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.'
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
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