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.
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
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 .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
