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..
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .