From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland. The elusive natural phenomenon, also known as the Northern Lights, was photographed by Lana Tannir when she was on a six day trip through northern Finland. The 24-year-old student visited Urho Kekkonen National Park, located in Saariselkä, Finland, as well as a nearby igloo village, named Kakslauttanen. Lana, of Starnberg, Germany, says “Seeing the Northern Lights cannot simply be described with only one emotion.
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
