BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera. After spending a morning stealing a stash of nuts and seed from his squirrel friends, he sits down to enjoy his well-earned lunch. The pictures of this cheeky squirrel were captured by emergency services worker Claire Hartley, 35, on a trip to Hartsholme Park, near Lincoln. “Several squirrels had been competing to get as many nuts as possible,” says Claire, of Lincoln.
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
