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..
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .