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.
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .