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.
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .