A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates. The canyon is a crack between the North American and Eurasian continents and every year these two continental plates drift about 2cm further apart. French marine biologist Mathieu Foulquie dived to 49ft and captured these images during an expedition through the freshwater Silfra canyon, located in Thingvellir Lake, Iceland. The 40-year-old, of Montpellier, France, says: “I had the privilege to dive at the famous Silfra dive site, probably the most impressive freshwater rift in Iceland.
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .