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 disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
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From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
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A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .