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.'
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
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A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .