COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society. Known as sadhus, they shun all home comforts for a life spent inside caves, forests and temples and can be found across India and Nepal. German banker and photographer Mario Gerth decided to find and photograph the sadhu people. The 38-year-old of Erfurt, Germany, says: “I have been obsessed with the sadhus for many years and set off in 2013 to look for them.
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .