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.'
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .
This daredevil wildebeest tried a walk on the wild side - straight into the snatches of a huge 18 foot crocodile .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
A hero dog has saved the life of her asthmatic owner after waking her up during a severe asthma attack .