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 frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .