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.
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
