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 .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
