Jack Dykinga / Scalding hot water continuously spouting behind layers of mineral deposits, Fly Geyser, Black Rock Desert, Great Basin Desert, Nevada, USA

Nature Production / Bombardier Beetle (Pheropsophus jessoensis) protecting itself by ejecting a boiling, noxious chemical spray, Nagasaki, Japan.

Ben Gillett / Svartifoss 'Black Waterfall' with basalt rock columns, Skaftafell NP, Iceland

Pete Oxford / Waves breaking over bow in rough seas Southern Indian Ocean (Russian ice breaker ship)

Pete Oxford / Killer whale in surf {Orcinus orca} Ile de la Possession Crozet Island

Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) with backlit wings, and water spray, Norway, October

Guy Edwardes / View of hikers from behind the Pericnik Waterfall, Slovenia, October 2018.

Stephane Granzotto / Long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) blowing at surface with rainbow affect in the spray, Mediterranean Sea, Corsica

Ashley Cooper / Rainbow over water flowing out of the Karahnjukar dam and Halslon reservoir, a massive new controversial hydro electricity project in North East Iceland. It was created by damming the Jokuls a Dal riv...

Markus Varesvuo / Hawk owl (Surnia ulula) takingn off from powder snow, possibly with prey in talons, Kuusamo Finland February

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) fishing, Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

Orsolya Haarberg / View of a rainbow in the spray of Bjornefossen Waterfall, Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park, Norway, August 2015.

Jeff Vanuga / White horses of the Camargue galloping through marshes in the Camargue, France. April.

Wim van den Heever / Bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) porpoising during annual sardine run, Port St Johns, South Africa. June.

Bence Mate / Little egret (Egretta garzetta) shaking water off wings at sunset, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.

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

Chris & Monique Fallows / Long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis) porpoising in still water, False Bay, South Africa

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) rearing head out of water, creating spray, Lake Naivasha, Kenya.

Andy Rouse / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) charging through river chasing salmon, Alaska, USA. Crop of 01500299.

Andy Rouse / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) jumping onto beach, Carcass Island, Falkland Islands.

Floris van Breugel / Black and white photograph of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail slapping at surface, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA, August 2014.

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with fin above water, Andfjorden close to Andoya, Nordland, Northern Norway. January.

Denis-Huot / African lion (Panthera leo) male shaking water off mane after rain, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. September.

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult running over the water surface during the courtship. The Netherlands. April 2014.Second place in the Species Story category of the Terre Sauvage Nature I...

Markus Varesvuo / Great White Egret (Egretta alba) with water splashing from beak, Hungary January

Denis-Huot / Three Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) silhouetted in front of geyser, Lake Bogoria National Reserve, Kenya.

Richard Robinson / Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) Akaroa Harbour, South Island, New Zealand, November. Editorial use only.

Hougaard Malan / Rainbow in the spray over Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe, Africa. November 2012.

Solvin Zankl / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tail fluke above water during dive, Kaikoura, New Zealand, July, Vulnerable species.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carchardon carcharias) breaching on seal decoy, False Bay, South Africa

Bence Mate / Pygmy cormorants (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus) drying their feathers, Hortobay, hungary, August.

Bertie Gregory / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) adult breaching, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Jeff Vanuga / Grey Camargue horses, galloping through water in the Camargue, France, April.

David Pattyn / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail slapping, tail lob, lobtailing. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Ernie Janes / Irrigation on potato field, Norfolk, UK, July

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching whilst attacking seal decoy, Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching whilst attacking seal decoy, Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching whilst attacking seal decoy, Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) porpoising, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Orca male (Orcinus orca) raising pectoral flipper out of the water, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching whilst attacking seal decoy, Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Orca (Orcinus orca) near at surface whilst hunting dolphin, False Bay, South Africa.

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

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

Chris & Monique Fallows / Storm over Kalk Bay harbor with boat, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Claudio Contreras / Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) fishing, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, July

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanu) coming into land with stormy seas behind, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September. Highly Commended in the Coastal and Marine category of the BWPA Awards 2015

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Gulls, predominantly Iceland gulls (Larus glaucoides) flying above stormy ocean near Vik, Iceland, March 2012.