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..
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .