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.
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
