Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world. With a level of detail usually reserved for globes in a classroom, it’s hard to believe that these replicas of Earth and Jupiter are completely edible. Baker Rhiannon Michell, rose to the challenge when her school teacher sister, Sarah, asked her to create a delicious science model for her class to enjoy. The 26-year-old, from Melbourne, Australia, said: “At first I was fairly sure there was no way I could make it, but then my inability to admit defeat kicked in and I had to find a way to do it.”
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .