High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith. These daunting photographs were captured by Italian photographer Nicola Bombassei, 38, after he unexpectedly stumbled across the 3,000 meter high drop, at Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy. 'The drop should have been fitted with a big wooden board over it, so that climbers can pass the cleft easily,' said Nicola. 'But when we arrived we couldn't find the board anywhere, and it was never an option not to complete the climb, so we had no choice but to take on the jump.
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .