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.
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .