Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make. Jacob's Well in Wimberley, Texas is one of the most dangerous places to dive on Earth, having claimed the lives of more than eight divers. This stunning natural swimming spot was captured by amateur photographer Carl Griffin, 56. ”Jacob's Well is a perpetual artesian spring that feeds Cypress Creek,” says Griffin, of Spring Branch, Texas.
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .
AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .
A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder .