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.'
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .