OOOH!

Playing It Straight

This photo was taken at a dog agility competition in Italy and stars a dog named Bagheera, who has managed to leap over the showjumping fence in a single, aerodynamic bound. Bravo Bagheera!

PEEKABOO!

You can’t tell from looking at this photo but the animal peeking out from its nest inside the tree is a Siberian flying squirrel. Like all flying squirrels, it can’t actually fly like a bird or a bat. However, flying squirrels are able to glide from tree to tree thanks to the large flaps of skin that stretch between their front and rear legs and, when opened out, act like the canopy of a parachute.

This spectacular valley is in Landmannalaugar, a region of Iceland famous for its natural hot springs, which visitors often bathe in. The mountains are made of the volcanic rock rhyolite, which is what gives them their unusual spectrum of colours.