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.'
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
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An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
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SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
