THERE IS NEVER a dull or dry day in the office when you're a REAL LIFE MERMAID. With their colourful tails and bikini tops, these girls appear to have splashed right out of a Disney movie. The mermaids can be found at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Florida, performing in the underwater theatre. Marketing and PR Manager for the park John Athanason, 46, says: 'When I first saw the mermaids performing, I was completely mesmerised. 'They have such an ease under the water, and are able to do a job unlike any other with such effortlessness
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
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A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
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MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
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TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .