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 MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
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 .