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.
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .