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.
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
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 .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .