FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns. These fascinating photographs were captured by amateur photographer Zhang Ning, 51, in awe of her native country's beauty after trips across China. 'I am very lucky that my country China is so diverse and large,” explains Zhang Ning, from Dongguan, Guangdong, China. 'It can provide me with numerous opportunities to shoot different landscapes, cultures, traditions.
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 .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
