Oriol Alamany / Trees silhouetted against erupting Cumbre Vieja volcano at night, La Palma, Canary Islands, September 2021

Oriol Alamany / Cumbre Vieja volcano erupting at night, La Palma, Canary Islands, September 2021.

Andy Murch / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) surfacing with open mouth. Tiger Beach, Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas.

Pal Hermansen / Flock of birds near wind turbines in North Sea. Rickelsbuller Koog nature reserve, North Frisia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. November 2019.

Guy Edwardes / Waves crashing against sea wall and Porthcawl Lighthouse during Storm Ciara, people storm watching surrounded by waves. Mid Glamorgan, Wales, UK. February 2020.

Klein & Hubert / Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) running in snow. Controlled conditions.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag in upland landscape. Lochcarron, Highlands, Scotland, UK.

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) landing. Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Christophe Courteau / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) blackback, juvenile male demonstrating power. Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

Christophe Courteau / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) blackback, juvenile male demonstrating power. Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

David Fleetham / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaking surface with mouth open. Guadalupe Island, Mexico.

Ashley Cooper / Avalanche on Machapuchare or Fishtail Peak in the Annapurna Himalaya, Nepal. It was caused by a massive block of glacial ice detaching from the summit cliffs, 29th December 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Avalanche on Machapuchare / Fishtail Peak in the Annapurna Himalaya, Nepal. It was caused by a massive block of glacial ice detaching from the summit cliffs. 29th December 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Avalanche on Machapuchare / Fishtail Peak in the Annapurna Himalaya, Nepal. It was caused by a massive block of glacial ice detaching from the summit cliffs. 29th December 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Destroyed bridge over the River Petteril during severe storm with 100mph winds, Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK, 12th January 2005.

Alex Mustard / Wave breaking over the rubble zone close to the reef crest of a coral reef. Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching above surface, Kvaloya, Troms, Norway November

Nick Hawkins / Minke whale (Baelanoptera acutorostrata) breaching, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) male flying with talons outstretched, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, May.

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female breaching together with her male calf. The calf had a large wound on his left peduncle area, one that appeared to be the result of a large bite, Vava'u,...

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) executing a dramatic tail slap, throwing up a cascade of water with its powerful fluke, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Tony Wu / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) unusual scene with two adults tail-slapping together in rough seas, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) male breaching in front of Hunga island in Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novangliaea) executing an energetic tail slap, creating a cascade of seawater, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Jeff Vanuga / Old Faithful Geyser erupting at -30 Celsius in winter. Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, January 2015.

Wim van den Heever / Steller's sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) in flight, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Wim van den Heever / White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight landing, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Wim van den Heever / Steller's sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) standing on pack ice, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Wim van den Heever / Steller's sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) landing on pack ice, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Tisisat Falls / Blue Nile Falls along the Blue Nile, south of Bahir Dar, Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia. December 2013.

Gabriel Rojo / Southern Right whale (Eubalaena australis) breaching, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina.

Danny Green / White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight with snowy background, Rausu, Japan, February

David Pattyn / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) taking off from water, Lake Kerkini, Greece. February. Vulnerable species.

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Eagle (Haliaeteus pelagicus) in flight over snow, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Eagle (Haliaeteus pelagicus) flying past snowy mountain peak, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Floris van Breugel / Salto Grande waterfall with Paine Grande beyond, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, June 2014.

Ben Cranke / Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) in flight, Hokkaido, Japan. February.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Storm waves sending spray over pier, Kalk Bay harbor, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Floris van Breugel / A complex network of delicate rivulets meander through a maze of mosses, in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Washington. May

Inaki Relanzon,Inaki Relanzon / Bujaruelo Waterfall, Ordesa National Park, Huesca, Pyrenees, Spain, May 2013.

Shattil & Rozinski,Shattil & Rozinski / Black bear (Ursus americanus) cub climbing a fence, Minnesota, USA, May.

Shattil & Rozinski,Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), with the Denver skyline and Rocky Mountains in the background, Denver, Colorado, USA, November.

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Icy waterfall, Getzbach, Belgian Ardennes, February 2008

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.