A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates. The canyon is a crack between the North American and Eurasian continents and every year these two continental plates drift about 2cm further apart. French marine biologist Mathieu Foulquie dived to 49ft and captured these images during an expedition through the freshwater Silfra canyon, located in Thingvellir Lake, Iceland. The 40-year-old, of Montpellier, France, says: “I had the privilege to dive at the famous Silfra dive site, probably the most impressive freshwater rift in Iceland.
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
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AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
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FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
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