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.
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .