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..
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .