OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed. A new phone app allows users to travel back in time by overlaying vintage images, such as London's Tower Bridge in 1892 or the Eiffel Tower in 1940, with how the locations look today. Users can compare the past and present of cities such as London, Paris, Washington and Saint Petersburg. This window to the past was created English entrepreneur David Webb, 45, the creator and CEO of the Timera app.
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .