A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside. Freelance photographer Matt Bigwood wanted to convey the movement of stars when he photographed the night sky over Gloucestershire. Using long exposures, Matt shot the same location multiple times, before layering the images on top of each other to create the star trails in the sky. The 46-year-old, of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, says: “My aim is just to produce eye-catching pictures that convey maybe an hour or more movement into one image.
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .