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 cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
