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.
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .