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.
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
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 .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .