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.
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .