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.
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .