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.
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
