TROUBLESOME PYLON MEETS EXPLOSIVE END

THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field. The giant structure took just seconds to smash into the ground after it was obliterated with explosives last Sunday morning in the Dwyryd estuary, North Wales. The tower began to lean when one of its foundations eroded.

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RED SMOKE AT NIGHT, VOLCANO SPOTTERS DELIGHT

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SUNBATHING MEERKAT MAKES THE MOST OF UK SUN

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE BUG KIND

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DOG SO CLOSE TO DEATH AFTER SWALLOWING NEEDLE

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SMALLEST HOUSE IN THE UK

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AURORA BOREALIS ILLUMINATES LAPLAND

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DRIVER TRAPPED UNDER 4x4 FOR AN HOUR IN HORRIFIC MOTORWAY CRASH

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LAZY LIZARDS RELAX AND POSE LIKE YODA

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CLIMBERS TACKLE 200FT TOTEM POLE

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KUNG-FU LEOPARD CUBS

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MESMERISING FIELD PATTERNS

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .