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.'
WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
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 .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .