A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside. Freelance photographer Matt Bigwood wanted to convey the movement of stars when he photographed the night sky over Gloucestershire. Using long exposures, Matt shot the same location multiple times, before layering the images on top of each other to create the star trails in the sky. The 46-year-old, of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, says: “My aim is just to produce eye-catching pictures that convey maybe an hour or more movement into one image.
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
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An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
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Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
