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.
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
