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.'
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .