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.
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .