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..
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .