SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive. Equipped with a bird, gas lamp and net, he fishes without the aid of a rod by using an unusual method - first practiced in 960 AD. The fisherman, pictured in southern China, releases a cormorant bird which dives into the water and retrieves a carp, before returning to the fisherman’s reed raft. The stunning images of cormorant fishing were captured on the River Li in Guilin, China by Russian photographer Viktoriia Rogotneva when he visited the fishermen of Guilin.
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
