A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE. In the Hollywood 3D blockbuster Avatar the Tree of Souls wowed audiences with its alien blue and purple colours, now feast your eyes on the Earthly version – this eye-opening Wisteria vine grove. The amazing photographs were captured at the Ashikaga Flower park, home to hundreds of enchanting wisteria vines in Japan IT support worker Jeff Matsuya visited the park in May, and was blown away by the beauty and the number of trees, held up by special poles that allow the vines to climb upwards. ‘Most people react in surprise when they see the Wisteria, as at first sight you wouldn’t guess it were a real plant,’ said Jeff
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .