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.
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AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .