YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights. This light display, called auroras, maybe on the lesser photographed side of the Earth – but these pictures prove the Southern lights are just as impressive. They are especially striking when set against the famous Southern Cross star constellation. The dazzling pictures of auroras on the other side of the planet were taken on the Australian island of Tasmania by local horticulturalist Jonathan Esling, 33. ‘Quite often people are unaware that auroras can even be seen from Tasmanian,’ said Jonathan. Taken on 01/05/13.
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .