This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow. Standing in temperatures well below freezing, the lighthouse is transformed into a giant icicle. These stunning photographs were captured by American photographer Thomas Zakowski, 56, after he visited several frozen lighthouses on a trip to Michigan; United States after a storm hit the state. “The lighthouses were frozen solid by the waves that came crashing down against the pier,” says Thomas, of South Bend, Indiana.
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
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 .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .