With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .

DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .

WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .

N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .

A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .

An artist has NAILED IT by creating beautiful and perfectly precise artwork using a hammer and 30,000 nails .

A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .