This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow. Standing in temperatures well below freezing, the lighthouse is transformed into a giant icicle. These stunning photographs were captured by American photographer Thomas Zakowski, 56, after he visited several frozen lighthouses on a trip to Michigan; United States after a storm hit the state. “The lighthouses were frozen solid by the waves that came crashing down against the pier,” says Thomas, of South Bend, Indiana.
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .