A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves. The town of Coober Pedy is home to over 1,500 people, as well as hotels, restaurants and churches, all of which are located up to 100ft below ground. “Coober Pedy is renowned for its below-ground residences, called dugouts, which are used to avoid the scorching daytime heat,” says photographer Abigail Varney, who visited the unusual town, located 846km north of Adelaide.
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .