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.
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .