N-ICE DAY FOR A CLIMB

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.

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GLACIER ICE CLIMBING

COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .

BEAR CUBS AND DOTING MUM

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RED SMOKE AT NIGHT, VOLCANO SPOTTERS DELIGHT

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FALSE KILLER WHALE BEAMS AS HE CATCHES HIS LUNCH

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STUNNING BRITISH AUTUMN LANDSCAPES

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BUG LOOKS JUST LIKE SATAN

This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .

SCOTTISH COUPLE MARRY INSIDE BEAUTIFUL ICELANDIC CAVE

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ADORABLE ORANGUTAN TURNS ONE

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EASTER ISLAND REPLICA STATUES DESTROYED IN SEA FALL

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