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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OTTER FAMILY FIGHT
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ADORABLE ORANGUTAN TURNS ONE
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AURORA BOREALIS ILLUMINATES LAPLAND
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HUNGRY HIPPO MISSES OUT ON LUNCH
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
THIRD WHEEL OWL
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
ICELAND'S 360 DEGREE VIEW WATERFALL
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THE F-ANT-ASTIC ARTISTS
Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .
ABANDONED CALIFORNIAN GOLD RUSH TOWN
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DADDY DAY CARE: CARDINALFISH FATHER CARRIES EGGS IN MOUTH
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SOMERSET FLOODING
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