FLAMINGOS from above look like the pink algae they eat. Aerial shots of some of the TWO-MILLION pink flying birds that gather to feed in the world's largest desert lake resemble the type of tiny pink microbes they eat and give them their distinctive pink colour. But if you look a little closer you'll see the fantastic feathered creatures skimming gently over the serene waters of Lake Turkana in Kenya's spectacular Rift Valley. Travel photographer Michael Poliza, 55, from Hamburg in Germany travelled to the great lakes of Kenya and Tanzania to take these extraordinary pictures of Africa from above. 'These lakes are each an absolute flamingo paradise,' he said.
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A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
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A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .
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Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A dog whose forehead skin was so heavy that he was going blind has finally seen his owner again after undergoing a £1K FACELIFT .
A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .