Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010 exhibition

Photograph: Andrew Parkinson

Photograph : Jordi Chias Pujol

The world’s most prestigious wildlife photography competition, Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year, has revealed the commended images from this year’s competition.

We have selected the 2010 marine images here :

• Underwater world : 2010 (archives : 2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 )
  
• Storm rider
• Desecration in paradise
• Tears of blood
  
• Pickings from puffins
• Catch of the day
• March of the crabs
• Predatory steps
  
• Giant beachcomber
• Cold comfort
• Southern swell
• Celestial cathedral
• Back in, front out
  

They are among the selection that will join more than 100 other prize-winning photographs, including the overall winning images, when the exhibition debuts at the Natural History Museum, London on 22 October 2010.

It will then tour nationally and internationally after its launch in the English capital.
More than one million visitors are expected to have seen the exhibition once the tour is complete.