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.
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .