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 osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .