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 kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
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 .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .