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.
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STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .