Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland features around 40,000 exposed polygonal columns of basalt in perfect horizontal sections. Chris Hill/Photodisc via Getty Images The reason patterns often appear ...

Sometimes when the music is really good and the sound is really loud and the pill is really potent, you can see what you hear. But that’s just brain tricks. This, however, is real and mesmerizing.

If you have a look at these intricate patterns of ice you'd be forgiven for believing they were carefully sculptured by hand - but they were actually formed entirely naturally. Photographer Warren ...