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.'
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .