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.
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .