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.'
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
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 .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
