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..
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RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
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At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
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 .
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