Gold coral (Savalia savaglia) and shoal of small fish in distance, Bishevo wall dive site, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterra...

Franco Banfi / Rebreather scuba diver exploring the landing wheel gear from wreck of B24 Liberator airplane, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver exploring stern of the Brioni steam passenger / cargo ship, sunk in February 1930 on the south eastern coast of Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean. July, 2020.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver approaching the engine drive motor with propeller on wreck of B 24 Liberator airplane, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean.

Doug Gimesy / A view at dusk over iconic Luna Park, a historic amusement park opened in 1912, and the St Kilda foreshore of Port Phillip Bay. St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. May 2016

Doug Gimesy / View of Melbourne skyline at night from St Kilda pier, looking over Royal Melbourne yacht club vessels. St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. December 2015

Pete Oxford / Cotopaxi Volcano, an active volcano which errupted in mid August 2015. Intermittent explosions continue with the release of gas, steam and ash. Cotopaxi National Park, Avenue of the Volcanoes, Andes,...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sydney Opera House illuminated at dusk. New South Wales, Australia. 2008.

Colin Varndell / Ghost hedgehog sign, next to busy road at night. Placed to raise awareness of hedgehog road deaths, and to encourage careful driving. Dorset, England, UK. September.

Ashley Cooper / Street lights on roadside powered by photovoltaic panels, Lupin (Lupinus sp) flowering in foreground. Between Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales, Magallanes, Chile. January 2020.

Claudio Contreras / Water bug (Abedus sp.), captive, Finca Nueva Linda, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, southern Mexico, April

Edwin Giesbers / Researcher using pooter to collect insects during trapping session, insects attracted by light to white sheet. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 50% decline in moths over 25 years. De Kaaistoep Natu...

Edwin Giesbers / Researcher using pooter to collect insects attracted by light to white sheet during trapping session, another researcher waiting at desk in background to identify and record insects. Long-term monitor...

Edwin Giesbers / Researcher using pooter to collect insects during trapping session, insects attracted by light to white sheet. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 50% decrease in moth numbers in 25 years. De Kaaistoe...

Edwin Giesbers / Moths (Lepidoptera) attracted to light during insect trapping and identification session. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 50% decrease in moth numbers in 25 years. De Kaaistoep Nature Reserve, Til...

Edwin Giesbers / Moths (Lepidoptera) attracted to light during insect trapping and identification session. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 50% decrease in moth numbers in 25 years. De Kaaistoep Nature Reserve, Til...

Edwin Giesbers / Naturalists putting up white sheet to catch insects attracted to light during insect trapping and identification session. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 50% decrease in moth numbers in 25 years....

Edwin Giesbers / Researcher examining moth attracted to light during insect trapping and identification session. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 50% decrease in moth numbers in 25 years. De Kaaistoep Nature Reserv...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Traditional Chinese fisherman holding lantern / light on raft at dusk with domesticated Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) used to catch fish, Karst peaks in background. Li River, Yangshuo, Guan...

Juergen Freund / Scientists and researchers from Coral IVF project led by Southern Cross University looking down microscopes at night. Researchers scraping out reared Coral growing on settlement tiles before they can...

Juergen Freund / Scientists and researchers from Coral IVF project led by Southern Cross University looking down microscopes at night. Researchers scraping out reared Coral growing on settlement tiles before they can...