MESMERISING FUNGI

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..

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THE BEAUTIFUL MOSQUE OF COLOURS

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UNDERWATER DIVERS FEED TIGER SHARKS

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EASTER ISLAND REPLICA STATUES DESTROYED IN SEA FALL

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ADORABLE STOAT HUNTS IN THE SNOW

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FROZEN IN TIME LIGHTHOUSE

This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .

VIBRANT WOODPECKER FEEDS HER YOUNG

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

BABY WORKOUT

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MOST DANGEROUS ROAD IN THE WORLD

AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .

BIKINI SWIM WITH JELLYFISH

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FISH FIGHT

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