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.'
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
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This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .