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..
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
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 SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .