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.
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .