STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event. Shot over the Grand Canyon and even downtown Los Angeles, these amazing images of lightning were taken by American photographer Scott Stulberg, 57. His love of lightning led him to move to the state of Arizona, renowned for its high frequency of storms. ‘No matter where I am, I always feel like a little kid again when I see lightning,’says Scott, of Sedona, Arizona.
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .