VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos. Ten hours of footage is sped up into 20 captivating seconds, featuring petals opening and blooming. The fascinating videos were created by retired software company owner Greg Krehel as a way to show the blossoming of the Echinopsis cactus in all its glory. The 58-year-old, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, says: ‘One of my sons works in the videography field and he made a series of time-lapse videos, seeing them gave me the idea to try this technique with cactus flowers.
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .