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
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .