THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under. The moon moved across the sun for just a few minutes, with the maximum duration of four minutes and thirty seconds in Kowayama in Queensland. Local eclipse hunter Joseph Cali, 49, travelled to a spot near Newman in Western Australia to take the best pictures possible of this impressive natural phenomenon at maximum eclipse. Cali, a Laboratory Manager at the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, captured the stunning natural wonder in a series of stunning snaps. An annular eclipse is different from a full solar eclipse where the moon totally blocks out the sun and only the atmosphere of the sun called the corona can be seen. During an annular eclipse, the moon is further away from our planet making it look smaller in relation to the sun. This means more of the sun can be seen and the ring produced by the moon moving across the sun is larger than a full eclipse.
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .