From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits. The delicious designs are the work of Nathan Shields, of Port Angeles, Washington. The 34 year old illustrator started making pancakes with fun themes as a way to entertain his children, Gryphon, 6, and Alice, 3. Nathan, a former maths teacher, says: 'I found myself in charge of our young children, with a lot of free time.
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
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 .
Amanda Bohm, 22, and her mum, Janet, 58, were the best of friends .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .