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
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
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 .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .