BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers. But these images are in fact amazing long-exposure shots of fireworks. These vibrant photographs were captured by Californian amateur photographer Alan Sailer, 58, when he decided to look into the shapes and colours of fireworks. 'I wanted to capture the fireworks at the precise moment they burst, to give them the look of a flower,' said Alan. 'I decided to take them with the focus varied just as the firework explodes, so I could focus on the colours and different shapes that each firework contains
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
