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 little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
A stunning ice cave in Iceland is illuminated by sunlight as the bright blue ice appears glow inside .
A woman has spent over £11k to get the perfect body after a 9st weight loss left her with excess skin .
Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show .
A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .
A talented artist has created artwork with a KICKIN' twist by painting on his pregnant wife's bump .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A mum who weighed just 8st 1lb at eight months pregnant has battled her eating disorder to give birth to a healthy baby girl .
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COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .