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.'
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .