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.'
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
