Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg. Shaking their tail feathers dry, the seabirds take a few moments to waddle back towards the water's edge before taking the plunge again. The amusing scene was captured by photography guide David Merron as he watched the penguins from a boat near Danco Island, Antarctica.
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
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 .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .