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.'
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
