With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .

These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

Here’s a pair of shoes that really are fit for a princess, and with a price tag of more than £276,000, they are the most expensive shoes in the world .

ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .