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.'
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .