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..
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .