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 and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .