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 .