CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls. Canadian adventure sport photographer Alain Denis, 41, captured these spectacular images of frozen waterfalls on a trip to the Rocky Mountains area of Alberta, Canada. "Climbing these waterfalls I felt joy, pain and many scary moments," says Alain, of Adele, Quebec. "The main thing for me, however, was embracing the beauty of the amazing landscape.
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .