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.'
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .