AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns. Captured 20 million light years away, this is star gazing at its best. These amazing photographs were taken by English sales manager Terry Hancock, 60. He is able to capture the astounding images from his back garden in Michigan, America. ‘My astronomy photographs all show deep sky objects, many of them thousands or millions of light years away from Earth,’ says Terry, originally of Burnley, Lancashire.
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
A Game of Thrones obsessed couple have fallen in love after meeting at a comic convention dressed as lovestruck characters Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drago .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .