STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .

WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .

A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .

A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .

HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .

BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .

A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .

SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .

A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - LETHAL BIRTHMARK NEARLY SUFFOCATES GIRL: Zoe Mitchell when she was two-weeks-old .