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.'
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A mother-of-two has revealed how her son became a human fireball after a dangerous 'TikTok challenge' went wrong .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .