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.
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
