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.
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .