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.
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
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THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .