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.
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
