A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted. Many of the buildings lie abandoned, yet are still furnished with the personal belongings of their previous owners. English photographer Cat Burton visited the eerie town of Bodie, which used to have a population of 10,000, to see a real life American ghost town. The 29-year-old, of Donington, Lincolnshire, says: “I was on a road trip around California and a few people had recommended visiting Bodie, and I’m so glad I made the time to stop here
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A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
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More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
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An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .