COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society. Known as sadhus, they shun all home comforts for a life spent inside caves, forests and temples and can be found across India and Nepal. German banker and photographer Mario Gerth decided to find and photograph the sadhu people. The 38-year-old of Erfurt, Germany, says: “I have been obsessed with the sadhus for many years and set off in 2013 to look for them.
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .