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 the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .