THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner. With a splash, they dive down into the water to catch their next meal. The photographs were captured by Italian photographer Alessandro Rossini, 33, on the banks of the river Adda in Italy." In these pictures you can see how marvellous nature is,” says Alessandro, of Lissone.
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .