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..
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .