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.
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
