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 little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .