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..
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .