From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland. The elusive natural phenomenon, also known as the Northern Lights, was photographed by Lana Tannir when she was on a six day trip through northern Finland. The 24-year-old student visited Urho Kekkonen National Park, located in Saariselkä, Finland, as well as a nearby igloo village, named Kakslauttanen. Lana, of Starnberg, Germany, says “Seeing the Northern Lights cannot simply be described with only one emotion.
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A grandmother has told how she has been unable to feel emotion for the last 12 years thanks to heart drugs she had to take in order to survive .
This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .