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.
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .