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.
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
At 19st and eight months pregnant, Ashley Whitfield, went into hospital to have her baby son, Isaac, delivered by emergency C-section .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .
SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
An American man who suffered horrific third-degree burns to 70 percent of his body in a childhood accident has faced his fears by becoming a firefighter .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
A woman has been left unable to smile after undergoing emergency surgery to remove infected lip fillers .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .