BRITISH BEACH-LIFE SPLIT SHOTS
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life. Now the sun is finally shining and summer is almost here British holiday-makers flocked to the coast to enjoy the balmy weather by the sea.From the classic bucket and spade shot with a crab lurking under the waves, to a jellyfish underwater with the famous Jurassic cliffs of Dorset looming overhead, these pictures show the seaside in an opening way. Marine Biologist Andrew Pearson, 31, from Southampton visited Kimmeridge beach in Dorset.
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BABY WITH HEART-SHAPED BIRTHMARK CONCEIVED ON VALENTINE'S DAY
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BABY WHALE AND MOTHER LAP UP TOURIST ATTENTION
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TEEN DANCER ROBBED OF TALENTS AFTER SCOLIOSIS SURGERY
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LAST MILITARY HOSPITAL TIME CAPSULE
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
FREEZING MANATEES STRUGGLE TO STAY WARM
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SHOCKING CCTV OF WOMEN AND CHILD HIT AND RUN
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CARE WORKER WHO BROKE SPINE IN ‘SHINING’ SEX ATTACK CALLS FOR TOUGHER SAFETY MEASURES
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WOMAN WHO LOST 9ST SPENT £11K TO GET PERFECT BODY
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A LOT OF BOTTLE: ARTIST PAINTS PICTURE USING JUST COKE
This artist had a lot of bottle to re-create a masterpiece painted with nothing but 24 litres of cola .
GENTLE WHALE SHARK GIANTS FEED UNDER FISHERMAN’S BOAT
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MILLIONS OF SARDINES CREATE A TORNADO WAVE
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .