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.
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .