With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
