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 diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .