A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants. Disgusted mourners have arrived at their loved ones graves to find penalty notices insensitively stuck to the headstones, demanding money for having more than one pot plant. Several visitors to Alfreton Cemetery in Derbyshire were met with a letter from Amber Valley Borough Council stating they had to pay for a garden permit.
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
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A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .