MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters. Using make-up, special effects and light-painting techniques two urban explorers and their partners in grime have travelled around the best of British abandoned site to capture off-radar locations at their most spooky. The creepy photographs were taken by film maker and visual effects artist David Broad, and his partner Julie Kendall, after being gripped by the urban exploration world. 'Julie and I went for a walk one day and saw a sign that read 'danger keep out this is not a playground', well this was like a red flag to a bull and we had to see,' said David
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .