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.
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
