IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK. Located millions of light years away from Earth, the patterns burst with colour but are unable to be seen clearly with the naked eye. Photographer Terry Hancock captured the images using a specialist astronomy camera attached to a telescope, from the comfort of his own back garden in Fremont, Michigan, USA. The 61-year-old sales manager, originally from Burnley, Lancashire, says: “My pictures are all long exposures of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters, which range in distance from thousands to many millions of light years away from Earth.
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FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
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A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
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