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.'
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
