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.'
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .