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 .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .