FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature. The series of extraordinary images were taken by German software engineer Thorsten Scheuermann after he decided to examine his surroundings. A trip to the city of Kalapana in Hawaii, home to the Kilauea Volcano, provided Thorsten with the setting for his lava picture, while a visit to the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon offered him the opportunity to photograph ice bubbles up-close. The 37-year-old, now of Washington, USA, said: 'These are sights that can gain greater significance and have their beauty exposed when excluding everything else around them.'
A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .
A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .
SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .
A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .