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.'
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
Whenever 46-year-old Melo Masi steps out of his front door in Berkshire, he risks being mobbed by strangers desperate for a selfie - all because of his incredible likeness to Hollywood megastar, Johnny Depp .
A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .