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…
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
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 .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .