WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES. The luminous green lights that glow from the insects help to give the impression of an extract from a fairy-tale. The magical photographs were taken by photographer Takaaki Ishikawa, 55, on a trip to Nagoya City in Japan. 'Fireflies are very delicate creatures, so it is important to not catch or disturb them,' said Takaaki
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .