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.
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
