POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .

A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .

A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .

In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .

ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

This daredevil wildebeest tried a walk on the wild side - straight into the snatches of a huge 18 foot crocodile .

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .