SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws. This mid-air takeaway was captured by Malaysian photographer Phoo Chan on a trip to Gomes Park in Fremont, California, USA. ‘At first glance this looks like a fight over food, but it is actually an adult white-tailed kite offering her freshly caught vole to her chick,’ says 50-year-old Phoo, of California. Being able to catch the vole in mid-air is part of the chick’s formative training, before the bird is old enough to hunt on his own.
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .