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 toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .