SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into. Seeming to be perfectly still at times, it is in fact dubbed the 'gateway to the underworld' and can be dangerously risky at high tide for all those who dare to get too close. These photographs were captured by Hawaiian photographer Chuck Babbitt, 57, after he decided to visit the unusual feature at Cape Perpetua, located on the central Oregon coast. 'Thor's Well is a deep hole located on the Pacific Ocean coastline,' says Chuck. 'It is a hole in the shelf that is connected to the ocean through submerged cave structures.'
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .