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.
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
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A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A woman has lost over 13st after beating her addiction to POTATOES .
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A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .
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A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .