IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK. Located millions of light years away from Earth, the patterns burst with colour but are unable to be seen clearly with the naked eye. Photographer Terry Hancock captured the images using a specialist astronomy camera attached to a telescope, from the comfort of his own back garden in Fremont, Michigan, USA. The 61-year-old sales manager, originally from Burnley, Lancashire, says: “My pictures are all long exposures of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters, which range in distance from thousands to many millions of light years away from Earth.
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A baby who was given just a three per cent chance of survival at birth has beaten the odds to come home - even though docs told his parents to abort him 12 times .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .