HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers. The 11x5ft pool, located in south-eastern California, was built by Austrian visual artist Alfredo Barsuglia. The free retreat includes a solar-powered filter and chlorination system, but visitors face a challenge if they want to take a dip.
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .