An elephant throws up a cloud of dust, a bear leans into the camera lens, and a bug leaves a trail in the night sky. The Nature Photographer of the Year contest showcases our planet's stunning residents and the places they call home. The images were submitted by over 8000 people. An elephant is blowing dust into the air in a crater. Elephants don't sweat like humans so they will wallow in mud baths and dust themselves to keep cool. A caracal caught a bird in the water of the lake. The wild cat is moving with it's food. The category winner for animal behavior was taken by this photo. This shot of a haggard bear won the camera traps category of the competition and gave you an idea of how it was taken. The polar bear's fur began to freeze in December due to the cold weather in Canada. A snow leopard is in a mountain range in India. The photographer had to scale the snowy mountain to plant the camera trap in order for the viewer to see the leopard. There is lava from a volcano in the country. An abstract design is conjured out of the molten rock's path by this photo. The winner of the landscape category has a single flower from a rubbish dump. A lightning strike can be seen in the distance. A micro-moth is adorned in small golden beads of pollen from a flower Each photo captures a different part of the bedazzled insect in this picture. One summer evening in Hungary, a multi-exposure image of a moths shows how it moves across the sky. The dark trees frame the path of the moths. Several phenomena are much bigger than us. A green line is visible in the sky. The horizon is traced by ice. A rainbow is visible from a large waterfall. A small building is shown in the northern reaches of Kosciusko, Australia, the highest point on the planet. Above the building there is a clear view of the entire Milky Way. A great crested grebe is walking across a pond in Poland. The focus of the photo is on the plane on which the grebe swims. This shot of two parakeets is from the Under 16 category. Birds were fighting over a stump. Birds don't like sharing is caring. The fish in this picture is carrying eggs in his mouth. The males hold the eggs in their mouths until the young turkeys are ready to hatch. The picture was taken off the coast of Australia. The image won a category. A pink whipray splits a school of bannerfishes in the evening off the coast of theMaldives. The placement of the bannerfishes gives a sense of depth. The old train station in Helensburg is filled with glow worms. The waterfall at right is caused by the soft flow of a waterfall in this photo. A hare is crossing a street at night. The streets are crowded with humans during the day, so many wild animals won't make such a trek. Animals have more freedom in the dark. The mountain of Switzerland has a fox in it. The fox realized too late that it was going to be photographed and is questioning its photographer. The animal has an orange coat and a brown tree trunk. This is a head-on look at a male lion. The lions are eating a young buffalo they felled. In a shot that shows the animal's intensity, the lion looked up directly at the camera. The next evolution of the role-playing game is on its way, while Magic makes a doctor's appointment. This weekend, the Game ofThrones prequels will be shown on the two networks. We look back at Martin's long process after he said he was done predicting when he'd finish the book. Many treatments in the U.S. are expensive.