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 family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .
Meet the real-life Little Bo Peep - a young woman who spends her days tending to her four pet SHEEP .
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THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
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A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A mum-of-three lost half of her body weight after her daughter was teased by playground bullies for having a 'fat mum' .