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. For Kiwi photographer Chris McLennan, 49,abseiled 300ft off one of the highest cave in the Southern Hemisphere into the unknown depths of a dark cavern and squeezed between limestone columns to capture this breath-taking image. The stunning photograph looks more like a scene from an epic movie than the work of a snapper. Located in beautiful Waitomo, New Zealand, they don’t call it The Lost World for nothing with its waterfalls, ancient whalebones, oyster fossils and magnificent glow-worms.
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .