An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time. The eerie mining town located in Bodie Hills in Mono County, east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, sits alone in the desert, 75 miles south east of Lake Tahoe. Professional photographer Julien McRoberts, 50, photographed several of the 170 buildings within Bodie, including the once heaving church, saloon and general store. Bodie was a gold mining camp in 1859 and by 1880 it had become a bustling town with a population of 2,700. It wasn’t until 1910 that the town was in decline, as gold miners moved out of Bodie and onto more promising land.
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .