COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice. The ice emits a blue glow as the climbers make their way down and move through the glacier. The stunning photographs were captured by American glacier trekking guide Jared Carlson on a trip to the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. The 36-year-old was joined by climbing friend Jason Nelson, 37, as the pair explored the moulin, which is a circular, vertical well-like shaft within a glacier.
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .