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.
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light.
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth.
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman.
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with.
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond.
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000.
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species.
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes.
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid.
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family.
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK.