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..
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .