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.
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .