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.
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
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 .
HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .
A woman has revealed how she didn’t know she was pregnant until she saw her baby’s head crowning .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
Meet mother of four, Jackie Wright, whose bizarre fear means she is terrified of HOLES .
A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .