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.
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
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 .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .