WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction. Life's a BEECH for worshipers at this church that is now POPLAR with foreign tourists since being SPRUCED up after locals PINED for a revamp in recent years. Thanks to the carpentry genius of her creators this 123-foot-tall church complex is held together only by wooden rivets without a nail in sight. The Russian Orthodox Church buildings called Kizhi Pogost are 150-miles east of the Russian border with Finland. The impressive domes of the pair of churches tower over the surrounding countryside and were designed to attract the Christian community of this remote wilderness to one spot on a small island called Kizhi on the waters of Lake Onega. Kizhi Pogost is such a rare example of religious architecture that the site it was listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1990…
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
