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.
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .