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.
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
Pic By HotSpot Media - GAME, SET-TEE AND MATCH: COUPLE INSTALL TENNIS COURT IN LOUNGE- In Pic - Ben Walters’ message to West Midlands Police via social media .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .