AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns. Captured 20 million light years away, this is star gazing at its best. These amazing photographs were taken by English sales manager Terry Hancock, 60. He is able to capture the astounding images from his back garden in Michigan, America. ‘My astronomy photographs all show deep sky objects, many of them thousands or millions of light years away from Earth,’ says Terry, originally of Burnley, Lancashire.
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
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LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
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An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .