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.
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .