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.'
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .