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..
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .