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.
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
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A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .