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.
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
