CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time. The Adam’s Retouching Machine, which weighs two-and-a-half stone, was invented in 1947 and gave photographers the opportunity to perfect their pictures. Instead of uploading images to a computer, photographers would place their negative under the magnifying glass. Blemishes in the picture could then be smoothed out by using a retouching pencil, assisted by the gentle vibrations of the machine.
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .