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
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
