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.
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
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A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
THIS unique holiday accommodation allows you to enjoy a full Flintstones experience .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
