POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline.Exploding from the looming clouds, the flashes of lightning create an impressive display for the residents of Sassari, a city on the island of Sardinia, which sits to the west of Italy.Watching as bolts of lightning hit the Mediterranean Sea, photographer and student Daniele Macis stood on his rooftop and captured the phenomenon that took place earlier this month.
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .