SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides. But this is exactly how one adventurous wife decided to celebrate her marriage. Rodica Havrestiuc, 25, and her husband Adrian, 24, donned their wedding day attire, as well as their snowboarding gear, to create a unique photo-shoot at Mount Holly Ski and Snowboard Resort in Michigan. The couple, originally of Suceava, Romania but now living in Belleville, Michigan, share a love of snowboarding.
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .