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 panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
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 .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .