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.
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .