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 dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
