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 frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .