STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event. Shot over the Grand Canyon and even downtown Los Angeles, these amazing images of lightning were taken by American photographer Scott Stulberg, 57. His love of lightning led him to move to the state of Arizona, renowned for its high frequency of storms. ‘No matter where I am, I always feel like a little kid again when I see lightning,’says Scott, of Sedona, Arizona.
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
WELCOME to the Hidden Beach - the world's most idyllic BOMB SITE .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
A personal trainer who was dumped over a life-changing sleep disorder has finally found love .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .