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.'
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
