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.
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .