BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED. Crossing a 61 metre stretch, the brave adventurers leave their clothes behind and wear only a single safety rope secured tightly around their waists, ankles, and in some cases - even their private parts. These risqué photographs were taken by Philadelphia photographer Jared Alden, 31, after his love of traveling and adventure merged into his passion for photography. Captured at an unknown slacklining location in the remote Utah dessert, these photographs show thrill seekers getting their kit off for the ultimate slacklining experience at the GGBY highline festival.
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .