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.
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .