Circle of Life ocean

Circle of Life oceanThe geometric scales of a Parsons Chameleon tail. When at rest, the long prehensile appendage coils beneath the reptile in an elegant spiral. When awake and active, it becomes an anchor or fifth leg to enable the chameleon to remain motionless whilst hunting or moving between branches.

A diminutive species that returns to shore in the fading light to feed its chick in burrows carved into coastal sand dunes

ebbing and flowing across the skin like an enormous walking canvas

however they have an amazing similarity with the common house mouse who stretches out to a whopping 10cm (4in)

The delicate tendrils and elegant mosaic skin patterns on a catch of Cuttlefish framed by a weathered old tub in a fish market

Makatea Atoll

Wildlife can be timid and prone to fleeing

The mighty Erebus Glacier Tongue flows into the frozen Ross Sea in Antarctica

caress a solitary iceberg in a vast ocean

This scene

A villager taunts the flames and their gods during a tribal fire ceremony

my legs are beneath his chest and I had to use a 20mm lens to capture this frame because he was so close

A close encounter with Earths largest fish