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.
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An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
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At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
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From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
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