Doug Perrine / Schooling female Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini), Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Oscar Dewhurst / Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) drake swimming on pond, backlit by rising sun and bokeh effect, Richmond Park, London, UK. February.

David Pattyn / Juvenile Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in early morning light, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, Europe. August.

David Pattyn / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in early morning light removing its own feathers, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, Europe. August.

David Pattyn / Coots (Fulica Atra) fighting in early morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, Europe. April.

Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) portrait, Moorea, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.

Inaki Relanzon / Aurora borealis, Jokulsarlon glacier lake, Iceland

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chicks in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands.

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chick on the back preening in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May. GDT European Wildlife Ph...

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chick on its back and one next to it in the water; portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlan...

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with young on its back and one chick on the water, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. M...

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

Guy Edwardes / Evening sunlight illuminating Wasdale Head and Wast Water from Great Gable, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, UK. December 2020

Guy Edwardes / Bonnet mycena fungus (Mycena galericulata) on deadwood in ancient broadleaved woodland, sun shining through trees. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / New snow on Pinyon pines ( Pinus edulis) in morning light. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

Ben Hall / Langur monkey (Semnopithecus) climbing tree in misty forest at dawn, India, November.

Oliver Wright / Aurora over lone pine tree in Abisko National Park, Abisko, North Sweden. February 2020.

Guy Edwardes / Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) landing on Lake Kerkini, Greece

Tui De Roy / Three White rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum), Solio Game Reserve, Laikipia, Kenya. September.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes fosteri) colony at night with Aurora Australis, Antarctica.

Orsolya Haarberg / Sun pillar (optical phenomenon) that appears against the setting sun in light snow. Sognefjellet, Norway. April.

Guy Edwardes / Aurora Borealis over Reykjanes Lighthouse, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland

Guy Edwardes / Landscape of farmland with Cypress trees, Tuscany, Italy. May 2019.

Guy Edwardes / Aurora Borealis over Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, September.

Andres M. Dominguez / Riisitunturi in winter with Aurora Borealis, Kuusamo, Lapland, Finland. February

Guy Edwardes / Aurora borealis above sea stacks, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. 2019.

Gabriel Rojo / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) diving, with tail fluke splash. Monumento Natural Ballena Franca Austral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Valdes Peninsula, Patagonia, Argentina.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) colony huddled together under the Southern Lights, Aurora australis, Atka Bay, Antarctica. September.

Alex Mustard / RF - Silhouette of a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) swimming through an underwater cave. Los Islotes, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, Gulf of California, East Pacific...

Ingo Arndt / Sun rising over ice formations on Lake Baikal. Siberia, Russia. February 2019.

Jordi Chias / Jellyfish (Diplulmaris antarctica). Cuverville, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Nick Hawkins / Overhead view of a blue shark (Prionace glauca) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. July.

Nick Hawkins / Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Puffins (Fratercula arctica) Shaint Isles, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Close up of a colony of Jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis) Scotland, UK, October.

Andy Rouse / Barn owl (Tyto alba) hunting with sunset light on wings, UK. March.

Theo Bosboom / Sun rays through stormy clouds, and snow covered beach, Varanger Peninsula, Norway. March.