Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks. These amazing photographs were captured by American ocean photojournalist Tim Rock, on a trip north of Papua New Guinea to Vertigo Reef in Yap, Micronesia. ‘I had the pleasure and privilege to team up with diver Ai Futaki for two weeks of photography during an event called Manta Fest in Yap, Micronesia,’ says Tim, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ‘She is a world champion free diver who wanted to try free diving with sharks and asked if I would document her swimming in Yap's waters.
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .
CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .