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.
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .