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.
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .