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.'
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
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A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
