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..
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
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