FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature. The series of extraordinary images were taken by German software engineer Thorsten Scheuermann after he decided to examine his surroundings. A trip to the city of Kalapana in Hawaii, home to the Kilauea Volcano, provided Thorsten with the setting for his lava picture, while a visit to the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon offered him the opportunity to photograph ice bubbles up-close. The 37-year-old, now of Washington, USA, said: 'These are sights that can gain greater significance and have their beauty exposed when excluding everything else around them.'
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
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 .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
