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.'
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IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
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An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
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A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .