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. For Kiwi photographer Chris McLennan, 49,abseiled 300ft off one of the highest cave in the Southern Hemisphere into the unknown depths of a dark cavern and squeezed between limestone columns to capture this breath-taking image. The stunning photograph looks more like a scene from an epic movie than the work of a snapper. Located in beautiful Waitomo, New Zealand, they don’t call it The Lost World for nothing with its waterfalls, ancient whalebones, oyster fossils and magnificent glow-worms.
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EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .
A couple from Bristol have told that they are often mistaken for father and daughter because of their huge 36 year age gap .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .